First of all, I seriously can't believe I FINALLY get to post about adopting children!! All of my posts have been about trying to get pregnant and wanting kids, and I have always dreamed of the day when I could post about ACTUAL children that are going to be welcomed into our home! God works in mysterious ways for sure. "My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts," says the LORD. "And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine." Isaiah 55:8. I believe Tim and I are living proof of the truth in this verse. All of this time that we have been trying to get pregnant, along with all of the shots, the treatments, the decisions, the emotions that I never thought I could get through, the pain and all of the heartache has led us to this moment. We have been trying to get pregnant for almost 4 years, and God is blessing us with a child that is 4 years old. This means that God has been working and knew all along that over the past 4 years of our struggle, there was a little boy out there that was already created who would need a Godly home, and that it was Tim and I who were to adopt him. I can just picture God holding me through all of these years and all of my tears, thinking of this little boy who would soon be my child and telling me that He has plans for me far beyond I could even imagine. So lets back up a little here. Its going to seem like a HUGE backup, but lets go back to the time in my life when I was 8 years old. When I was 8 years old, God brought me two more sisters through the miracle of adoption. I had grown up with them as well as their brothers, we all went to church together, and when God brought the two girls into our lives we were thrilled! I didn't realize at the time that God would use this situation to meet the need in my life of wanting a child. A few months ago, my sister's biological brother called me and asked me if we would be willing to adopt his children. To be this showed a HUGE sacrifice on his part as he was willing to look past his own desire to be their dad, and to give them more than he could do on his own. He had seen a recent family picture of my whole family, and he had seen how his sister's lives had changed by being apart of the "Lackey Clan" and he knew he wanted the same for his children. Tim and I prayed about the decision, and we were thrilled! I got into contact with the kid's social worker and started working everything out with her along with all of the paperwork that comes with an out of state adoption. Things have gone so smoothly, its almost scary to me because i'm used to more bumps in the road. It doesnt seem real! The paperwork is almost done, and we get to go visit the kids on the 9th and meet them for the first time! Right now they have a book of Tim and I and our family that they are looking at to prepare for our visit. We get to spend two straight days with them, even keep them overnight! My heart feels like its flying! If everything keeps going so smoothly, we could have the kids by Christmas! Please continue to pray for us as we meet them. God has arranged this, and it is far beyond what I could have ever imagined. It is so amazing to me how my parents were able to help my sisters, and now Tim and I get to help the next generation of their biological family. I would have never have thought this up in a million years, and it is something that only the God of this universe could have brought all together. My love for Him through this whole process of infertility and adoption now has grown tremendously, but even better is that I can feel His love for me like never before.
