Fund Raiser

Tonight we are joining with 2 other families who are also adopting from Honduras to host a Dance-a-Thon to raise money to bring our children home.  We are praying for God to show up and bless us with this event, the other families are a little further in the process then we are but we all began our journey at about the same time.  These families are truly special to us and we are blessed to be partnering with them!  We have kind of started our own little support group and our friendships have grown even closer through our journey.  I can't wait until we all have our children home and we began celebrating Honduran holidays together!!  God be with us tonight and bless this event to bring us one step closer to bringing our precious children HOME!!!

How It All Began......Our Adoption Story

Those of you that know me can see that I have a great passion for children especially those without a family, God has placed this burden on my heart and it was not until December 2010 that I realized why.  I have always had the dream of my perfect family a wonderful husband, a couple of children and a whole lot of love!  What I didn't know realize was God's plan, although my marriage did not last I was blessed to have one amazing child as a result of that bond.  I have since longed to have more children, and have felt an emptiness in my heart.  I struggled for many years as to whether the emptiness I felt was that of my own selfishness of wanting more children or if it was truly God speaking to me that my chance to nurture and love more children was not over.

I decided to look into adopting, so I called our local department of social services and gathered as much information as possible by attending multiple seminars for perspective adoptive parents.  Only to  have so many doors shut along my path I was yet again discouraged and hopeless that I would have another child.  I began to doubt what God was telling me and questioning yet again if the emptiness I felt derived from my own selfishness.  I also began feeling that it was probably best anyway (for a perspective adoptive child)  what did I have to offer, I am a single mom!  I realize now that it was only Satan trying to discourage and make me doubt what God had planned.  As time went by the emptiness did not fade it only grew stronger, so I prayed and asked God what did this mean, where did He want me to go, I asked Him to show me the way and I would obey.  Maybe adoption was not the answer but I knew I had to be involved in some way to be a voice for these precious children that have no voice (my heart ached at the thought of these lonely children).  I had to do something!!!

December 2010 my son Paul (then age 10) and I went on a Mission Trip to Honduras to deliver Christmas to over 60 orphans.....WOW maybe this is why my heart felt empty!  Is this what God has planned for me?  Is this how I should be involved to help these children?  While in Honduras we not only got to share Christmas and the love of Jesus with these precious children but we also got to share our HEARTS.  I was forever changed on this trip!!  Above getting to bring gifts and joy to the 60 orphans we got to visit 2 other orphanages, this is where God opened my eyes and revealed His plan.  I was to bring one of these precious children home to their forever family (but which one they all had stolen a piece of my heart)!  Upon returning home I was still struggling with the fact that I was a single mom and what did I really have to offer another child, would I really be beneficial to their well being.  After much prayer and reassurance from family and friends I realized that I have all I need to care for another child LOVE.....God will provide the rest!!  So our journey begins first by trying to decipher which child God has chosen to be a part of our family, remember we meet over 100 orphans on that trip and each one has a special place in our hearts.

My son and I sat down and had a long talk about bringing home one of our new friends from Honduras, he was beyond excited and in disbelieve that is could actually happen.  I let him have as much input into the decision and we discussed the changes it would bring to our family (he has been an only child for 10 yrs).  He decided he would prefer to have a younger brother, I on the other hand was open to either a son or daughter.  We begin looking into the possibility of adopting one of the little boys we meet on our trip but yet again God had different plans.  God has lead us to one of the most precious girls I have met in my life.  Although we did not speak to one another (she was only about a year old, I am not sure if she was even speaking yet or if she even understood why we were there) none of that seemed to  matter. Just being able to hold her and show her love was enough to make a connection that will forever be.  As quickly as my son adjusted to the idea of  having a little sister instead of a little brother I knew that this was the direction that God was leading us.  I contacted an agency and began the paper work to bring this precious angel home to her forever family!  God was not finished with us although we do not have a lot of background information on her we did discover that she has a sister at the orphanage with her......God is blessing me with the opportunity to have the children my heart has longed for!!!!  What an awesome God we serve!!!  I am honored that He is choosing me to be His hands and feet.......