We have a daughter!!

We are thrilled to announce that we have been matched with a beautiful waiting child. She is 13 mos old and we are over the moon. We truly believe in the power of prayer. I wanted to share a little of our journey and say that every time I had a doubt, I prayed, and God answered. 

In May, one of our sons had a bad accident; his medical bills were in the thousands. In fact, it was very close to the same amount we owed our agency since we were close to being homestudy approved. God provided us with two checks that met this amount. When our hearts were searching for our daughter, she appeared on a photolisting late on a Friday afternoon. A saw a post my friend had made about her rainbow kids listing and thought, well, I’m sure it’s not our agency. It was. 

It was the 2nd time she was photolisted. The first time she was photolisted for 6 months, and another wonderful family had reviewed her file. That family prayed that she would find her forever family and that they could follow her journey. It’s no coincidence that we met on facebook about a month ago. God put us in eachothers’ lives. When we talked to our agency the following Monday, over 30 families had requested her file just over the weekend. We were the only family with a completed homestudy that had inquired. 

Her file had some potentially scary stuff. When we talked to the IAP, she said “why is she a waiting child?” When we talked to the neurologist, he said “there’s nothing here to tell you.” She has a minor medical issue that put her on the special needs list. I’m overwhelmed by the grace and love that God has shown us. You see, we would age out of the program if we stayed on track to wait for a “healthy” child. God had other plans for us.


We aren't allowed to reveal her photos per our agency rules, so you will have to settle for a heartface :)