Adoption Blog Post #1
Ok all. Kevin and I have some big news on something that has been weighing on our hearts for a long time. We've contacted an adoption agency, taking our first real steps to a domestic infant adoption.
Starting this blog is a step to bringing you all along for the ride. One of the things I want to do through this process is provide some insight to the process for others considering it and provide opportunities for you all to pray for us along the way. Through all of this, we hope to bless others while expanding our family.
To answer some questions.
Why adoption?
We were so blessed in our pregnancies with Aurora and Elizabeth(Lily) but it was really hard on me: emotionally, mentally, and physically. I knew when I was pregnant with Lily that I didn't want to do it again, but both having 3 siblings, we both wanted more kids. We thought and prayed a lot about it. We followed other friends adoption stories, and God put it on our hearts that it is something we should do. So we've been thinking about it off and on since I was pregnant with E. Of course we wanted to wait until she was a little older to start the process, the goal is to have her and #3 about 2 years apart. (We'll see what God has in store on that front.)
Why infant adoption?
I love babies. I want to raise my children from birth. Ideally we'd bring the baby home from the hospital. There is a huge need for child adoption and fostering, and if that is what is on your heart, that is amazing. Fostering is just not what we feel we have been called to.
Why domestic?
The biggest factor in this is the desire to have an infant which isn't possible with international adoption.
What can you do?
Pray. Pray for us and the girls. Pray for the biological mother who we don't know yet, but God has a plan for. Pray that the process go as smoothly as possible.
As we learn more, we'll share more. Thanks for joining Kevin, me, Rora, and Lily on this journey.
-Lisa
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