God's Design for our Family

My husband and I felt God calling us to Foster Care a little over two years ago. Before we got married, we had talked about wanting to adopt children at some point, but the plan was for that to happen after we had biological children.

About two and a half years into our marriage, we discovered that I had fertility issues. This pushed us to start looking into different adoption options. As we looked at different options, we found God kept leading us back to Foster Care. We could not get it out of our hearts even though we still had concerns regarding how it would work and how we would react if we cared for a child for a long time and then they were moved out of our home.

Even with these concerns, we chose to dive in and see where God would lead us.

We were licensed in August of 2019 and had our first placement of two little girls in September 2019. One was 3 weeks old, and we picked her up from the hospital and the other was her older sister who was 3 years old. We have certainly had our struggles, and there have been moments that we wondered if we made the right choice.

But now, several years later, we are finalizing the adoption of both of these little girls; to become a forever family. And all along the way we have seen God’s faithfulness. Unfortunately, these girls have been through so much. But we know without a doubt that God put us in the position that He did, at the time that He did, so that we would be able to take care of these two precious girls. It is so apparent that they belong in our family, not only because of us, but because of our entire family. They are gaining parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and cousins. All who love them as their own. God knew. He knew they needed us and we needed them.

We are not sure where the journey goes from here. But we know God is faithful and will show us what to do next. For now, we plan to take a break for a few months while the adoption is finalized, and then keep our home open to do respite care and see where God leads us from there. Personally, I am a huge planner, so the unknown is terrifying. However, God knows better than we do. When we chose to listen and take the dive in, even with our reservations and fears, He has shown up every step of the way.