Just the Beginning

YAY! After a year and a half of talking and praying about the decision to adopt we have finally decided it was time! After spending a month in Africa caring for orphans I know that's where my heart is. That must be part of Gods purpose for my life. Steve has always been supportive but after hearing my stories, seeing the pictures and video he too felt the need to offer a child with no family, a loving family and an opportunity. We both feel that we have been so blessed and have so much love to offer another child. After researching many different adoption agencies, we chose Christian World Adoption. After submitting our application on Tuesday morning we were accepted by that evening. We have chosen to adopt a boy between the age 1-3 years old from Ethiopia. CWA sent us an email with tons of information. A little overwhelming! We had 17 pages to print, read and have notarized. We got that sent out to them this morning. Steve and I also participated in a webinar this morning. Which is a conference call and you're on the computer at the same time. It was an orientation meeting which was very helpful. It got us both so excited! It's a long process that will take 9 months to a year. This is just the beginning of a long road ahead. We have to complete 10 hrs of training, home study, dossier (paperwork), and then it has to be translated in Ethiopia and go to court. We pray that everything goes smooth and quick! We look forward to the day when we can hold our little boy and welcome him home.