Our blog has been quiet for a while, so I wanted to write an update on our adoption process for little sprout. I know many of you have been keeping our adoption in your thoughts and prayers so I wanted to send out an update. We found out a couple of weeks ago that the Uganda program we were going through is making some changes and will not be assisting with any more adoptions until sometime in 2014. We were disappointed, but after some thought and prayer Mike and I decided that we would like to bring our son or daughter into our family sooner than that. Waiting until 2014 to start the adoption process over could easily mean we wouldn't be bringing a child home until 2015, so we began to consider other options. Recently we submitted an application to an agency who assists families with the adoption of African American and bi-racial children in domestically. We decided on this program because of the need for adoptive families open to children of other ethnicities here in America. I am a little nervous about starting our adoption process over but I have complete peace in our decision.
When I opened my email this morning and found out that we have been accepted into the domestic adoption program it felt like seeing two pink lines on a pregnancy test. I don't know when our little sprout will be joining our family as all adoptions are different and have their own time frames, but we are on the road to him or her. Next step: Traveling to Texas in April for an adoption education meeting to learn about the domestic adoption process step by step. We are very excited and covet your prayers as we embark on this journey toward our son or daughter. What we have learned by growing our family this way is that the road to adoption is not for the faint of heart. It is full of ups and downs and bumps and delays, but in the end it is ALWAYS worth it.
