So, I inquired. Got some info. Got a little more info. I knew we would be moving again in about a month so finding a homestudy agency was going to be difficult. Apparently not that difficult. And they would work with the adoption agency that worked in this child’s country. Doors were opening. I was getting a little excited and yet didn’t want to jump the gun. I kept giving it back to the Lord. I didn’t tell my man any of this until I got an email asking if we wanted updated pictures and info on this sweet little. Then it was time to spill the beans. He said, “yes” after me telling him I had done something without telling him. You should have seen the look on his face. I think he was expecting me to say I totaled one of our cars or something. So, I asked for the update. We prayed and asked God to clarify that this was our little. God gave me scripture time and time again in the weirdest places. He gave us “Open Doors” to step through that didn’t seem like open doors at all. Even through a series of miraculous events and some great detective work from one of my bf’s, she learned that our sweet S had been adopted by an American family. We were thankful that she was in a forever family, just a bit sad that it wasn’t ours. But there was relief as well. Relief that there would not be a choice if the possibility ever arose that these two precious children would have been available at the same time in different countries.
I wanted to move on this! I started to think about fundraising to bring this sweet little home. I started to think about room arraignments, buying a bed, dresser, etc… I wanted to get started!! But we were moving once again. In fact, we were moving in less than a month and we needed to get our house ready to sell. Get ready for the movers to come. Find a home in the new city. Put in our application for the adoption agency. Pay fees. The list of to do’s was way longer than the days were long it seemed. So, we prayed. I prayed a lot. I found myself thanking God for the smallest things during this time. For screen doors that kept flies out while letting fresh rain air come in. For kids laughter. For a husband who loved his wife in spite of herself. I asked God to simply order our steps. First things first. Because we were getting overwhelmed with all that was in front of us.
So, we worked at getting ready for our move and the house going on the market. The day we met with the real estate agent about our home, we got the long awaited update. Pictures and a brief update with a longer translated update was promised as it was being translated. We were excited and beyond thrilled. The house went on the market a week later than expected, the movers came and went and we moved. (I shared a bit of a rant about this move about a week ago.)
What does this all boil down to? We said,”Yes!” to adopting a child. We are in the process of signing with our agencies to get the ball officially rolling. We can’t share much about this sweet little yet. But we hope to in the coming days and weeks. So stay tuned and please consider being apart of our adoption story!!!
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