So much on my mind tonight...
My thoughts to J...So, when you pray for something wholeheartedly and the answer comes loud and clear and the door is wide open and you're getting shoved through it....I guess it means we have to go forward with it, doesn't it? ::insert super-giddy-yet-overwhelmed smiley::
Months from now, I'll finally be able to reveal this blog to the world. The thought makes me want to cry just thinking about it. It's been a hard road lately but we have decided to adopt. Not just adopt, but we're going international...to Ethiopia! I've always wanted to adopt and I am confident that this is where God has led us. As of yet, I'm not ready to tell the world about this because there are a lot of questions you may ask that I'm not prepared to answer right now. Frankly, I don't even know if I have the answers yet. Logically, it doesn't make sense...right now we don't have the time or the money for this journey. All I know is that God has laid this at our feet and we are not passing it by.
A quick run-down so far...
September 2009: 2nd Laparoscopy Surgery (endometriosis)
October 2009: More testing...bad news, printed off info on adoption but kept it to myself
November 2009: Thinking about how to bring up adoption to J, Garry had a sermon about adoption :)
December 2009: Got in touch with 2 friends who adopted recently and received great advise and requested a CHI adoption info packet. When I received an email from CHI, there was information about Ethiopia and my heart melted! SOLD!
We have to take some pictures of us and our home to turn in with the application so it'll go out within the next few days.
At each step in this short journey so far, I prayed for God to tell me what to do next. It was all so overhwelming that I didn't know where to start so I looked to him to show me the way. I have no clear reason why we chose Children's Hope International, except friends recommended it and they emailed me back. I have no clear reason why we chose Ethiopia, except it was discussed in the email from CHI and when I read it, I KNEW this was it.
http://adopt.childrenshope.net/programs/ethiopia/
If you know anything about me, you know that I love to travel and I love to help others. Maybe this is why international adoption appeals to me more than domestic adoption...a topic I hope to address later. There's a song by Brandon Heath that I've fallen in love with over the past year called, "Give Me Your Eyes." Oh, how many times have I prayed the words of this song? Part of me wants to be naive about this world, sheltered from evil. However, deep down I know this isn't the right thing to do. There's not much about me that's sugar-coated...neither is my view of the world. I'm sure some people see me at times as cynical or blunt....probably more accurately, a realist. I'm thankful for having the opportunity at a young age to travel the world. I was able to have my eyes opened to the needs of humanity on so many different levels. Then, with our work at church with the kids from our Levy community I was able to continue that. Now, as I teach struggling middle schoolers, I'm reminded of the needs of God's children daily. Please watch the video of this song and pray the lyrics...
Months from now, I'll finally be able to reveal this blog to the world. The thought makes me want to cry just thinking about it. It's been a hard road lately but we have decided to adopt. Not just adopt, but we're going international...to Ethiopia! I've always wanted to adopt and I am confident that this is where God has led us. As of yet, I'm not ready to tell the world about this because there are a lot of questions you may ask that I'm not prepared to answer right now. Frankly, I don't even know if I have the answers yet. Logically, it doesn't make sense...right now we don't have the time or the money for this journey. All I know is that God has laid this at our feet and we are not passing it by.
A quick run-down so far...
September 2009: 2nd Laparoscopy Surgery (endometriosis)
October 2009: More testing...bad news, printed off info on adoption but kept it to myself
November 2009: Thinking about how to bring up adoption to J, Garry had a sermon about adoption :)
December 2009: Got in touch with 2 friends who adopted recently and received great advise and requested a CHI adoption info packet. When I received an email from CHI, there was information about Ethiopia and my heart melted! SOLD!
We have to take some pictures of us and our home to turn in with the application so it'll go out within the next few days.
At each step in this short journey so far, I prayed for God to tell me what to do next. It was all so overhwelming that I didn't know where to start so I looked to him to show me the way. I have no clear reason why we chose Children's Hope International, except friends recommended it and they emailed me back. I have no clear reason why we chose Ethiopia, except it was discussed in the email from CHI and when I read it, I KNEW this was it.
http://adopt.childrenshope.net/programs/ethiopia/
If you know anything about me, you know that I love to travel and I love to help others. Maybe this is why international adoption appeals to me more than domestic adoption...a topic I hope to address later. There's a song by Brandon Heath that I've fallen in love with over the past year called, "Give Me Your Eyes." Oh, how many times have I prayed the words of this song? Part of me wants to be naive about this world, sheltered from evil. However, deep down I know this isn't the right thing to do. There's not much about me that's sugar-coated...neither is my view of the world. I'm sure some people see me at times as cynical or blunt....probably more accurately, a realist. I'm thankful for having the opportunity at a young age to travel the world. I was able to have my eyes opened to the needs of humanity on so many different levels. Then, with our work at church with the kids from our Levy community I was able to continue that. Now, as I teach struggling middle schoolers, I'm reminded of the needs of God's children daily. Please watch the video of this song and pray the lyrics...
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