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.
Ashley,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your adoption experience with friends and family. It's a great way to express yourself and to keep us informed! I'm praying for your meeting tonight and am so excited to hear more! You guys will be the "best" parents ever!!