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
8 comments:
Chris,Anne&Boys
I pray for you and your family on this exciting journey! There IS a special child that will make your family complete! What a lucky child that will be!Looking forward to keeping up with your blog! Anything we can do to help let us know! Hope to see you all soon! Anne, we so missed you for the showers! Hugs and Kisses to the boys!
Love to all,
Janet Bledsoe
How exciting! We will be praying for you guys as you begin this journey. What a blessing this precious child will be to your family and what a blessing your family will be to him/her.
I can't tell you all how excited I am for you, and how much I think of you two. The little one God has for you will be so blessed to have you as parents and Wy and Rex as brothers. May your journey be a time of growing closer to the Father.
Yeah! I am so happy as i read this... just to see God's grace displayed so clearly in your lives. To think of the life you will be giving this little one who is across the globe. To think of how the journey will totally change your lives as well. To think of my sweet nephews and how their world is getting ready to get bigger as God prepares their hearts for a new brother or sister. I am honored to walk this road with you. I am excited about 2010- let's go get our babies and bring em' home! love you!!!
I'm so excited for that little child to be able to call you mommy and daddy. You guys are great and reading this brings tears to my eyes.
This is exciting! What a great example of loving the least of these in the name of Christ. Can't wait to see what God has in store for you guys.
Hey Guys! I think this is going to be a super exciting time in all your lives! Bringing a child into your wonderful loving family will truely be a blessing to you all! We will keep you all in our prayers and pray that the Lord will bless you with a child that will learn to grow and love the lord the way your family do now! We miss you guys!
Love and Prayers!
The Utz's
Anne and Chris,
We are so excited for all five of you, and we feel so blessed to be able to see this journey with you! You are such a blessing to so many people already, and it is certain that you will be a blessing to this little one and that your lives will be blessed abundantly in turn! We are praying with you in this wonderful adventure! We love you all! Mark, Alisa, Drew, and Riley :)
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