Saturday, May 21, 2011

Answered Prayers Galore

Many of you have heard, others haven't, but as of May 9th, we have been matched with a birth mom! Her name is Allicia and we spoke with her on the phone last evening and felt an instant connection with her. She is sold out to adoption, and wants the baby to be raised in a good Christian home. Our baby girl is due in late September.

In so many ways this is an answered prayer b/c we are moving to Franklin, TN at the end of this month. Zach has taken a Senior Minister position at a great church there, and this also will allow Whitney to be a stay at home mom, which is a priority to us. Had God not matched us with a birth mom before our move, we would've needed to begin the Home Study process all over again, post-poning our hopes to adopt for months. Since we've been matched with Allicia, even with moving, we are going to be parents early this Fall. Words can't describe how good God is. The amount of money we had in our adoption fund was the amount of money needed for this adoption to take place.

We are so thankful for the numerous loved ones that have supported us, from prayers to money to encouragement and now anticipated excitement. Continue to pray for Allicia and our healthy baby growing inside her generous womb. Hopefully this July we will be able to meet Allicia face to face and continue our relationship together.

We are so elated with joy and are still struggling to process how gracious God has been.