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.

Friday, July 6, 2012

We are matched!!

June 14th 2012  we got the call that has changed our lives!   We were presented a match that met our Adoption Planning Questionnaire (APQ) criteria 100%.   We were in disbelief that it happened so quickly.  The average wait time is 1 to 6 months through our agency and we figured we would be on the tail end of that.  And that friends is why our blog is titled Journey of Faith.  :)   God gave Emily a birthday gift she will never forget as the call was the day before her birthday, and we officially accepted the match on her birthday.  So since then we have been getting to know the birth mother through conference calls and emails.   Also the quickness of it all has brought a roller coaster of emotions, excitement, and holy cow we are going to be parents in a little over a month!!! So many prayers have been answered, and once we had heard the specific prayers that were said by our friends it was such a testimony to the power of prayer and our Awesome God!  As with all matches there is a chance that the birth mother could change her mind before signing over custody.   So your continued prayers are much needed right now.

If you have any questions please contact us and once again thank you!

James 1:17  Every good and perfect gift comes from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

The start of the nursery :)
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