We have a son....

Wow, I've been waiting a few months

to write this post.

We have a son.

We have seen his face.

We have given him a name.

Let me start by telling a little bit of this story.

I have shared previously that we were 

looking for a little boy under the age of 2.

We felt that would be best for our family.

We also assumed that there would be

a little boy under the age of 2 

in the orphanage by the time we were ready.

That is not how it happened.

We were informed that there was one child

in the orphanage that wasn't adopted, all other

7 kids had adoptive parents already(praise the Lord!!!)

We were told that it'd be at least a month before any other 

children would be brought in.

This one child that had no parents

is about 3 years old.

So Chris and I started talking and praying.

We were challenged to greatly question the motive 

of our hearts in regards to adoption.

It's so easy to say, 

"I'd like an 8 month old boy, please"

When there are plenty of 8 month old boys available

for adoption!

It felt so unnatural for us, however, to say,
"I'm sorry little guy, you're just too old for us.

We'd rather wait for a younger little boy.

We are concerned about how well you will adjust

to being put into our family...it might be better

for you to remain an orphan longer."

It felt just wrong.

We prayed much for him and about our situation.

 Within a couple days, we couldn't get this "3 year old" out of our minds (all we knew of him was his age).

We talked with our families about it and they

all seemed to be extremely supportive

and agreed with us.

We didn't pick our biological children, did we?

And praise God, He didn't give us much of a choice

with this one either.

He said,

"Here. Here is your son."

So this was almost a month ago and just 

two days ago, we received a picture.

We put a face to the boy we had been praying for.

It became official in our hearts.

No more wondering, "Who is it??? Who is our child???"

Everything changed in an instant!

Tears flowed as we saw that little guy's eyes

in the midst of the other beautiful 

chocolate faces in the orphanage....now

ALL of them had parents.

He wasn't the only one left anymore.

Now, we aren't going to share his picture 

or the name we have chosen for him just yet.

I can tell you this.

He doesn't look like his parents ;)

He's gorgeous.

He has beautiful dark skin.

The whites of his big round eyes stand out bright 

against the deep color of his skin.

He doesn't know of us yet, but he will this week.

He'll receive pictures and the names of his sisters.

We have some waiting to do,

But MUCH to be done in the waiting.

Lots of paperwork to gather.

And it looks like he may not be home until April or May.

But he is being cared for so very well

where he is.

So I just couldn't WAIT to share with all of you.

We are overjoyed to have his face

in our minds as we pray for our children.

And we are excited to have things to DO!

 It feels good to have goals and to get things 

done in this process.

Thank you to whoever has prayed for our child

and our family.

And thank you for reading.

Continue to pray with us for our son.

For his health, his well-being,

his desire to be HOME.

We will be sharing pictures and his name

at our Benefit Dinner on 

November 11 at 5:30

Church at the Cross,

Pine Grove.

I have an event on Facebook with more info.

PLEASE COME!

$20/ticket

or

$45/family

If you aren't able to make it to the dinner,

I'll be sure to have a post up very shortly after :)

Thank you for rejoicing with us!