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About UsWe are a family of five, and God has led us on this crazy and wonderful journey of adopting our Selah from China. We love spending time together outside, reading, and just enjoying our family. We are followers of Christ, and we believe that He has a better plan for us than we could ever have for ourselves. God can move mountains, and that is what He did for us.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11 |
Who We Are |
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I always knew growing up that my grandfather grew up in an orphanage, but I didn’t really understand the significance of that until I had my own kids. Thinking about my boys living in an orphanage without anyone to truly love them and take care of them was heartbreaking. I was even more heartbroken when I read my grandfather’s journal a few years ago. He was in an orphanage from the time he was three until about twelve. He talked about how sad he would be when the children were lined up when families came to pick out a child to adopt. He said he was never chosen because he wasn’t the cutest, and he felt so bad about himself then. My grandpa was a very special person to me, and I cried reading about what he went through. I can’t imagine any child going through that, and I want to make a very small difference by loving our daughter the way he never got to be loved as a child.
God has been telling us that adoption is the plan for our family for a long time. Whenever I was silent and my brain stopped racing (which isn’t too often), I could just hear the whisper of a thought telling me that we would adopt. The story of when God spoke to Elijah on the mountain is very meaningful for us. There was a strong wind, but God did not speak through the wind. Then, there was an earthquake and a fire, but God did not speak through them, either. Then, there was a gentle whisper, and God spoke to Elijah. I think that if we are quiet enough and slow down enough, we can hear and see him, in the quietest of whispers and in the simplest of ways. I’m so glad that God has called us on this journey, and I am confident that He will keep showing us how to continue on this path He has planned for us. Our first purpose for this blog was that all of our friends and family could be on this journey with us. We updated you on the paperwork process, the waiting, the fundraising, the referral process, medical reviews, and when we eventually travel to China. Now, we hope to update you on the happenings in our life and how adoption can be part of yours, too! |