Grace Upon Grace

John 1: 16 - For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

A month and a half ago, I wrote a difficult blog post sharing how God shut the door on the adoption that we had been pursuing for over two and a half years. It was a tough time for me and Emily, but we held firm to the Lord and trusted in His best. We still felt as if God was leading us to adopt out of our area through DSS, despite the fact that it’s been a difficult road. So we chose to persevere.

Today, I get to share some good news. Next week, we have the JOY of having two beautiful little sisters move into our home before Christmas. We have been chosen as their adoptive family, and will foster them until that adoption can take place. This was completely unexpected for us, especially to happen this quickly. We can thank our wonderful workers at DSS and the relationships we have built there. We can thank an incredible attorney who has consistently fought for us behind the scenes. But ultimately, God is working a miracle of grace in our family. We don’t deserve this, but are beyond thankful for His consistent love to us. He has been working in our family for good since the very start of it.

We can’t share a lot of details over the internet, but we can share our joy. 

It’s been a long road to get to this point, and we certainly still have many things that need to take place before an adoption is finalized. But for now, we will take the time to become a family, to learn each other, and to celebrate the gift of Jesus together this Christmas.

Thank you each so much for your prayers for our family over the last several years. Your faithfulness to pray and care for us is showing great fruit in this time.

Here’s how you can pray for our growing family in the coming days:
1. Pray for these precious girls that this transition will be as smooth as possible for them.
2. Pray for me and Emily, that we can quickly learn parenting on the go and do our best to communicate the love of God through the love we show them.

We love you all and hope that God’s gift of Jesus to your family this year is felt strongly. Merry Christmas!