Just the Beginning

I have spent the majority of my evening looking at photo listings of children all around this world that need to be adopted.  I have looked at the names and faces of precious ones that need, deserve and want a family.  I have stood outside staring at the moon and begging God to make things move faster, while reminding myself that everything is in His due time.  I have even gone as far as reading blogs on what it is like to live with children who have cerebral palsy or HIV.  I love them the minute I see their face and I wonder how we could ever make it work.

Even though we have been on this journey for almost 3 years, I feel like we are just beginning.  We start our foster parenting classes in November and hope to be licensed again by the end of the year.  I will be finishing my student teaching in December and Scott has turned his full attention to the HAF.  I have no idea how we will foster, adopt and spend so much time in Hungary, but I do know that isn't about me.  It's about this fire that is God-given that burns deep in my soul.  It is the longing I feel to provide a home, love, nurture and strength to those that have none.

So many of you have been praying for us for so long and I would like to add a couple of requests to the list.  Please pray that I can find a job.  Financial stability would be really helpful as we add more children to our home.  Second, please pray that we can find a house that will meet the needs of a growing family.  I know that the size of a house isn't everything, but the more bedrooms and bathrooms that we have, the more kids we can foster and adopt.  Finally, please pray that God will bring the children that He wants us to have and that we will have wisdom when reading over a child's file.

P.S.  I know that some of you are considering or have been considering adoption for awhile now.  What is stopping you?  There are thousands of children in the United States that need homes.  Call your local DCFS office and get more information.  You won't regret it!

Since September

September.  That was the last time I posted on this blog.  It hasn't been because I didn't want to it has been because I can't seem to type out the words in my heart.  I have several posts that I have started and never finished.  Some about life, some about what God is teaching me and some about adoption.

The Lord has been leading our family into new adventures and sometimes that means giving up others. Not others as in people but as in other adventures.  He has laid before us our biggest adventure yet but I have a feeling this one is small compared to what is to come.  I will be honest.  I'm hesitant to share our current adventure and to share what adventures have come to an end.  Mainly because every day something else changes.  Nothing is really set in stone.  Some days I don't know which end is up.  While I'm loving every minute of it, I'm struggling with it as well.  Holding on to the hand of the Father for dear life is where I stand now.  Knowing that "He's got this" and I don't have to worry makes it a little easier.

So in the meantime, we continue to wait or a birth mother to choose us and I am working on plans to start another blog.  Life is crazy around here, but it is about to get amazing!