...And then there were 4... What just happened? This is something Chris and I ask each other while standing stunned and sleep deprived in the middle of a house strewn with toys, dirty diapers and baby bottles. This has been a whirlwind and we are loving it. Overwhelming but exciting.
We received Timmy, age 3 weeks, into our home on June 13th and just welcomed brother Damari age 3 and a half on Thursday July 5th. We consider ourselves so blessed as God has brought these kids into our lives and we have been given the opportunity to take care, love and nurture these beautiful boys. We have been having fun swimming, going to the park and having visitors over. Damari’s favorite line is, “Chris, you are so funny.” He loves to laugh and ask a lot of questions.
Our wish would be to adopt but the process will be a very long road of hearings, court dates and waiting. We want to love these boys as much as we can and hope it will be forever. We pray with them and for them daily and know this is out of our control. These are God’s kids and we put them in His hands every day. I go into their room at night and stare at them in awe as I think about how easy it has been to fall in love with them. This is an adventure that we don’t know where it will take us but we hang on to the hand of Jesus knowing that this may not be an easy road. But Chris has said from the beginning that our lives were not meant to be easy but to be obedient to what God has for us. We are not in this to protect ourselves but to love these kids with abandon. Whirlwind, uncertainty, craziness... then I hold these guys... and I wouldn’t want it any other way.
We received Timmy, age 3 weeks, into our home on June 13th and just welcomed brother Damari age 3 and a half on Thursday July 5th. We consider ourselves so blessed as God has brought these kids into our lives and we have been given the opportunity to take care, love and nurture these beautiful boys. We have been having fun swimming, going to the park and having visitors over. Damari’s favorite line is, “Chris, you are so funny.” He loves to laugh and ask a lot of questions.
Our wish would be to adopt but the process will be a very long road of hearings, court dates and waiting. We want to love these boys as much as we can and hope it will be forever. We pray with them and for them daily and know this is out of our control. These are God’s kids and we put them in His hands every day. I go into their room at night and stare at them in awe as I think about how easy it has been to fall in love with them. This is an adventure that we don’t know where it will take us but we hang on to the hand of Jesus knowing that this may not be an easy road. But Chris has said from the beginning that our lives were not meant to be easy but to be obedient to what God has for us. We are not in this to protect ourselves but to love these kids with abandon. Whirlwind, uncertainty, craziness... then I hold these guys... and I wouldn’t want it any other way.
