Laughter has come

The words "I'm in" have a quiet power

Bob Goff

Sometimes it is the power to change our lives forever.

                                                                                                                                                                      

If you know Jay and I, you know that we rarely say "No". We desire to live lives that are open to new people and new experiences. Life in Christ is life abundant. We also knew when it came to our adoption, we would need to deeply consider our "Yes" as it would be one that would alter the rest of our lives.

To our absolute shock, that moment to say "yes" or "no" came a lot sooner than we had expected.  On Thursday, October 11, we received a phone call from Bethany telling us about a "gift baby" that was to be born that day or the next. Our adoption worker told us about the family and the circumstances and a little about why we were being called as we hadn't even received our completed home study yet.

Jay and I talked, prayed, jumped around, called some friends who have had made this decision for counsel, prayed some more, called the adoption worker with more questions, and soon we both reached a very confident "YES - we're in"

In my previous post I mentioned that Bethany said we would have baby by the end of the year instead it ended up being by the end of the week!

World, meet Isaac!

Full Steam Ahead

"You will have a baby by Christmas" was the jaw-dropping statement made by our Adoption specialist yesterday afternoon.

Finally we were told why we were being rushed through the home study process. Bethany has too many birth-moms giving birth soon and not enough families who are open to bringing these babies home.

Needless to say, I couldn't sleep last night. My mind was churning with all of the preparations we need to make. We have nothing for a baby yet - well not nothing - we have a toy (singular), a crib sheet (no crib), a high chair (that I hear a baby can't use for a while), but that is it. We also have (had?) all sorts of plans for fundraising because we do not have the savings to cover the cost of the adoption.

(Oh my . . . )

Although, this is the timing I had hoped for, I never expected things would move this fast. Now, I am fully aware that there could be complications (legal and otherwise) that could slow this down, but for now we are functioning under the impression that we will have a newborn in the house within two months.

(Give me a moment while I catch my breath. . .)

Soon our little family will be growing and we don't know the baby that will be joining us. We don't know their family history, gender, face or name. But God knows what is going to happen. He knows the plans He has for us.

Whatever may come down this road to adoption, we are moving forward full steam ahead.