This might explain a little better why we chose to adopt.....please feel free to ask questions if you have them. I found this post from a ways back and thought it might be a good explaination.
Well, we are very proud to announce that we are indeed adopting! We have decided on the lovely country of Ethiopia to bring a little girl home from. Many have asked how this all came about for us and it started around 2008. The year before we had lost our twin babies in a miscarriage and really came to the realization that all life is so precious. There were friends of ours that were adopting and we got to see through them the whole process. It was so exciting but yet full of its own ups and downs. God at this time planted a seed in us that this might be what He wanted for us, too. Stepping out in faith we sent in our preapplication and shortly after found out that I was pregnant so this abruptly stopped any ventures into adoption at that time. We were told that once the baby was 9 months old we could procede again. The thought of adoption never really left our minds and really intensified within this past year. When we first started the process we were thinking of going the domestic route but I really felt a pull towards international. Through lots of prayer and research we decided to put Ethiopia down for our first country of choice and the US for our second. In October of this year we were approved for Ethiopia and thus starts our journey. We are very excited but also completely trusting God because we can not do this on our own. The expenses alone are overwhelming and seem impossible but I am reminded over and over again that "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. " Matthew 19:26. We are doing some fundraising to help us out and have already been blessed beyond measure by the outpouring of love and blessings by others. Please feel free to follow along with us while we start this awesome adventure to where God is leading.
