Back to CHINA!

We started the process of adoption #2 over a year ago...all to the feeling of nothing felt right and feeling like I was going crazy. We started out adopting from the Philippines, then from Foster Care, and then put a hold on the process all together. I longed for an experience just like the first time; you know the type of experience where God tells you right out what He wants from you and you just follow that request? That was so much easier. Just tell me what you want from me and I will do it. So for well over a year we traveled down this road not feeling at peace about anything and not sure what we were doing really. We often found ourselves thinking about China again but then the next day we would tell ourselves it was impossible. Until recently. I guess we weren't meant to start the adoption process a year ago. God wanted it to begin now, so He was going to drive us crazy until we waited for the perfect time-His time. I actually came across a boy that is waiting in China to be adopted, but he is not meant to be ours. However, in looking at his information on the agency's website, we came across another boy needing a home. We knew this was right where God wanted us to be. We had total peace about adopting him and knew this time it was right. Our whole family was in agreeance that he was the one (although he is not officially matched to our family yet and another family could request to adopt him, it's a race to the paperwork completion). He is older than we had originally thought we would be adopting, him and Bradley are actually the same age, but that didn't matter to us. We have zero money to adopt from China again, but that is not even really a worry to us, we know God will provide. What we do know is this boy is meant for our family. He will be 12 by the time we bring him home. At age 14 in China, children age out of the system. On the streets with no family and no way to care for themselves. I cannot imagine this being his fate in 2 1/2 years if we don't adopt him. No child should have to experience that. So please be in prayer for us and this adoption. Prayer that we will come up with the thousands of dollars it takes to adopt internationally, prayer that our paperwork process goes smoothly, and prayer that we are able to travel to China sooner than later. We will keep you posted on all the excitement. XOXOXOXOXO