Adopting out of foster care gives me a gift that I feel like I would not have any other way. That gift is being able to pray for my child, wherever he or she may be right now. I mean, I prayed for our baby while we were trying to conceive, but they weren't here, living on earth yet, so this feels completely different.
I am praying for the well being of a child this is now living, breathing, learning new things and experiencing life somewhere in Colorado at this moment. As a parent, this is the only thing I can do for my child in this season of our journey, and I feel blessed to be given the opportunity.
I prayed for my husband for years in this same way, long before we ever met each other. I would pray that God would keep him safe, that God would be guiding his life and decisions, and just that he was over all happy, along with other stuff, and I have always felt that that was a very special thing that has connected us.
I think that it is amazing that I get to have the same connection with my child, and that Cody gets to share in this amazing gift and opportunity that we have been given. I pray similar things for our child that I prayed for Cody; that they are safe, that they
would not be aware of any wrong doing being done around them, and that
they are feeling love from someone around them.
We haven't even met our child yet, but I already feel like I love them through the love that I get by praying for them daily.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Adoption Journey Update
Wow, finding an agency to go with is harder than I thought. I'm not sure if I've mentioned this yet or not, but we finally decided that we are going to adopt out of the foster care system as opposed to domestic infant adoption at this point. As much as I want a teeny tiny baby (which possibly could still happen), I even more so just want to be a parent to whatever child God has out there for us.
Well, we thought we had found an agency that we wanted to go through, but both Cody and I started having some off feelings about them. We are going through an adoption support type program called Project 1.27 (http://project127.com/), which does a lot of what agencies do, but not the home study and actual placement. When we went to the orientation we brought up our concerns about the agency with one of the social workers that was there, and she, along with another family that overheard our conversation and has some experience with said agency, basically confirmed our feelings, so we decided that we need to look for someone else. At least we know what our first speed bump is going to be. We have a list of a few agencies that partner with Project 1.27, so we are definitely going to look into them. One was on our original list of who to look at when we were looking into domestic infant adoption, but they had a 2 year wait list for that, so we didn't really even consider them, but with foster/adopt they don't have that same issue.
We have a few classes that we need to take this upcoming month, and this month is already a super busy one for Cody with work and some special youth group events, including a 4 day camping trip that he has headed up. Please pray that this month would not be too overwhelming for him and that he would somehow come out of it feeling rested and refreshed.
We are currently starting our mountain of paper work, which I actually find kind of fun (call me crazy, lol), so at least we have the ball rolling!! Please pray that we would get everything done in a timely fashion, and that God would give us a clear sign/feeling about which agency we should choose. Thanks!!
Well, we thought we had found an agency that we wanted to go through, but both Cody and I started having some off feelings about them. We are going through an adoption support type program called Project 1.27 (http://project127.com/), which does a lot of what agencies do, but not the home study and actual placement. When we went to the orientation we brought up our concerns about the agency with one of the social workers that was there, and she, along with another family that overheard our conversation and has some experience with said agency, basically confirmed our feelings, so we decided that we need to look for someone else. At least we know what our first speed bump is going to be. We have a list of a few agencies that partner with Project 1.27, so we are definitely going to look into them. One was on our original list of who to look at when we were looking into domestic infant adoption, but they had a 2 year wait list for that, so we didn't really even consider them, but with foster/adopt they don't have that same issue.
We have a few classes that we need to take this upcoming month, and this month is already a super busy one for Cody with work and some special youth group events, including a 4 day camping trip that he has headed up. Please pray that this month would not be too overwhelming for him and that he would somehow come out of it feeling rested and refreshed.
We are currently starting our mountain of paper work, which I actually find kind of fun (call me crazy, lol), so at least we have the ball rolling!! Please pray that we would get everything done in a timely fashion, and that God would give us a clear sign/feeling about which agency we should choose. Thanks!!
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Starting the Journey
The whole adoption process is very overwhelming when it comes to all of the information out there. Right now we are in the process of choosing an agency to go with. We already had a meeting with one agency last week, and we liked them a lot, but we want to check out a few more just to make sure we go with the one that is the best fit with us.
We have 3 information meetings with 3 different agencies set up for the beginning of this upcoming week. I feel like we will just be driving all around the state for 3 days, lol. At least one of them is only 10 minutes away from Cody's work. That should help a little bit.
I'm very excited to be getting more information and narrowing down our options. I'm pretty sure we are hoping to decide on an agency within the next few weeks so that we can seriously start moving forward to having our first child!! Please be praying for us as we make our decision. Thanks!!
We have 3 information meetings with 3 different agencies set up for the beginning of this upcoming week. I feel like we will just be driving all around the state for 3 days, lol. At least one of them is only 10 minutes away from Cody's work. That should help a little bit.
I'm very excited to be getting more information and narrowing down our options. I'm pretty sure we are hoping to decide on an agency within the next few weeks so that we can seriously start moving forward to having our first child!! Please be praying for us as we make our decision. Thanks!!
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