We watched the journey of family and friends who adopted, heard their stories, knew their struggles, and had heard time and time again "there is nothing easy about adopting". We are still very early on in this process (likely 2-3 years before we have our kids home), and are already starting to see how difficult the waiting is, how difficult the not knowing is, how difficult the "its out of our control" is. And yet we know, without out a doubt, this is what God has asked us to do here where we are and now in our lives.
Today, I read a post from a blog of some folks serving in Haiti that Abbie's grandma had posted on Facebook. It's really really good, and thought I'd share it here on our blog. Beware, this will give you some great insight into Haiti, but also be a great challenge to your own life.
http://mshaiti.blogspot.com/2015/12/dirty-is-why-we-are-here.html?m=1
We are also excited to share that we have a date for our home visit! January 20th we'll be spending the afternoon with our social worker in our home, sharing about our life and family, so she can write the home study report we need to file our official application for adoption in Haiti. Please pray for us these next 5 or so weeks leading up to our home visit as we finish up some "parent training" and "adoption preparation" classes.
Hope you are all able to enjoy this great Christmas season, and able to remember and reflect on the reality that God took on the mess and flesh of humanity to come into this broken place and our broken lives to show us His great love for us!
Merry Christmas!
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