Our journey began a little over seven years ago. Our biological son, Brock, was born and has been such a blessing! After a few years, we began to think that God had decided that our family was set at three. However, about three or four years ago, Ben and I began thinking about adding to our family through adoption. Over the past few years, we have been going back and forth with "should we" or "it isn't for our family". At different points in time, I would be a "go" for adoption and Ben would have his reservations. Other times, Ben would be a "go" for adoption and I would be the one with the reservations. This past summer, 2010, we decided that we needed to decide one way or another and put the wavering to rest! Our new prayer was: "God, we are open to adoption for our family. If you don't want this for us, please close the door on this subject."
One day, Ben and I were talking, trying to be discrete, and Brock picked up on the topic. We talked with him about the idea that we were praying through. Ben and I wanted him to be ok with adoption as he has been an only child for quite some time. Brock surprised us with his excited response. He seems to understand what adoption means and that we believe that this is a calling on Christians lives to care for the orphans. To have his excitement in the mix is such an answered prayer as our entire family is "on board" with this journey!
We decided to attend an informational meeting with a Christian Adoption agency. During that meeting, we were even more confirmed in our hearts that adoption was for our family and it was international adoption. Scary, so much unkown, and more scary! We left the meeting feeling excited about proceeding with the adoption process knowing that God would be our comfort, security, and strength to guide us through this journey.
Our new prayer is now: "What country God?"
