If I am being completely honest there have moments where this journey has felt so so lonely. Through the initial home study process, more background checks than one knows what to do with, and the late late nights of training the adoption climb can feel like you are hiking up and up and all you can hear is the whipping of wind around you. When we matched for the first time in April I felt something of a mental earthquake occur, I wasn’t sure which was up, down, what to do next, should I even do anything next without a “guarantee”, and people were there…
My co-workers, our families, our church home, my running community to jog through the mental and emotional processing of it all. And then our match failed, birth mom decided to parent. While it’s a mixed bag outcome, I had drudged through so much with so many people I found myself exhausted, and people were there…
Family helping taking time with Elijah, friends sending us meal gift cards and providing a safe space to just be. Little did we know that 5 weeks later we would get another call, this one more concrete with more confidence, with an agency we had already started a relationship with. So for a week we worked to get last minute pieces put in place, a neighbor came over to help flip our bedrooms, a few friends gave us art for her walls, a friend made us a meal train even though it seemed kind of silly since she was three it was SO needed. People filling in financial gaps for us left and right, praying with us, trusting God with us, and praising God for his faithfulness. People were there…
God created us for community, community isn’t easy to find in today’s culture it takes time, consistency, and patience. You can’t speed up relationships and community like you can technology it doesn’t work that way. BUT GOD will do the work and you can trust Him.
Fueling Her Forward 
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