I'm Back

It has been a great couple of months. We’ve had awesome time with family visiting our nation’s capital, enjoying Easter and enjoying the break from school. Now it’s time to get back to normal. Things are moving along on the adoption home front again. We just got everything lined up to get our physicals signed and notarized today!!!  Now we can turn in our Home Study and keep trudging on. During our hiatus from the blog, my husband and I both read this blog post http://jenhatmaker.com/blog/2011/09/06/after-the-airport and really want to encourage everyone in our lives to read it as well. Jen Hatmaker is an incredible author and she’s so very real. I love it. The post is so phenomenally revealing.

She really tells it like it is and after reading her post, it’s amazing that we’re not shaken, we still want to do it. We’re excited because we know we’ve been praying for God’s best for us. And we know ultimately, that’s what we’re going to get.

Children Of God

When we first felt we we're going to adopt, Jason was out in Oklahoma on business and spoke to a co-worker about it who shared that he was adopted. Then he showed Jason how to send this video to me. I watched this on my cell phone and it melted my heart. As Christians, we have all been adopted into the kingdom of God. I am so thankful to be adopted. It feels so very right to do the same with His abandoned children. Thank you Jason's co-worker for passing on this video.

About Our Journey

When we first got married, we had a great plan for our family. 3 kids, spread out evenly a few years apart. Perfect right? Maybe not...After we had our son, we waited a while and then struggled for 5 years to have more. We now understand just how much control we have over how our family is meant to be...None! 

God is in control and He has opened our eyes and hearts to those who are innocent and lonely and longing for a family to call their own. He placed it on our hearts to reach out to the children of Ethiopia. Why not America, we looked into that, we also looked into other countries but that's not where He has called us. We know we've been called to adopt. We know we've been called to pursue adoption in Ethiopia. But that's about all we know. We are in constant prayer for His guidance during our journey. This blog was created so we can share our journey with you. 

Thanks for joining us :-)

Tonya