God's Timing

I can't even believe that we are at the point that I am able to blog and tell people that we are in the process of adopting! This all started back in 2007, after God grabbed ahold of my heart in a big way. It was adoption month and I had listened to interviews all month long on Focus of the Family, an interview in particular with Steven Curtis Chapman. I had also just finished reading Tom Davis' book, "Fields of the Fatherless" (which shines a bright light on the true meaning of living out the Gospel – God commands us to care for those who desperately need provision and protection: the orphan, the stranger and the widow). My great friend, Kathy, and I met for breakfast one morning in November '07 and I think we stayed talking in that booth until lunchtime. Both of us had felt the call to adopt an orphan and were comparing notes and so excited about what God was going to do. We both knew that God had called us to an older child, but had no idea the route he would use to get us there. In a very short time after that breakfast meeting, Kathy and her family discovered their route: God had led them to adopt a sibling group of 3 teens from Ethiopia. Their story can be read here: The Wolfe children came home in Nov. 2008, and we love them as family!

God was slower in showing us the route he would use for us, but everything began to unfold just last month when we visited the Wolfe family over spring break. I can't share all of the details yet, but I can say that I am confident that God's hand is in this!
"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." Jeremiah 33:3

We have completed our home study which included our FBI fingerprinting, doctor records for the family, vet records for the pets, bank records, biographies, floor plans of our home, etc. We need to be approved in Michigan and the state we are adopting out of, so it takes a bit longer, but everything has actually moved along very quickly.

I am reminded again and again that God is always in control and his timing is always perfect!