We were CHOSEN!!!!

On Friday March 8th, 2013 we got that long awaited call from the adoption agency!

They called Josh's phone first.  He was in Costco getting Kai some pajamas, and a few groceries.  So Josh called me and put himself, the agency, and I on a three way call.  Then they told us the news!!!  Aaliyah's mom had picked us!  I can't describe that feeling!  

I have been asking God to do Aaliyah's best since learning about her on February 2nd.  For me to hear that WE were chosen was so humbling and mind blowing!!!  She has been in my heart for YEARS!~ but I didn't know if this was her or not.  So I'm in girl la la land for now.  SO thrilled.  I can't wait to start getting to know her and loving her.

Adoption is one of many ways to watch our awesome God at work in our little lives.  

A little back story:

Last May Josh and I took a walk in the mountains.  He said he had been praying and wanted to know what I thought about adopting a little girl around age 5, and possibly being open to sisters if that was the case.  I of course said YES!  So after that happened we heard about some girls from Africa that were needing adopted.  They were sisters.  They were older than we said we wanted, but we thought, 'we trust God to do our best, and their best', so we went ahead and stepped up to adopt them.  While we were quickly doing all the International paperwork, approvals, money, etc etc, the girls were reunited with their father.  We had gotten pretty attached to them so we were sad to not see them again, but at the same time, we were so happy for them.  So then we were back to square one.  Here we had all this paperwork finished, approved, paid for...So we thought lets go ahead and send it off to Africa anyway and see what happens.  Well neither of us had peace about it when it came down to it.  That was really shocking because we both always dive in head first.  We had everything done and ready.  So why no peace????  We couldn't understand it, but we decided to wait on God for a bit and see what happens.  Well then we get the call for Aaliyah.  Had we not pursued the girls in Africa we would not have had a home study to give the agency.  They weren't accepting families that weren't 'ready to go'.  And to top it off, Aaliyah was a name Josh had chosen for a little girl if we had one.  

SO much fun to see God steering the boat as we stepped out in faith!  I always wondered what would be at the other end of this one!  Now we know!!!  That 5 year old little girl we prayed for almost one year ago!  Actually 9 months ago to be exact!