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, October 26, 2012

Next leg of the journey

Hello family and friends!

We apologize for not posting much since we have been home from Virginia.  The last 3 months have been tough with a roller coaster of emotions.  We have gone from being angry to extreme sadness.   We have also had good days in accepting where we are at and trusting that God is in control having the bigger plan in store for us.  It's definitely been tough not knowing what kind of day each of us will have.  Fortunately each of us is normally opposite the other so we can support and help each other through the tough days.  We have been praying and growing closer to each other during the grieving process of not bringing baby Hope home with us.  We are thankful for the family and friends that have been there for us.   Now the next leg of our adoption journey begins!

Since we got back, we have been approached to be shown to other birth families.  Nothing has moved forward until this week.  On Tuesday we got a call about being shown to a birth mother who had a baby boy Sept. 30th.  She did choose us and currently we are on our way to Michigan to explore this blessed opportunity!  We are asking for prayers as this next couple weeks comes with excitement and yet some guardedness since our last encounter.  We are leaving the details in God's hands and taking it a step at a time.  Stay tuned for more to come.

Love,
Shannon and Emily



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