This is the story of our adoption journey. As you read, we hope you'll have an understanding of what this process has been like for our family, how it has shaped us, and how it has ultimately been orchestrated and sustained by our Heavenly Father in whom we find our true home, our true family, and our true hope. This is a story about bringing a daughter into an earthly family by adoption, hoping for the joy of her presence in our home. This is about giving one child a home and bringing her spunk and laughter and personality to fill its rooms and our hearts. But we'd be dishonest if we didn't explain that this process all started when we came to understand our own adoption into Christ's family. This journey really began when we dug deep into God's word and saw his heart for the lonely and the fatherless and came to realize that, as His children, we ought to have this same heart, too. We understand that reflecting the Father's love and compassion for orphans doesn't always mean adoption. And as you read about our journey, maybe you'll find a way to "take up the cause of the fatherless" (Is. 1:17) in your own individual way. But for us, when confronted with the option to adopt a child into our family or not, we knew that choosing not to would be disobedience on our part. We attribute this to the Holy Spirit's conviction on our hearts and the hand of a sovereign God leading us into His will. Each adoption story is as unique as each family. And we hope to be good stewards of the story he has given to us and the little girl we hope to adopt.
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