We promise we have not left you guys... we have just been a little busy and haven't been able to continue telling you about what the Lord is doing through our adoption. Let us first start off by saying THANK YOU so much for your prayers. Please keep them coming. You do not know how much we feel them every day. It is so encouraging when we hear that you have our picture on your fridge and every time you see it you pray specifically for us, our birth family, and our child. If you do not have a photo of us and would like one please email us and we will make sure we send you one.Not sure if you aware but this month is National Adoption Month and a year ago this Sunday is when we officially began the adoption process. As you know I have described the adoption process as a rollercoaster ride and I haven't really been very specific on some of those details. Here are some details that we can share of what just happened last week. Please note that we are not allowed to share any more because of the confidentiality of the process.
Well last week we received our first call from the adoption agency and they told us that a baby was born and that the mother wanted to know more about us to place him in our home. After prayers and tears Jesse and I agreed to show the birth family our adoption profile. You could only imagine the excitement and nervousness we felt. This was totally different than we thought. This baby is already born. I thought we would have a couple of months to finalize our nursery, to get a car seat, and a name. How long can you have a baby without a name? These were all things that I knew we could get in the typical two months after the birth family chooses you. But this was getting REAL at this point.
Sorry I cannot share the details after that since it is confidential but the end result was that the family decided that the Lord had prepared them to raise this little one. I will tell you that I know the Lord guarded our hearts and guess what we had perfect peace about it. I told the counselor that we did not need any extra counseling because we knew that this was not our baby. I was amazed that we didn't completed lost it, and we still even today have perfect peace.
John 14:27 says Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.Now here is how you can help... Please keep on praying for us. The Lord and your prayers helped us get through last week. I can't wait to share about the feeling of knowing when I have perfect peace that this child is the one. Also you can help us share our story. A few months ago our closest friends Leslie and Alan came over and allowed us to share our testimony with you guys through a video. This video will also be included on our GoFundMe account if you could share this online. We want people to be able to hear our testimony all over the world. God has a plan and purpose for this story whether it will be viewed by our birthmother herself or maybe inspire someone who is dealing with cancer or infertility. Lastly thank you to everyone who purchased our T-shirts. We still have some available if you would like to buy one. Just email us and we can mail it to you where ever you are.
Now get out the popcorn and gather your family and friends and check out our adoption video. (BTW- Jesse and I are 40+pounds lighter than we are in this video.. more to come on that story)
