Ready, Set, Go!

It won't be long now. Our homestudy is finished and I heard today that our case worker has already been submitting our family for referrals. In fact, they seemed rather excited at one of the prospects and seemed to think our family was a good match for a certain little almost two boy.

My motto has been, "I'm so excited and scared to death." And it sticks. I feel a little crazy taking this on. It's so huge. I know all of the statistics and possibilities and scary realities. And yet I know that this is what God is calling us to do. One of the scariest things is knowing that I will love this child and at one point I'll have to sit and listen while someone tells me what harm was done to my child before I was able to protect him. I don't think there's anyway to brace myself for that full effect. As difficult as that reality is, it's all the more reason for us to do this. We have to.

Please continue to pray for our family and future son. Our little boy is alive. He has a name. He has a personality. He's grieving the loss of the only family he's known. He is known by God and has eternal value because he was created in the image of God. He might be in a foster home , he might be suffering, he might be in the shelter. Wherever he is, it's real and his life is about to change. And he is about to change ours.