Have you ever had a moment in your life when you know, you just know, that HE divinely placed you in that certain place and time on purpose? Well, we recently had one of those moments that inevitably led us to starting this blog.
As most of you know we have been Walking with Him Through Infertility for a last several years. We were married in 2005 and starting trying to conceive about two years later. Fast forward through a boat load of testing, procedures, a surgery, diagnoses, our first and only pregnancy, one miscarriage and another failed IVF attempt.
After our last failed IVF we knew that God wanted us to move on but were uncertain as to where He would take us. Little did we know that HE was preparing our hearts for a road we are just now beginning to walk down. Adoption has been a seemingly far off idea we have discussed for the last couple years but knew that the timing had to be HIS.
For Christmas Kyle had made it a surprise to sign us up for our first adoption orientation through the county. In early January of 2014 we attended the meeting and as much as I wanted to make a fit, and to my dismay, it did not feel like a fit to either of us. After struggling with this internally and being touched by the Holy Spirit one day I made a decision that if I could not have children I would use this heart to be a mother in another way. So I told Kyle that no matter what the next mission trip was through our church - I was going! Because you know as well as I do that sometimes the best way to take your mind off your self is to serve others. I went on our church website to get the down low on if I needed to prepare for Africa or Mexico and came across the one and only mission trip to sign up for at that moment - The Chosen Adoption Event. Okay God...
So, I told Kyle what God had clearly laid out in front of me and Kyle responded, “You better sign us up.” That brings us to the moment. Throughout this orientation, if I had allowed it, my heart would have leapt onto the table. I held back tears the whole time but was unsure if Kyle felt the same. On the way home Kyle asked me what I thought and I am pretty sure my heart then ended up on the floor of the car. Kyle said, “I hate to admit it but I cried three times.” That moment we both knew God had put us in that orientation for a purpose. We do not know what the purpose is yet, but we know we are supposed to prayerfully pursue adoption.
So, this is our first step: to ask our family and friends for prayer. After experiencing the winding road of IVF we realize that the more support we can get the better. We are extremely blessed to have each of you and ask that you would start to pray for us as we walk with HIM through adoption.
As most of you know we have been Walking with Him Through Infertility for a last several years. We were married in 2005 and starting trying to conceive about two years later. Fast forward through a boat load of testing, procedures, a surgery, diagnoses, our first and only pregnancy, one miscarriage and another failed IVF attempt.
After our last failed IVF we knew that God wanted us to move on but were uncertain as to where He would take us. Little did we know that HE was preparing our hearts for a road we are just now beginning to walk down. Adoption has been a seemingly far off idea we have discussed for the last couple years but knew that the timing had to be HIS.
For Christmas Kyle had made it a surprise to sign us up for our first adoption orientation through the county. In early January of 2014 we attended the meeting and as much as I wanted to make a fit, and to my dismay, it did not feel like a fit to either of us. After struggling with this internally and being touched by the Holy Spirit one day I made a decision that if I could not have children I would use this heart to be a mother in another way. So I told Kyle that no matter what the next mission trip was through our church - I was going! Because you know as well as I do that sometimes the best way to take your mind off your self is to serve others. I went on our church website to get the down low on if I needed to prepare for Africa or Mexico and came across the one and only mission trip to sign up for at that moment - The Chosen Adoption Event. Okay God...
So, I told Kyle what God had clearly laid out in front of me and Kyle responded, “You better sign us up.” That brings us to the moment. Throughout this orientation, if I had allowed it, my heart would have leapt onto the table. I held back tears the whole time but was unsure if Kyle felt the same. On the way home Kyle asked me what I thought and I am pretty sure my heart then ended up on the floor of the car. Kyle said, “I hate to admit it but I cried three times.” That moment we both knew God had put us in that orientation for a purpose. We do not know what the purpose is yet, but we know we are supposed to prayerfully pursue adoption.
So, this is our first step: to ask our family and friends for prayer. After experiencing the winding road of IVF we realize that the more support we can get the better. We are extremely blessed to have each of you and ask that you would start to pray for us as we walk with HIM through adoption.
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