We are celebrating progress in our
adoption journey!!
Praise Report #1:
We are home study ready and approved as KY State foster parents.
This means that we have met the requirements and our home is "open". Our workers can call us if they have children that need placed who may make a good fit with our family. We have received a few calls for placements already, but for one reason or another, didn't feel like God was wanting us to pursue those options.
Prayer Request: That we would have very specific and clear guidance from the Lord when we receive calls for placements. There is often very little time to make a decision, so in those moments, we need God to make His will known to us very clearly. Pray that David and I will always be on the same team.
Praise Report #2:
We are home study ready and approved through Adoption Assistance for an independent domestic newborn adoption. This has been the other avenue that we've been pursuing alongside doing foster care. This means that we have all of our paperwork in and our home has been approved. We are now ready to connect with a birthmother who is planning to choose adoption for her child. We have not yet located or been matched with a birthmother. However, when we do, we are ready!
Please contact us if you know of a situation of a birthmother wanting to choose adoption!
Prayer Request: That we would be matched with the birthmother and child that the Lord wants for us. That we would have patience as we wait on His timing. That we would have very clear guidance from the Lord.
You may have already wondered this -- but, no, eventually we will not be able to continue pursuing both options (foster care and independent adoption). We have done that so far because they were open doors that we hadn't sensed the Lord closing. However, we will have to eventually drop one option for the other. Our hearts are drawn towards the independent adoption, so we are praying that the Lord would clearly guide, if that's what we should totally pursue.
Thank you for your interest, care, support, and prayers!
We are excited to see what God is going to do next!
