I am WAY behind here. I'm going to try and catch this up so we can get up to date and then I can archive our latest without huge holes in the story:)
Once again, we have to rewind.
BACK back back in January of 2011, we started the adoption process again. We started our home study etc. We actually started the International process. I started leading worship for Teen Freedom around that same time. Teen Freedom was a youth group for troubled teens. I formed a pretty close relationship with about 3 of the girls. By April of that year Josh had gotten involved with these teens also. We were visiting and giving rides to church etc. One night we got home from church and Josh looked at me and said have you been praying we would foster teens? I said NO, no, and no...Why? He said while we were at church it was just impressed on his heart that we COULD do something to help, and so we probably SHOULD do something to help. Well, turns out 2 of the girls needed foster homes. So LONG story short. We did the LONG and excruciating training, and offered ourselves for both girls. Turns out God had this worked out and we actually only ended up fostering one. So we had a 14/15 year old girl for one year. During that year here daddy worked hard and ended up getting her back. We are so happy for them. So at the beginning of June her and her dad were reunited!
Now if you could rewind to June of 2011. I was reading my Bible and I was in Abraham and Sarah's story...When God told Sarah that in the right time the next year she would have a baby, I felt in my spirit that God as also saying it to me...But I thought, no, probably just my hopeful heart because I was soooooooo sad to put the adoption process on hold while we fostered. Especially because we did that with complete surrender, so I had no idea when or if that dream would become reality or not. So in a sense I gave adoption for fostering the girls. (Which I'm thankful we did.) At any rate, it was still in my heart. So after that "Sarah" moment, I kept waiting to get pregnant, but to no avail. I wonder why I still always think that first! Then in November our church had an 'Adoption Sunday' celebration. Africa has been in my heart for YEARS. So I was sure by the end of that service we were moving to Africa. I asked Josh what he thought after the service and he looked at me like I was from Mars. I actually cried that whole day. TOTALLY weird I know! God has simply given me a heart for orphans. I can't help it. At any rate, I just went back to trusting God and waiting. Josh and I did talk that night and he told me that he wanted to save up some money etc and that we would adopt but he wanted to wait a little bit. I agreed. THEN the next day while doing school with Hudson the adoption agency called and told me about SOLOMON!! I was ecstatic!!! So there was my little promise baby. He was born January 12, 2012. In the midst of fostering, and against all odds, there he was. And the sweetest little man he is:) AND we were able to use that home study that was expiring in January! So totally amazing.
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