Getting the word out

With anything in life you have choices, from the simplest things like what percent of milk you drink to the most important things like whether or not to have a relationship with Jesus. When it comes to adoption there are also so many choices and ways to pursue it. Dan and I have decided to open ourselves up to every avenue and then see what The Lord has in store for us.

For example, we are open to any race and any gender. The only thing we don't really want to fudge on is age. From the beginning we have felt that it is important to always have Caleb be our oldest, he is a natural first born and for the sake of us all we don't really want to mess with that one. There are also so many different avenues of adoption, from overseas to foster care and everything else in between. With each of theses avenues comes so many risks and emotions. But in the end when you have that wonderful gift in your arms it makes everything worth it.

When we first began the journey of adoption we started out by getting our foster license. With Dan being a teacher and me staying home this was the best way to start out our journey because we were able to have our classes and home study all for free. We received our license in November and eagerly anticipated that 1st call. We were sure that it wouldn't be very long because most of the people in our foster class were filling their homes soon after they were licensed. Now, I am so thankful we didn't receive any calls early in the process and that the few we did during that time didn't pan out.  It was that May when our  baby girl arrived( see the Peyton post).

Which brings me to why this post is called "getting the word out", Peyton's adoption was not through the state or through an agency, it was a private adoption. Private adoptions are when you cut out the middle man, which is a scary thing to most people. I wanted to start this blog not only because we wanted friends and family to walk with us through our journey, but because you never know how the Lord works. Maybe just maybe someone will know someone else who is looking for an adoptive family to love their child. By getting our names and hearts out there who knows what might happen. We are also not opposed to going through an agency and that just might be our next step.  We simply don't know when the next opportunity will present itself, but we are sure excited to see what is going to happen!

Thank you all for going through this journey with us, and we welcome you to join us in praying for God's perfect will to be done!

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