After many years of discussion, today is the day I have taken the first step towards adoption.
Jordan and I have been talking about adoption for quite some time now but not until today have we really put our words to action.
I went onto Bethany.org today and ordered an information packet. I plan to bathe this decision in prayer, to make sure this is the right thing for my entire family.
However I feel giddy inside, oh how I long for another baby and we have always thought it would be awesome to adopt. To be able to give a child a home and a family who is without. The giddiness also is mixed with a little fear. Fear of the unknown.
I will just put my trust in Christ that He knows the plans He has for us, and if He see's this fit for our family that He will provide.
I have always wanted to adopt from China, especially after taking a mental retardation class in College that told us that many children in the orphanages in China never get touched, held, hugged, loved etc. etc and as a result develop severe disabilities from that lack of touch.
Could you imagine, never being touched by another human being? To never be loved, hugged, or kissed? These sweet babies need us, and if it is God's will I want to be the one to love them.
James 1:27
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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