Journey of Faith: April 2012

Our Journey Starts New

November 2011

For about a year and a half we have been praying that God would bless us with a child. We never imagined having any trouble pursuing this dream, but after a year of seemingly getting no where, we decided to start pursuing infertility treatment. Though we have not been told we cannot have children, the odds are not in our favor. This has been a very difficult journey, which has led us to start the adoption process. Adoption is something we had talked about even before we were married. Our desire is to be parents and raise children to teach them about our Savior, Jesus Christ. At times we wonder if it would have been easier to be told we are unable to have kids so that we could have started the adoption process sooner, but we know God’s timing is perfect, as is His plan for us. We are in the beginning stages of the adoption, we have finished reading the manual, and have started the Adoptive Planning Questionnaire. Once the APQ is finished we will apply for our Home Study. From there we will start working on our profile to be shown to potential birth mothers. We are very excited to have the opportunity to be blessed with a child, and know as hard or as scary and tough the process might be in the end God's will, will be done and we hope we are able to glorify him in every way.

Monday, April 23, 2012

One step closer

We are one step closer to going active! Thank you for your continued prayers and support! This week we submitted our text and photos for our profile, and our home study was finalized! The profile challenged us in many ways, it seemed like we would get attacked or have a ton going on to the point it seemed we might not get it done for a long time. We wrote around 2000 words on subjects from our families, how we met, what we will tell our children about their adoption, and a letter to the birth parents. We are now waiting to hear from our media specialist to make sure all that we have submitted is approved. Once all is approved we will start to be shown to birth mothers. We only have one more step then to complete; the video profile, which we will start after we have gone active. This is a very exciting time for us, please continue to pray as we continue on our journey to having a family.