We are going to adopt a waiting child from China.
I do a double-take at that sentence, even though I wrote it. You may do the same. We have talked and prayed about it for months, and we feel that it's time. We hope that there is a child on the other side of the planet in a city we've likely never heard of that will be part of our family.
A waiting child is a special needs adoption. These are the kids that are less likely to be adopted, so those are the ones we feel called to pursue. We don't believe we are equipped to handle all special needs, but some we hope we can help a child overcome. We are open to a boy or girl, 2 years or under. We have chosen Gladney Adoption to help us through the process which will likely stretch into next year.
So 2010 will be a long journey -- a paper trail 50 miles long, to-do lists as long as your arm, emails zooming to the other side of the country and planet, and lots of prayers rising into the throne room of God. And the journey will end when a little Asian boy or girl boards a plane with us to come to Knoxville.
Father to the fatherless, defender of widows — this is God, whose dwelling is holy. God places the lonely in families. Psalms 68:5-6
