The Story So Far

When we adopted Lilli earlier this year we knew that we were called to adopt another daughter in the future. We assumed we would choose a child younger than Lilli and we were just waiting and praying about that. However, God's plans sometimes don't match up with "our" plans. Earlier this week we found out about a girl who is 13 years old that desperately desires a family. She has lived in an orphanage her entire life and watched her best friends all get adopted last year. She has kept in contact with them via Skype and begs them to find her a family too. The "place" where she lives never started paperwork for her to be able to be adopted because they didn't think anyone would want her. In this "place" once a child turns 14 they can NEVER be adopted. Even if they have a family waiting for them if the family does not have their Gotcha day before the 14th birthday they will NEVER be adopted. This girl is turning 14 at the end of February. Because the "place" she is at just started paperwork for her to be able to be adopted it has left a VERY short, almost impossible time frame for anyone to be able to get through all the necessary steps to get to her in time.

Our family (and that means the kids too) have prayed and we are going for her. We are trying to expedite every possible step so that we have a chance at getting to her before her birthday. Nothing is guaranteed. Her file is still not even in the "system" yet so we cannot even be officially matched. There is a huge chance that when it comes in we may not be allowed to be matched with her because of the short time frame. It is a very detailed process that needs to occur in two months!! So I'm not going to try and list all of the things that need to happen but I'm just asking you to pray for miracles. And I mean one miracle after another. We are prepared that there may be another family who is ahead of us in the process who might want her and be able to get to her faster. If that is the case we will gladly let her go to that family. The most important thing is that she gets a family. However, we cannot sit by and wait because there is no time for that so we will be charging forth like mad dogs until the door gets slammed in our face. So please pray!! Pray first that she gets in a loving family before her birthday. Pray second that if it's us that He miraculously gets all of our paperwork through EVERY stinkin' step it's gotta go through at record, miracle breaking speed. Pray third that He provides the money we need to make this happen.

The boys are praying their little hearts out. I asked Ayden (8) why he would want to adopt this girl and his response was "Because she doesn't have a family and that's not right. Jesus wants everyone to have a family. We have a family and she can be a part of it. Go get her." Needless to say, the boys are all on board.

The lady at our adoption agency said to me yesterday, "You realize you're pretty much asking us to do the impossible, to move mountains." My response was, "Yes, I realize that. But that's not a problem for God. He's in the mountain moving business."

Ready. Set. Pray. (Read The Whole Story)