March 2011 we submitted our application to Madison Adoption Associates! We were very excited! Adopting was not in our “Life plan” but God had different ideas for our family of 5!!
Here is our story………..
We have supported an orphan in Haiti for 4 years. Her name is Katiana and she is 13 years old. She had written us after the horrible earthquake and asked us to come and get her so she could live with us and feel safe. Immidiately, we were going to go get her. The country had closed the adoption process due to the earthquake. I kind of felt relieved because I didn’t know how to go about the adoption process. A few weeks later, I googled Haitian adoptions and they had re-opened!!!!!!!!!! I was so excited and called Josh at work and he said let’s do it!!!
On Monday, I called all kinds of adoption agencies and was told that my husband and I were too young and that we have too many children to adopt from Haiti. We were very upset and didn’t let it stop me…I then called Haitian lawyers and the Haitian Consulate, trying to get a waiver signed to over –rule our age and number of children. Again, this was not working in our favor.
Long story short, God then proceeded to tell me that we were not going to be able to get Katiana. Our family was very saddened by this but fell that this was Gods will for us! Now that the Haiti door was closed, we still felt like we should give a child a forever family!
That brings us to China!!!!
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