A Prayer Answered...

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus." Phil 4:6

I can say that we have been praying, daily for the daughter that is out there somewhere born already, or maybe about to be born, maybe even about to be created! We have prayed for her health, for a blanket of protection in whatever circumstances she is in. What we thought was going happen was one day we would recieve a call to go and pick up a child and maybe that child would end up being our daughter, what has started to unfold is much better. God knows the end from the begining and HIS plans are far greater. So what  has His plan been looking like for us this past month and why have you not been hearing anything else about our adoption journey???!!!
Well it is the same reason I switched the blog to private....

As it turns out God did not have an unknown child waiting for us, but someone that we already knew. A family member, and while this poses a whole host of different challenges understanding family and new roles, we are so very thankful that God chose US!!
This beautiful child was born to a family member I would consider a best childhood friend. One you could always pick up with right where you left off. Unfortunately, things in her life did not go so well. In a perfect world we would be sitting on the beach with the family watching our children play together, laughing and catching up. That is not ever going to happen. What is happening is that OUR family has been called to adopt, and this lovely little girl is on her way to becoming "available." We too are "available."

We feel like she is the answer to what we have been praying for. I admit sometimes when I look at her it makes me a little sad, I miss her mother. She is so cute and she looks a lot like her mother. I wonder if she will call us momma and daddy eventually. But for now she is just enjoying a vacation with her family....