The Beginning of Our Journey

We began our journey to have a family of our own 3 1/2 years ago. Seven months in to trying with no success God gave me a verse that we would cling to for the next 3 years.

It is Isaiah 41:13, 18, 20:

"For I am the Lord, your God,

who takes hold of your right hand,

and says to you, 'Do not fear,

I will help you.

I will make rivers flow on barren heights

and springs within the valley

I will turn the desert into pools of water

and the parched ground into springs.

So that people may see and know,

may consider and understand,

that the hand of the Lord has done his,

that the Holy One of Israel has created it."

God brought this verse to life in the form of our two little boys!

So after 2 years of trying, we felt the Lord leading us to adopt. It had always been on our hearts and so we asked God for direction. He lead us to Ethiopia. We also felt a strong desire for twins yet knowing how unlikely it was. But as in everything, we believed that the Maker and Creator could and would do the impossible. We began praying for the right agency. Our prayer was simple...the first agency that sent us information would be our agency. Working with the Gladney Center for adoption has been an amazing experience.

We began the adoption process a year ago November and after months of paperwork we made it on the wait list in May. We received the greatest phone call ever from our worker, Kristin, at 4:30pm on Friday, December 11th. That is when we saw for the first time the fulfillment of Isaiah 41. Our church, family and friends prayed night and day for a referral for infant, twins before Christmas and God delivered. So here we are at 10:16pm, less than 24 hours, from boarding the plane that will take us to meet our little boys! What a great God we serve!

Just as God has destined these 2 little boys to be adopted into our family, we hope it will shine a light on how He has adopted us into his family. As Ephesians 1:5 so perfectly states,

"He predestined us to be adopted as his sons through jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will!"