Official Approval

Well, we have officially been approved and have now started the "paper pregnancy"... LOTS of paperwork. What a crazy, exciting ride we are about to embark on.

Love to Give

My first post comes on the heels of talking with friends about our possible adoption. The more times I tell people about this gift we might receive, the more excited I am to see a face, encourage a smile, wipe a tear, kiss a boo-boo, and love so much, because I have love to give. We are preparing a place...


(posted by Dan)

Happy Valentine's Day

May we discover what it means to 'shower the people we love with love'.

A Big Task

Wow... today I have been really struggling with the financial end of this whole thing. I am trusting that if this is what we are to be doing, then the money will come... but $20,000 seems so insurmountable. I want to be wise with our money and I want to complete what I am feeling called to do. But today has just been one of those days where I have trouble seeing the possibility of it all. Lord, let me have faith like a child.

I saw what I saw, Sara Groves

Starting to share

As we start to share our journey with others, it is so awesome to see the love and support that we have.  We were unsure at first, how some may respond to our decision to adopt and we have been so fortunate to experience an overwhelming sense of joy and excitement.  We continue to seek the Lord's guidance and pray that all of the paperwork, the finances and all other necessary items are completed in time. I pray for the child that will soon be ours... I pray that she will be taken care of by the loving nannies in the orphanage until the day that we will be able to bring her home.  Thank you dear God for leading us to this point...  For the past two years, I have questioned many times why we were unable to conceive and struggled greatly with what I thought should happen... my own mind could not understand... I am finding that I need to trust you more and know that this is all part of a better plan... may we continue to seek your will and trust in your infinite power. Amen

Our Family Picture Sent with our Adoption 

application.  2/8/2009

Thoughts today

As I watched some videos of families traveling and receiving their child, Evelyn walked in and saw a baby girl from Ethiopia and immediately said, "Aww, she is so cute, I wish could have a baby like that at our house".  What an exciting adventure.  Lord, grant me patience and wisdom.... guide my family in this endeavor.  Let us seek your will as we journey through this process, and may Your hand be upon the child we are to receive.  Amen.

here we go

I am starting this blog as a kind of journal... we are venturing into new territory and I felt it necessary to 'journal our journey'.  Mainly, there is some sort of program that can turn this blog into a book and I think that could be pretty cool when this is all said and done!

We have been very much wanting to expand our family for the past two years, and it has not come to pass.  For awhile (about a year) I felt that I could "explain" the reasons as to why it had not happened... and lately (about 3-4 months) I was finding myself at a loss and really in a state of sadness...not knowing what God's plan was for us... not knowing what was 'right' for our family.  Adoption has been something that I had always thought as a possibility, even before ever having a child by birth.  So, in the last few months, I really started to open my heart and mind to the possibility of adoption.  Obviously, in order for it all to work, Daniel and I needed to be 'on the same page', so to speak.  I was really impressed with Dan's openness to this possibility and just his pure desire to expand our family!   After some emotional conversations and realizing the true desire of our hearts we decided to pursue finding out about the process of adoption.  After many hours on the computer, one agency stood out above them all.  America World Adoption Association was a faith based organization that truly had a heart for adoption and had such great information on the entire process... so many families had wonderful stories of their experience and went through the emotions we have, and are going through.  We have filled out the initial application, signed the letter of request, paid the application fee and sent in our family picture!  The process is beginning and we are excited and hopeful of what the Lord has in store for our family.  We have set a few specifications on a child that we would like to receive: a girl, 0-12 months from Rwanda.  We are praying for guidance and wisdom as we journey this road.