I have been completely amazed (what’s new!) over the last few months as I’ve watched the Lord provide for our family in unimaginable ways. Let me give you a few numbers to help you understand just what the Lord has done in our lives…
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| Our first “picture” of our baby girl! |
1/10/13 – Bloggy friend emails me the profile of a beautiful birth family looking for an adoptive family to adopt their baby girl due on April 6.
1/11/13 – The Lord confirms our need to move forward with an answered (and very specific) prayer request. We quickly get our family profile together and overnight it to Florida for the birthparents to review.
1/29/13 – We receive the phone call telling us that the birth family chose us and we announce to all of you that we’re adopting again!
1/31/13 – Our adoption agency gives us 15 days to raise our first $10,000 and we launch operation 10:10:1!
2/10/13 – The end of Operation 10:10:1 blesses us with $10,019!
3/1/13 – We headed down to Florida to meet our birth parents for the first time! I had a post written up about our meeting and what an amazing time that was for us and accidentally deleted it. Let’s just say, the Lord confirmed that this was His will for our family. It was one of the greatest weekends we’ve had in a long time and we feel like our birth parents are an extended part of our family.
3/23/13 – 53 days after being chosen to adopt our baby girl, we are fully funded! You heard that right! In 53 days the Lord provided over $36,000 to bring our baby girl home! We fundraised $18-20,000 and the Lord asked us to sacrifice the rest. This adoption, by far, has been one of the most self-sacrificing journeys we have ever been on. Not only has the Lord asked us to do it, but he’s given us a heart to do so. We have realized that money and material possessions are nothing in comparison to being able to raise a child in the Lord. We are beyond blessed that He chose us to walk this faith journey with him!
Baby girl’s due date is this Saturday! To say that we’re a little excited is a huge understatement! We are so, so ready to see her beautiful little face!
Please continue to pray for us as we prepare to travel, leave Moriah at home while we are away, and meet our newest baby girl for the very first time. Please pray for our birth family as they prepare to make one of the hardest decisions of their lives. Pray that we would have the right words to speak and the actions to show Christ’s love during this time.
We can’t wait to share her with you!
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Christie is a stay-at-home mom to two beautiful little girls, a pastor's wife, and lover of Jesus. Her hope is that STC would be a source of encouragement for women all over the world!
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This is so so so exciting and wonderful!! Praise God!!
I had goosebumps while reading this! So happy for your family and your newest blessing!
Amazing amazing amazing!! Praise God!!! I will continue to pray for this beautiful blessed adoption.
Love you all so much! What E-mail address can PayPal donations be sent to?
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That is so awesome! You guys are inspirational. I pray that it’s a safe delivery and safe travels to you also.
To say I am a LITTLE EXCITED doesn’t even come close!!!!!!!!!! PRAYING PRAYING PRAYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you all and can’t wait to see pictures 🙂
Congratulations! Such exciting news! Love how the Lord provides & your testament to Him through these joyous times!
That amount looks absolutely insurmountable to me, and I just cannot even fathom that He provided so abundantly! It’s an absolute miracle and I am so eager to meet the newest little one. Praying for you all and so excited for your wonderful news!
Wow! It is so amazing to hear how he has provided for you… and so quickly. Congratulations on being so close to bringing your next little one home. I’ll be praying for you.
God restored you all that you lost plus way more from the previous adoption fail – He is good! He is Great! Halleluiah!
Praying so so hard for you all. I am so excited that the Lord put this amazing thing in your hands. I can’t wait to see baby girl. I know she is going to be brought up so very loved by a lot of people.
So excited for you. Our newest edition, also by adoption, is due April 20th. I can’t wait.
That is so exciting! Congratulations! I have been following you for a bit and can’t wait to hear about your precious baby girl!