Updates

It has been a while since our last post and I just wanted to update everyone on the process. As I have said before the adoption process can sometimes be quite a lengthy process and this has proven to be true in our case. I know many of you have asked and are wondering why it is taking so long for us so I wanted to answer the question for you. The main reason is the age that we have selected. Our age range is 0-5 years old. When we started the process we were told this age range was the hardest to get and had the longest wait time. The younger kids are always the ones that most families want. There is a waiting list of possible families for this age range and several of the families have been waiting a lot longer than we have. Another reason it is so difficult to adopt children of that age group is because usually the foster families have first choice and most of the time, they adopt the younger  children. We also had some special requests because of this being our first child.

Despite all of these conditions we have still had the privilege of being recommended for possible matches. We were even selected in the top 3 families for one child and were interviewed for a possible match. Although we were not selected we did have the opportunity to experience our first interview which will help us have a better understanding of what to expect next time. Although this was heartbreaking and very difficult for us, the experience helped us remember that we have to trust God in this process. His timing is perfect and even though it sometimes gets tough we have him to lean on and know that his plan is better than ours. He has called us to adopt and he has the perfect child for us and it will all happen in his timing. We have the opportunity now to fully trust God and leave it at his feet while we rest in his promises. We are humbled and thankful that he has allowed us to even have the possibility to adopt and give him all the glory!

For I know the plans I have for you declares The Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future

Be still and know that I am God

These are the verses that we cling to and the promises that we have been holding on to. We have peace and know that when our day comes it will be a God ordained miracle!

Please continue to pray for us and for the child that we will be adopting.

We are so happy that our friends the Hall's and the Samuels' have already been matched with children:) please pray for them as we'll as they walk through the process and follow God's call to adopt.