The Beginning

OK, I have never set up a blog or anything like this before! So here it goes!

Josh and I have always wanted to "someday" adopt. I think Josh always felt like we would have all our "own" kids first and then adopt. My preference has always been to mix it up. We have talked about this MANY times throughout our whole married life which began May 1, 2004.

We got pregnant with Hudson 14 days after we got married! Believe me, Grandma was counting the days to see if it added up! It did:) Our plan was to have 4 kids fairly close together. That obviously has not happened for us. God has another, better plan. We did get pregnant in August of 2008, but we miscarried in October of 2008.

This past August of 2009 it became very clear to us that we wanted to get moving on this. We were having quite a few conversations on the topic at this time, and one evening on a coffee shop date we were discussing our family goals, short term and long term. We both really wanted to have the opportunity to share all the blessings God has given us with children who may not have this opportunity. I don't just mean material blessing, but spiritual blessing. God has brought us so far and we want to love and provide a life for a child or children.

Well, we got to work right away and filled out paperwork, went to a seminar, researched agency's....But when it came down to it, we did not feel comfortable financially at this point. We were in the process of buying a home and lots of things were happening with the business, and Josh wanted to wait a little longer. Back to my knees I went:)

We ended up getting the house of our dreams, and God did amazing miracles for that to happen. We got it way sooner than expected, and for almost $60,000 dollars less than our offer. That was after deciding to walk away because it looked like a dead end. The night before we got it, I prayed Lord, if this house is something you have for us, PLEASE, please fill it with orphans. The next morning we surprisingly got the house at an auction, and I said Josh do you want to know what I prayed??? He said what?? When I told him, he said he prayed the exact same thing early that morning!! I thought I was going to get the OH BOY!! response.

After getting the house, Josh wanted to see our new payment, and utilities and such before beginning. So i just kept praying. Funny thing was, we just weren't able to get it financed. Between August, and this is now December, we have talked a lot about all this. I felt strongly that we should take a leap of faith, but I opted to talk to God about this and let him do the working in Josh. I never wanted this to be a my will kind of thing.

We both believe this is something God has laid on our hearts, and we both like doing things in such a way when we know God is leading, to leave some room for Him to show up. Like right now financially this is not "comfortable". God is going to have to show up and make this possible.

So we went to see 'The Blind Side' on this past Sunday, December 6, 2009, and it opened the door of prayer and conversation back up. That night Josh said let's do it. This time he handed me a blank check and filled out the application!!! Believe me, I didn't mail it, I drove to the agency the next day!

Well another amazing thing is that Sunday night Josh made the final commitment, and we found out Monday morning that our mortgage person suddenly "found a way" to get us our mortgage! To me that says, obeying God, take the step, and HE provides. We have been working on getting this mortgage since September!! Up to this point no one has been able to do it.

Sorry this first entry is sooo long!! I just want to get all the little details down so I never ever forget what God has done!!

Lastly, yesterday, when I walked into the agency to give the application and check, the ladies say, "We were just talking about you!". I was like wow! Then, I was able to spend like 45 minutes with our actual person. She told me at the end that it must have been divine because she doesn't even work out of the office and just "happen" to be there, and just "happen" to have the time to spend with me.

That is it thus far. Now on to all the paperwork, finding documents, and 35$ here, 700$ there, and such. I can't wait!!! I'm excited for the journey, and to see God's hand in all of it. I know this is a roller coaster. I will do my best to share.

Be Blessed!