And so it begins!

Last Monday was our four year anniversary of the day that Luke was in our arms forever and we became a family of four. Our little man has brought us so much joy, and we feel so blessed to be able to be his parents! With his anniversary came feelings of wanting to grow our family through adoption one more time. Again we prayed, and felt like God answered with a yes! We have a long road ahead of us and we are not sure once again how this will be paid for, but we know God provided last time and have faith that He will again! Here are a few Bible verses and quotes that proved as confirmation that adoption is something we NEED to pursue one more time. We believe that adoption is a calling and we are blessed to be able to be apart of something that gives us a glimpse of God's love for us. We ourselves have been "adopted" into God's family (Eph 1:5).

No I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you. -John 14:18

Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. -James 1:27

I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can still do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do. - Helen Keller

I am definitely not saying that everyone should adopt! Some people can read those verses and quotes and feel moved, we read them and feel compelled to act.

Thanks for praying along with us as we start this journey again! We are both excited and nervous, and looking forward to seeing the face of our child! We will be using Holt again and adopting from S. Korea. We feel like it will be beneficial for Luke, and the baby to have the connection of being from the same birth country with similar stories. We love Holt and that they are committed to finding homes for children and not the opposite. The process has changed a bit since brought Luke home, I will explain further in another post.

We sent in our application November 10th and need to schedule our "Welcome Interview" over the phone sometime during the week, which is difficult with Ryan's new work schedule, but we hope to do that sometime next week. We also need to sign our agreement paperwork and have it notarized which we can do this coming weekend. Thats about it for now!