A few months ago, my heart had been softened and opened to once again trying to add to our family. I began praying that I would be open to whatever God had for us and that I would be patient for His timing. Around this time, we began a series at our church called ‘The Hole in our Gospel’; what God expects of us when it comes to ‘the least of these’, such as orphans. I was challenged during this time in a much different way than Luke. As we both felt a stirring in our heart to do something for the orphans, I felt like I was being called to be a bigger impact than just our commitment to sponsor an orphan. I felt like I needed to do something that would change a little someone’s life forever…which brought us back to the idea of adoption. I began praying more specifically and praying for confirmation from the Lord, through Luke, that we were supposed to proceed with this. Little did I know (until recently), that Luke has been waiting for me to be ready to adopt for quite some time. God had been speaking to his heart long before I had even come to a place of being ready.
We have done our research and communicated with a few international adoption agency. We know that adoption is not only going to be a lengthy process, but also costly. The estimated timeframe for adoption from start to finish will be anywhere from 18-25months. The estimated cost for adoption is $32,000. It’s easy to be intimidated and discourage by both factors, but we know we can do all things through Christ. We are committed to taking this journey and we know we will grow in faith, grow as husband and wife and grow into the parents God expects us to be.
This is truly an exciting season for us and our family. Through fasting and prayer, we are believing that the Lord will make a way financially and bring us together with our son. We would appreciate having you partner with us in prayer as we complete this process that we feel God has called us to.
