Many, many decisions are made in life. Some of them are easy, some of them are hard. I find when a hard decision comes along, the best way to make the decision is to pray about it and then take a leap of faith.
I guess I should back up a bit and tell you a little about why I've created this blog. Todd and I are about to embark on a very exciting journey. We're going to adopt a child! I thought, what better way to share our adoption journey with family and friends than with a blog.
So, that takes me back to the leap of faith part. We have already found that there are lots of decisions to be made when starting the adoption process. Which agency to use? Which country to adopt from? Which gender? What age to adopt? Truthfully, at times it has seemed a bit overwhelming. We've attended seminars, researched online, talked to a psychologist and asked ourselves questions like "what if the child has attachment issues, what if the child has a medical condition, what if the birth parent(s) change their mind at the last minute, what if the child is of another race, what if Hayden has a hard time adjusting, what if, what if, what if". That's where God comes in. There is so much comfort and peace in knowing that God is in control and that He will lead us in this process. We can pray about these "what ifs" and give it all up to God. It feels good to take a leap of faith and rest easy with God.
The big question everyone is asking us...will you adopt domestically or internationally? We have not decided on the country just yet. I'd say we are leaning more towards an international adoption at this point but will do a bit more praying and discussing before we decide for sure. However, we have decided on an agency to conduct our home study. This afternoon we'll be taking that initial leap of faith and turning in our adoption application with this agency. It's the first step of many towards meeting our child. We have some time to decide on which country we'll adopt from while the home study is being completed. We'll keep everyone posted with the details as we go. Thanks for coming along.
