When God Calls

First off, I would like to say "THANK YOU" to Linny over at A Place Called Simplicity.  She has a post up today that we can link to and ask others for prayer (and show off our family).  My daughter (see sidebar) started this blog, but she is so busy this year with school that I have taken it over.


We are a family of 8, soon to be 9.  We have adopted 3 times from China (2007, 2008, and 2010).  After our last adopt this past July, we thought our family was complete, but God had other plans for us.  Not only is He calling us to step out on faith and adopt again, He is asking us to adopt out of birth order and adopt a 13 year old girl that will be aging out soon.


See, in China, once a child turns 14, (s)he is no longer eligible to be adopted.  Imagine never knowing the love of a family.  We never thought we would be the family for an older orphan, but God is persistent when He calls.  We didn't want to listen at first.  I mean, our van only seats 8, so we will have to get another type of vehicle.  We only have a 5 bedroom house, so where would we put another child?  What about all of the time and attention she will need?  Will we neglect our other children?  Plus our family already thinks we're crazy.  We voiced these and many more concerns to God, but ultimately, He calmed our fears.  And we found peace knowing that we are following God's plan for our family.


We are asking for prayers:

that we will get our income tax refund for our previous adoption credit from 2010 - It seems like the IRS is holding a lot of them for some reason.  We need this refund in order to pay our next fee that is due when we send our dossier to China.

for a speedy process  (We hope to send our dossier to China (DTC) within the next 2 weeks.)  


that we are able to communicate with our new daughter once we are DTC so she will know we are coming for her


that our new daughter agrees to be adopted - In China, older kids are asked if they want to be adopted on Adoption Day, and they must sign their name.  Some are not even told ahead of time about their new family.


that we can use frequent flyer miles to travel 


that our new daughter had an easy acclimation into our family 


that our children at home accept their new sister without any major problems


Please let me know you dropped by.  Our blog usually does not get a lot of visitors, and I would love to read your comments.  


PS - If you scroll down to February, you will see a picture of our new daughter.