God is ALWAYS Faithful
- 20 Years ago I told my mom I wanted a black baby
- 18 Years ago (August 1995) I married my best friend, he had no desire to adopt
- 3 years ago, (January 2011), my best friend heard an Adoption Sermon by Voddie Baucham which can be found here:http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=113101250246 and it rocked his world!
- 3 months later, we began our Adoption Journey thru DHS in April 2011
- almost 2 years ago (February 2012) our home was opened for Foster Care thru OKDHS, the very same day, one hour after our final "walk thru" with our social worker, we received the call for placement of a 5 week old baby boy
- July 17th 2013, on Josiah's 18 Month Birthday, our adoption was finalized!!!
I write this to you, the woman or man who has a heart for Adoption, but it seems like it will NEVER happen... God is PASSIONATE about adoption. It is our only possible way of being united with Him in heaven - we become His and NOTHING can separate us from His love! He sets the lonely in families. He is for Adoption!
Whether you're still waiting for your husband to get on board, or whether you're filling out paperwork late into the night while snacking on dry cereal & raisins, or whether you're done with all that and you are just WAITING for the phone call - please know that we've been there with you and we're praying for you! He is faithful!
I hope our little timeline gives you HOPE, because sometimes, we all need a little encouragement! :)
Thank you so much for the encouragement. I needed the reminder! We are approved and waiting to adopt from foster care. Have been approved since June and are still waiting to be matched. Sure thought it would've happened by now - I know that God's time table is much better than ours, but it's been feeling like it'll never happen. Thanks for the reminder of His faithfulness.
ReplyDeleteCorina, oh how difficult it can be to wait. I'm so sorry it's been so long for you! We ended up changing our status from only "Adoption" to foster care & immediately received our first placement, who is now our legally adopted son. My email is: tomorrows_memories@sbcglobal.net, if you'd like to talk more on this matter.
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