God's timing

Well today we officially began the process of our adoption....sort of.  Sometimes we have preconceived ideas in our head as to how things will go and then God shows us that He has different plans for us. 

Today we decided it was time for us to call YWAM, the agency for our adoption that God has led us to.  Well we called and went through our initial over the phone interview to make sure that we would be good canidates for adoption.  As we were about to end our interview we were told that there is a waiting list and we wouldn't be able to fill out our official application just yet.  Well that wasn't exactly what we had planned in our heads but apparently it's what He had planned for us and our children to be. 

We are so excited to be able to say that we have started the process, and while we know that it's a long process we are waiting to see what God has in store for our family. 

God works in crazy ways

Where to begin...I never dreamed that I would ever be writing a journal about how God has changed my views of our family adopting but here I sit. 

One night while sitting alone and spending time with Him I had this random thought of our family adopting.  While this has been something that Millie has wanted for years I just never really felt the same way, so to say when I had this thought I was like where did that come from.   It's not that I thought bad about adoption, I just thought our family was complete at the four of us.  So what would any other person be saying to themselves, "that was random wonder why I thought that" and go on with what they were doing.  Well the next day came and here again as I'm spending time alone with God there is this overwhelming sense in my spirit that we should look into adopting not one but multiple kids from Ethiopia.  I was so shocked, and at this point I realize that God is speaking to me, and I can't deny it any longer. I've never felt this way before, and Millie hasn't brought it up in years so it wasn't like we had been talking about it and we didn't know anybody else that was adopting. So now after several days of prayer about this I am sure beyond a doubt that this is what God is telling me has for our family.

 Now to tell Millie how I'm feeling and what I believe God is leading our family to do, but wait.... I wonder if Millie still feels the same way as she used to?  There was only one way to find out. I was working midnights, and when it was time for my break I picked up the phone to call her.  To say she was shocked, and taken aback would be an understatement. She had no idea how I had been feeling the last several days, and would have never imagined that I was feeling this way. I had been so sure of myself when I would tell her( any time she brought up adoption) that we were good, and I had no desire to expand our family. After the initial shock and explanation as to how I had gotten here she was so excited. As I told her what I knew the Lord was showing me, that all I knew was we were supposed to adopt, it was supposed to be more than one child, and they were supposed to come from Ethiopia, she said as I told her she knew that was exactly what we were supposed to do. So here we are, totally excited about what God is given us the opportunity to do.  Now to decide on which agency to use and get our initial application filled out. -Nick Wiginton