I'm obviously not a blogger, as you can see I haven't written anything on here in a year. But as this incredible journey begins, I want to log every single part of it.
Today, March 20th 2012, we officially begin the process of adopting our daughter. We've met with our minister Tom, and we received his recommendation in the mail today. After putting the kids to bed tonight I went straight to FedEx/Kinkos to send in our application. I have a feeling the nice people at Kinkos are going to become good friends. They were all super helpful. The delivery guy stayed so that our package would go out tonight, and when the girl handed it to him she jokingly said "ok, lets say a prayer over this". She was kidding and picking at the delivery guy, but I thought it was appropriate.
After researching and reading and googling for over a year, it feels so good to be at this point. To finally have decided on a country and "agency". We've decided to do an independent adoption from Uganda and use an organization started by a woman who adopted from Rwanda. Our prayer at this point is that she will accept us and take us on as one of her adoptive families. This is only the beginning of a long process, but we're just excited to get started and get everything in place for when God brings her to us. We've been praying for her for a long time and can't wait to welcome her into our family.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11
