Adoption Journey - Day 1

Friday, September 21st, 2012

Today marks the beginning of our Journey to Adopt. However, I know God has been orchestrating this long before today! When I woke up this morning, the verse on the bible app of my IPOD was Philippians 1:6 - "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus!" God today you definitely began a GOOD work! 

Here we are, application in hand, going to meet with Lifeline Director, Angie!

This verse is not just coincidence. The verse has been surfacing to me over, over and over since August 24^th! On August 24^th, God answered my prayer of “Lord, I just need you to be as clear as day whether we are supposed to adopt first or keep trying for biological children”, it was on that Friday that Jeremy and I got the news that biological children were not in our future. That evening at Beth Moore – she spoke of Phil 1:6, on Saturday she spoke on it, on Sunday September 9 we started a series in church in Philippians 1:1 – 1:8, and Monday September 17 during some devotional time I sat out on the porch and was led to Philippians and read the whole book. God, I know you are not a God of coincidence, but instead of God of purpose and providence who is SO active in our lives.

So we met with Angie, the director of Lifeline Children Services here in SC. What an amazing person! Her love for God and passion for adoption is so evident. Our conversation with her confirmed where you were leading us! We submitted our application, Christian questionnaire and doctrinal statements today!

We got to eat lunch with Becky in Mt. P and share the news with her. Her excitement for us was beautiful! God, thank you for blessing us with friends who are so encouraging and thoughtful during this process. Our friends have embraced and supported us in more ways than I could have imagined. Jessica, Laura, and Misty all three knew of the scheduled appointment with Lifeline. Jessica and Laura were both the first phone calls I rec’d today and Misty texted me to see how it went! How gracious you are to bless us with friends as excited as we are, and that they are thinking about us and wanting to share in the journey. I am so thankful… so thankful!

Here are are some of the dear friends God has blessed us with!

 

I also updated Mom today too. I could not be more thankful for her calm and steady spirit of strength! 

Lord as we are telling others (especially our family) of this journey that we get the privilege to experience, I pray you bring peace to their hearts, encouragement to their spirits, and reassurance of your plan and hands in this whole process.

Lord, thank you for CHOOSING us to be your children, for loving us and adopting us into your family… and thank you for CHOOSING us to go on this journey. We graciously accept the “children you see fit to bless us with!” (Genesis 3:5)  

We can’t wait to share your story and glory with the little ones you CHOOSE for us!