Some of you may know that my first job was with Children's Services as a foster-care and adoptions caseworker. I loved the job and loved all of the children who I worked with. God was moving in my heart to adopt even then. Once we took our current job and moved to Mexico, I thought I may not be able to adopt. However, once there, my desire grew stronger. On April 24, 2011, I wrote in my journal that I knew God wanted us to adopt, He would just have to move in Greg's heart as well. Greg said he was open to adopting if the Lord dropped a child in our lap. Over the next years, I prayed like crazy that God would bring us the child He had for us. However, He never brought that child to our doorstep. I began to grow very frustrated and asked God to remove the desire to adopt if it wasn't of His will. However, it only grew stronger. I prayed harder, and asked friends to pray as well.
I love this man!
On January 27, 2015, Greg told me that God had been moving in his heart and he was ready to pursue adoption. He was ready to be proactive in finding the child God had for us instead of waiting for Him to bring the child to us. I was beyond excited and we started the process like Olympic athletes. Remember, I have been in training for almost 4 years now, praying, waiting, seeking and now, baby, I am ready to run! So, we are working with 2 different agencies, one to help us with the actual adoption and another to do our NC home study.
Please pray for us as we travel this long journey to bring home our 4th child.
I will warn you, this blog may start to look a bit different. I will still put updates on here about our ministry and our family and things of that nature. However, I will be focused on bringing my little boy or girl home to us more than anything else, for a time.
Please pray that we will know soon who this sweet child is. Pray also that we will have wisdom as we go through this process.
Thanks so much for sharing this journey with us! Missy
