Well, as I sit here, I really don't know what to write. We don't have any news, but I want to keep sharing my thoughts and feelings through all of this.
I was reading my last post, I felt that I didn't explain myself fully or in the way I intended. When I talked about how I'm thankful to the birth mother, I am in no way thankful for the poverty & difficult situations some people face or that a mother had to give up her baby.
What I meant was that, through all of the heartache and helplessness that these women must feel, I'm thankful & humbled for the opportunity that God has given us to adopt a child. It would obviously be so much better if children were not abandoned and if parents were able to always take care of their children, but that's not the reality. The reality is that there are over 140 million orphans worldwide.
These are some of the things that have been on my heart lately. We really feel called to adopt. It's hard to explain the peace we felt when we made the decision to adopt. Yes, we want to become parents and Yes, part of us adopting is simply our desire to start our family, but it's also more than that. We feel God has asked us to choose this special way of starting our family and maybe in the process, others will feel led to consider adoption. For us, obeying the call to adopt is our way of honouring Christ with our lives. I really wouldn't want it any other way.
As I said before, there's not really any news. Since the World Cup starts this week, we know we can kind of relax (well, at least not feel my heart pounding when I get a call at work) until mid-July when the tournament is over.
Something exciting for us is that we get to meet the South African social worker who works so hard to match us with a child. She will be in Regina on June 26 and in Canada for about a 1 1/2 weeks. Ian & I are really looking forward to that and are hoping that meeting her in person will help us in the whole process.
Anyway, thanks for reading! I'll try to blog more...I really will. :)
