Joy In The Journey

One of the first questions asked of us, "Why aren't you just going to adopt a child in America?" Honestly, I knew that question would come up. Some may not agree with international adoption, as we do have a huge need in America. However, for us, God never laid domestic adoption on our hearts. Worldwide there are nearly 153 MILLION orphans. In many countries domestic adoption is just not available or very rare, so these children depend on international adoptions as their way to their forever home. We felt a heavy burden for the millions all over the world in need of a loving family-- many orphaned due to death of parents, abandonment, or poverty. I think every family that has adoption on their hearts chooses what feels right for them. We are all called to help the orphaned in some way— some choose helping families like us, some adopt domestically, some foster, and some adopt internationally! This is our choice and we are so excited to continue on! If you read over ou...

I'm sure many have been wondering WHY adoption. For our little family, adoption has been planted in our hearts for many years. God has been weaving the story of adoption in our lives for many years & in his perfect timing we have answered his call to adoption. Many probably consider adoption to be what people do after struggling with infertility-- but for us that is not the case. You see, we've always known that we have wanted to grow our family through adoption. No matter IF we could have biological children or not-- we knew adoption was heavy on our hearts from the beginning. Let's go back in time, to about 2005. I was 18 (ish) and had read some startling information about the one-child policy in China. Around this time many families in China were required to only have one child, and if said child was a girl, many would be abandoned (or even worse, killed) due to favor of male children. I read that there was a huge need for families to adopt these baby girls, an...