Adoption Announcement!!!!

We are starting the process of a domestic adoption!!!!!!

This is a very different process from international adoption, so we are still learning as we go :-). Here are the details as we know them right now!!!

Decision ~ Nathan and I have been talking and praying about growing our family again for several months. In December, we tried to start the process, but God very firmly shut several doors that we attempted to open. So we stepped back, kept praying, and waited to see what God wanted us to do.

A couple weeks ago, several doors were thrown wide open and it seemed very clear to us that God wanted us to walk/run through those doors!!! Several pieces fell into place quickly and we are excited to see what God is going to do in this next chapter of our lives!!!!

Process ~ We are in the process of getting our home study done. The past week and a half we have been gathering the needed documents and our first visit with our social worker is this coming Saturday!!! Once the home study is done, we will have it (along with a profile of our family) on file in a few different places. The next phase is still a little "uncertain". We will be learning more about it in the next few weeks :-).

Request ~ We are pursuing an INFANT domestic adoption!!! Boy or girl. God's choice. :-)

Time ~ Honestly, we don't know. This could happen within two months!!! Or, we could be waiting for a year or more. We don't know. But God does. And HE will work out the details and timing in HIS perfect way!!! We have peace and confidence in that!!!!!

Prayer Requests ~ Peace. Patience. Finances. Details. Understanding. Wisdom.