BUT NOW...the wait is almost over!! After about a 2 year process, our day is almost here! We get to travel in about a month to bring her home! We will travel in about a month to bring her home. My title as a boy-mom is about to change. Our lives as we know it, our lives that we've been comfortable living as a family of 4 are about to change drastically. But HER life is about to change even more. After almost 3 years of life, our little girl will finally have a family. But she cannot gain a family without losing something first. She will lose her life as she knows it. She will lose her language and culture. She will lose some of the most sweetest and loving caregivers ever. And as joyful as I am that we get to bring her home to our family, a part of me also mourns with her in these losses. But even here I see a reflection of the Gospel in adoption.
We cannot know Jesus and gain a place in His family without Losing our lives first. We must give up our desires, our selfish tendencies, our plans, our everything...but in return we gain LIFE! We gain a family!! And Jesus had to LOSE his OWN LIFE, He lost everything. But HE gained SO much more. HE gained glory. He gained His people. He gained us, His family. While we mourn the loss that Sweet Pea will experience, we also have hope that we can reflect Jesus (at least a little bit) by bringing her into our family. It was such a sad sad day when Jesus died on that cross, but what a Happy Day it was when He washed our sins away.
We love you guys, Thank you for SO much love, support, prayers, and gifts you have given through the past 2 years. God is SO good and SO Faithful. We are thankful to Him for how He has led us and grown our family. Please keep praying for us as we transition our girl into our family. Pray for her in the grieving process as she loses everything. Pray for us to attach to each other quickly and well. Pray for our boys to be patient and gentle with their new little sister.
Your prayers are the biggest blessing to us!
Much Love!
~B
