Our Journey to Adoption, Part 1

It wasn't long after we married that we both felt compelled to pursue adoption. It was 2007. We began to pray and study and learn. The next year we began the international adoption process. We were in the early stages when the country we planned to adopt from closed. Rather than change countries, we felt compelled to wait. We knew at the right time, God would again impress upon our hearts a desire and an urgency for adoption.

 Fast forward to 2015. With three children at home, we began to move toward adoption again. Trevor enrolled in a seminary class about adoption. The focus was three-fold: the theology of our adoption into God's family, God's heart for orphans, and the practical implications of human adoption (how couples can pursue it, how families can succeed in it, and how the church can support it). We read many books together. That semester, a typical evening involved Trevor reading aloud while I folded laundry. We attended a conference called, "Together for Adoption." We were blessed to be on the receiving end of incredible teaching and training for church leaders and adoptive parents. We began to pray more about our role in caring for orphans and once again felt a desire to build our family through adoption.

More to come.... 

But if you'd like to read a general overview of the process we're currently engaged it, you'll find some more information at our "YouCaring: Compassionate Crowdfunding" site.