Our Adoption Journey Begins

These are exciting times. Over the past few weeks we have gone from not really being sure when we would begin the adoption process, to actually beginning the process of adopting from Uganda. How did this happen? Why did this happen? I'm so glad you asked.

First of all, you need to know that Jennifer is the catalyst for all of this. She has literally desired to adopt children since she was 7 years old. When all the other girls were playing Barbie, she was playing Barbie Orphanage. If you fast forward about 17 years to when Jennifer and I were talking engagement, adoption was one of the key factors as to whether or not I would prove to be a suitable husband for her. While I had never really dreamed about adopting the way she had, it sounded like a great idea to me. We were both in agreement, however, that while we wanted to adopt, we wanted to spend roughly our first 5 years of marriage without kids, if we could help it. We were married in June of 2008, and here it is 2013 and we are officially adopting. It seems that our five year plan was thankfully also God's five year plan.

While adoption has certainly been our plan from the get-go, the way it went down was totally unexpected and definitely God's hand at work. Last year we decided to sell our house and build a bigger one with the aim of having more room for our future family. By the grace of God, we sold our house in October 2012, a few months short of when our new house would be ready. So we needed a place to stay in the meantime, and a generous family from our church offered to let us live in their basement.

One day we were discussing our desire to adopt with this family. After a while our discussion turned to orphanage in Uganda, of which this family is familiar. To make a long story short, we were connected to an orphanage through our friends and that's how this all began. We are thrilled that the Lord has seen fit to bless us with this opportunity, and we are so excited about what he has in store for us.