Journey to Sophie

Don't be afraid I am with you. From "both east and west I will bring you together".
Isaiah 43:5-6

WOW! I stand amazed at God greatness! The seed that was planted in my heart over 3 years ago has grown into a beautiful journey of adoption. I'm not even sure where to start except with the scripture I've prayed: ...make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God. Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain. And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. Isaiah 40:3-5
Bernard and I have gone through a few rough spots getting to this point of our journey. In my heart I've felt a calling to adopt for some time and in the beginning Bernard couldn't imagine the thought of "starting over" so to speak. Through the Lord tugging on his heart and him seeing my heart for adoption, things just starting falling into place.

On December 10, 2009 we had our first Home study visit. In our meeting we felt God leading us to file for a baby with Special Needs. In China, babies with the smallest amount of abnormality is considered "Special Needs." This really spoke to me, because a baby could potentially be overlooked to due a small birth defect. So, this is exactly what we did. And on February 5, 2010 we received a call from our adoption agency saying that there was a list coming out on the following Monday and were we ready to participate. Out of shock and a little confused as to if we were actually ready because we had not even finished our home study visits, I said yes. I will never forget that feeling after I hung up the phone. I knew our baby was on that list! And sure enough I was getting my hair colored, of all things, when I received "The Call." I ran out into the hall (and keep in mind I have all this foil in my hair) to answer my phone. The voice on the other end was from our agency saying we had been matched with a baby girl. She said that she didn't have any of the special needs we had checked that we were willing to accommodate, but felt this was a good match. She has an extra digit on her left hand next to her thumb. After praying and reviewing her medical history, we said yes on Tuesday, February 9. This was amazing, we have a baby waiting on us on the other side of the world. The only way all of this could have happened was by GODS HANDS orchestrating our every move.

God's timing has been amazing! We are now praying and waiting to hear of our travel time, which could be 6 months or so. Please pray that God's speediness will continue so we can bring our Sophia Grace home!