One Year

It's been almost a whole year since we started this journey.
We announced that we were adopting Thanksgiving of 2013 but for several weeks before that we were investigating, planning and praying.

One year on this journey.

One year of praying. Praying for our baby. Praying for birth moms. Praying for financial provision.

One year of dreaming.   Dreaming about the call. Dreaming about the first embrace. Dreaming about teaching our child who Jesus is. Dreaming about when they will take their first steps or skin their knee.

One year of processing feelings. Processing how I feel about this wait, how I feel about not being picked or how I feel when things don't go my way.

One year of learning.  Learning God is in control. Learning(even more) that my Husband is incredible and the perfect one for me. One year of learning I am not in control.

One year of seeing. Seeing how well we are loved by our family and friends. Seeing how much God wants to use our circumstances to make us more like Him.

A lot can happen in a year.  Even though we do not yet have our baby, a lot has happened.  God has worked His way into parts of my heart that I didn't know existed. He has held me in times I didn't think I would encounter.

Whether our baby comes tomorrow or in 2 years, I know it won't be in vain.

In the meantime, we are going to continue doing what we can. Praying, applying with organizations and fundraising.  Out of our $10,000 placement fee, we need a remaining $4,000. God has blessed our fundraising efforts so we decided to roll out a few more in the coming months to get our last chunk.

Who knows, maybe God is waiting for us to have the money? [if He even works like that ;)]

A sweet friend of mine is a Just Jewelry Consultant. We are going to do an online party and part of the proceeds will go to our adoption fund!  I think the product is so cute and now it can help us!

Here is the link to the website if you would like to support this fundraiser. ---->>>> Jewelry!

Simply look through the catalogs and let me know the item number and info on what you would like and I will add it to our local party order. You can email me at melissamae86@gmail.com. It's not too early to Christmas shop!

As always, please be praying for us! We love you guys!