Latest: Zach and I heard from the adoption agency today and we have begun to receive profiles of children available for adoption. Within 15 minutes we received 6 profiles from kids all over Texas. It is exciting, yet overwhelming all at the same time. It is amazing to think that out of all of these profiles that God already knows which children are going to become apart of our family.
Prayer Request: That God would guide us through the application process and give us a peace about the direction we are to take.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Worldly vs. Godly Perspectives of Adoption
The difference between a worldly view of adoption versus God's view of adoption became very apparent to me this weekend. Ever since we began the adoption process a daily annoyance of mine has been the negative remarks and questions we get about adopting older children from abused/neglected homes. For example...
- "You know those children are beyond anyone's help"
- "How sad that you can't have children of your own."
- "My friend adopted... and that child (insert negative comment here)"
and my personal favorite...
- "Don't you know that you can get a baby?"
This weekend I had the privlege of being surrounded by amazing women filled with the holy spirit at a ladies retreat... and when you are meeting a bunch of women that you don't know one of the first questions that always comes up is "Do you have kids?" So I had the opportunity to share the great news about our upcoming adoption with several people. Not one time this weekend did any of these women respond with negativity. Instead these they were filled with joy, prayed with me and shared their own adoption stories. They were honest at how hard adopting from CPS can be, but they were supportive and shared helpful advice with me.
When you look at "less than perfect" situations from a wordly perspective it is amazing at how hopeless people think they are.... but when viewed from God's perspective anything is possible.
Latest News: We signed our licensing papers on Thursday night! We are hoping to start receiving profiles of kids available for adoption this upcoming week.
Prayer Request: For God to be preparing the hearts of the kids for their upcoming transition into our family.
"You are the helper of the fatherless. LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear, To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more." Psalms 10:14,17-18
- "You know those children are beyond anyone's help"
- "How sad that you can't have children of your own."
- "My friend adopted... and that child (insert negative comment here)"
and my personal favorite...
- "Don't you know that you can get a baby?"
This weekend I had the privlege of being surrounded by amazing women filled with the holy spirit at a ladies retreat... and when you are meeting a bunch of women that you don't know one of the first questions that always comes up is "Do you have kids?" So I had the opportunity to share the great news about our upcoming adoption with several people. Not one time this weekend did any of these women respond with negativity. Instead these they were filled with joy, prayed with me and shared their own adoption stories. They were honest at how hard adopting from CPS can be, but they were supportive and shared helpful advice with me.
When you look at "less than perfect" situations from a wordly perspective it is amazing at how hopeless people think they are.... but when viewed from God's perspective anything is possible.
Latest News: We signed our licensing papers on Thursday night! We are hoping to start receiving profiles of kids available for adoption this upcoming week.
Prayer Request: For God to be preparing the hearts of the kids for their upcoming transition into our family.
"You are the helper of the fatherless. LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear, To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, That the man of the earth may oppress no more." Psalms 10:14,17-18
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
A man’s heart plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Proverbs 16:9
My purpose of this blog is to help keep everyone updated of where we are at in our adoption process. It has also helped me to read other people's blogs about their adoption process... so maybe my blog will in turn help somebody else.
Catching You Up:
- 2003: While Zach and I were dating (and I already knew he was the one :) we discussed that we both wanted to adopt at some point in our life together.
- 2006-2009: Zach and I tried to get pregnant for about 3 years. After our controversial fertility tests coming back normal and still no success... we decided that it was just not God's timing for us to have a baby and we were just going to place it in his hands. This was a very hard lesson for us to learn, but we both have such a peace now that we know God is in control.
- August 2010: I took a job at a foster care company as a Senior Behavior Analyst. I thought that my purpose was to open a preschool for children with special needs... but I now know that God had other plans. It was here that God opened my eyes to the unimaginable need for orphan care right here in Texas.
- After about two weeks into my job I came home and told Zach that I felt God was leading us in the direction of adoption. Zach's response: "If that is where God is leading us, then that is what we will do." :)
- September 2010: We began looking into agencies and decided on Arrow Adoption. We then began our first of 14 classes.
- February 2011: We finished our classes!
- March 2011: We passed our home study and finished getting all of our requirements in to the agency.
The Latest: Our licensing appointment is scheduled for tomorrow night at 6 p.m. This is our final step before the agency will begin matching us up with kids and sending us profiles. For those of you that do not know... Zach and I are looking to adopt 2 siblings between the ages of 3-7... race and gender does not matter to us.
Prayer Request: That Zach and I continue to rely on God's perfect timing as opposed to becoming anxious because things are not happening as quickly as we would like.
Catching You Up:
- 2003: While Zach and I were dating (and I already knew he was the one :) we discussed that we both wanted to adopt at some point in our life together.
- 2006-2009: Zach and I tried to get pregnant for about 3 years. After our controversial fertility tests coming back normal and still no success... we decided that it was just not God's timing for us to have a baby and we were just going to place it in his hands. This was a very hard lesson for us to learn, but we both have such a peace now that we know God is in control.
- August 2010: I took a job at a foster care company as a Senior Behavior Analyst. I thought that my purpose was to open a preschool for children with special needs... but I now know that God had other plans. It was here that God opened my eyes to the unimaginable need for orphan care right here in Texas.
- After about two weeks into my job I came home and told Zach that I felt God was leading us in the direction of adoption. Zach's response: "If that is where God is leading us, then that is what we will do." :)
- September 2010: We began looking into agencies and decided on Arrow Adoption. We then began our first of 14 classes.
- February 2011: We finished our classes!
- March 2011: We passed our home study and finished getting all of our requirements in to the agency.
The Latest: Our licensing appointment is scheduled for tomorrow night at 6 p.m. This is our final step before the agency will begin matching us up with kids and sending us profiles. For those of you that do not know... Zach and I are looking to adopt 2 siblings between the ages of 3-7... race and gender does not matter to us.
Prayer Request: That Zach and I continue to rely on God's perfect timing as opposed to becoming anxious because things are not happening as quickly as we would like.
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