Some Info

Hey,
I realize our blog has been kind of peppered with sporadic information. This may have been confusing and we are right there with you! The main reason is that the adoption had been stalled for so long there was nothing to post. Then it seemed like we may be moving forward with Ethiopia. Well, our path has totally changed.

I posted a while back that we were opening ourselves up to any (legal) form of adoption. It seemed like we were not fully trusting in God if we put some many limits on him. Through the research process we have found a program at Gladney that we strongly feel we are being led to. It is thier ABC program. The program consists of adopting an African American or Biracial baby within the United States. We are nervous but excited to pursue this path.

Later I will have a blog post going into detail how this is not because we think children in this country deserve a home more than other countries!! It is very frustrating when people say that to me now, thinking that this is the reason we have switched!

People would tell me that God had something in store for us that we couldn't even imagine. And while I agree with that I couldn't think of what that could be. Finally having a child in our family, what could be better than that. Well one of the exciting things that this will provide us with is the chance to raise a baby from their time of birth. To quote an old favorite Tv show of mine when I was a child (Little House on the Prarie) "It is a dream I made myself forget." So God is showing me that he can do things that I could only dream of!

I know that this post poses many questions. Such as:

-What is the process now?
-Why Texas??...

There will be more posts to follow answering (hopefully) all of those. Right now lets just say that we are moving forward and we are very excited! As always please pray.

-Kristin