Dillon & I have felt led to adoption since we started dating & through some serious prayer & talking with elders and growth group leaders we felt led to start with domestic adoption now. Adoption has always been a passion for me (Kirsten) & more recently I have just seen the evidence of God’s grace & purpose for adoption in our lives. We also believe that it is amazing to see how God works through adoption. To understand that we are adopted into His family is just an amazing picture of grace & we are looking forward to seeing that picture throughout this process.
When we got married we had several conversations about when & how we would start & grow our family. We both believed that we would start our family early on & that we would start through biological children. Adoption was the way we wanted to grow our family in order to proclaim that adoption is not plan B when things don’t work biologically but rather a plan A because we know that our theology calls us to care for the orphan and needy. While we made plans we know that God’s plans are far above ours. This year God graciously brought us to a point where we realized that instead of asking God for our next step we had held on to our timeline. We are so excited as we step into God’s grace & pursue domestic adoption.
We have only just begun this journey but we have already been so supported in the decision to step into this journey by both of our families & our church family. We have been encourage through listening ears & intentional questions & have felt the prayers of many with us. We have been given sweet friends who listen to us think though different struggles & decisions.
Domestic adoption isn’t just about giving a child a home. Through this process we have learned that it might take a long time to bring a child into our home but all through this process we will be given the opportunity to care for women who have found themselves in a position where they are pregnant & don’t believe they have the capacity to care for the child the way they believe is necessary. God has used this season of preparation to help us understand that while Christ is writing our story there are so many stories that will come together & our desires are not the most important. It is the glorifying of Christ’s name that in the end we hope is the most evident.
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