Hi family and friends!! Christmas is around the corner! This also means that the new year is also coming up on us very quickly. I am so excited about 2013. Actually I have been waiting for 2013 for the last 5 1/2 years!! This is the year we get to come home! Justin will be getting out of the Navy and transitioning to the civilian world in just 8 short months! We are praying and expecting for God to do great things in our lives! We are believing for a good job that will provide for our family. I have already secured a job in which I will be returning home to begin the first of March!! Yes, that will mean that I have to be away from my sweet husband for about 5 months, but we will plan plenty of weekend visits, Skype dates and of course we'll get to talk on the phone. It's not like we haven't done it before...right!? Okay, I am a little sad about this, but it's the best thing for us and our future. It'll be a load off of our shoulders to know that I have a secure job while he is searching for one.
I know a lot of you have been following along with our journey to grow our family. I am so very thankful for the many prayers and kind words that so many of you have given to us through the last 5+ years while we were doing fertility treatments. We have prayed and God has shown us that it's time to move on. We have done all that we felt was right for the last 5 years in using the resources God has given us through the military and our insurance. We are both at complete peace about not going any further into treatments. This is the first time either of us have ever felt at peace about it. Usually we would both have the "what if" question lingering, but it's just no longer there. We know that God is preparing us for something much bigger than we ever expected. After we decided we would not pursue treatments anymore, I asked Justin what he thought our next step should be. I asked if we should adopt domestically or internationally. He simply said, "I want to foster to adopt." I almost fainted! We have talked about it before, and I have always had a heart for it, but he always said no because we would get too attached and he thought it would be really hard on us. However, we never really thought seriously about adopting from foster care, only being foster parents. We have done lots of research since then and with the encouragement of my amazing cousin Haley we have come to be very passionate about it! Did you know that there are over 300 children in Arkansas under the age of 5 in foster care? That makes my head spin and my heart hurt! There are about 1000 from 0-18 in the system but homes for not quite half of them. God has given us a burden and we are now driven to grow our family by loving children who desperately want a loving family. We plan on going through an organization called The C.A.L.L. which is a Christian based organization. We covet your prayers and support as we move forward in what we believe is a calling from the Lord on our lives.
We love you all and are so anxious to get HOME! Looking forward to spending our lives with our family and friends! :)
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