A Look Back...

As we prepare to travel this week I cannot help but think back in amazement at how we got to this point.  God is so faithful to provide all you need if you choose to follow him.  I'm telling you, if He has put adoption on your heart and you decide to step out in faith and follow Him, He will provide everything for you.  Yes, we don't like not knowing how it will all work out and it is sometimes scary but the outcome, if you choose to do what He is asking, is so very worth our little time of worry and fear.  We started this road 10 months ago with nearly nothing to put towards a $22,000ish adoption (I don't even know what the grand total ended up being) and God has provided just about every penny.  We could NOT afford to adopt from China again but yet that is where God had prepared a son for us. Yes, we did come up short and had to borrow some money but that isn't bad when you look at how much we needed to get to this point.  He put a couple amazing grant opportunities in our path, provided some amazing friends who worked their tails off at our boutique fundraiser, Both Hands/widow's home remodel fundraiser, and our carnival fundraiser, and many, many more friends and family who have given donations to help bring Bradyen home.  Without God and all these loving, caring people in our lives, we would not be preparing to bring our son home.  So from the bottom of our hearts we say thank you for helping care for the orphan and making our son an orphan no longer.  I challenge you, if God is asking you to adopt a child, to not look at the costs or say you cannot afford to do so.  Step out in faith KNOWING that God will provide all you need and in the end you will have an amazing gift.  Hoping you all follow our journey to China and home.  I will be posting the majority of our days here on the blog but I will also be on Facebook as well.  Please continue to keep us in your prayers. Love you all! Xoxoxo