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Please read "Closing a chapter" first....
(It feels like a train wreck to write this post just following the previous one, especially if you are just learning that we will not be able to adopt Amber.)
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Opening a new Chapter...
Baby Leach.
We made the decision to open our file for adoption this soon for three reasons:
-We deeply desire to have more children. The pain of infertility is even greater after the loss of Amber.
-We desire to give orphans a family.
-Our home study will expire in 5 months.
Even though we would have liked to take a few months off from the 'adoption' roller coaster, we had to think about the fact that our paperwork was about to need updating. The 'off time' would have given us rest in one sense but would have created more work and it would be more expensive in the end. We are praying that in our time that we wait for Baby Leach, the Lord will heal our hearts as he did before, when he provided our Lily.
We need two miracles though....our agency has said we could get a baby in the next few months, pray that this is true. We also need around $10,000.00 before this happens... Amber would have been completely paid for by grants we received. Thankfully these grants will transfer to a new adoption! But we still need the "extra" before we can bring a baby home. I am applying to more grant agencies, taking part in fundraisers, and more. Please pray that the Lord would bless these means and Weyland's work shifts to provide us with 10 grand and Baby Leach in 3-4 months before our home study expires.
We know He can, He has done it before, but never the less it is an uncertain place to rest :-).
3 comments:
Our hearts were hurting with you when you shared the news about Amber. We know that God has a plan to knit together your family (even if we don't understand all the steps along the way). We will pray for the finances and timing in this adoption. Cannot wait to hear about the work that God did to bring this all about!
We are so sorry about Amber. I am glad that you are trusting the Lord in it, though. I love the idea of Baby Leach #2!!
This is kinda random, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. Have you ever heard of embryo adoption? Basically it's adoption of embryos left over from IVF treatments. I know Bethany Christian Services handles them. They are called 'snowflake babies'-- isn't that beautiful?
Love, Christina
We continue to pray for your family and for Amber. I'm so glad that you can have peace knowing that God is sovereign...even when it doesn't make sense to us. We pray that God blesses your family with a new addition very soon!
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