We got a call...

Last week both Mike and I were out of commission with some kind of stomach bug. Not fun. One of the days when we were both vegged out on the couch, either sick or recovering, we got a call from the adoption agency.  We haven't heard from them for ages so I thought it was them wondering what on earth we are going to do now that we are pregnant. Anyway, it was a call to see if we would be interested in a little girl who is not within our preferences. All the lady knew was that she is 8 and has blue eyes and blonde hair. So together we talked about what that would be like and if we are even open to that option for our family. We decided we were open and we would wait to find out more.

A few hours later we got a call from the lady who knows more about this little girl. As soon as she started describing her situation I immediately said a big "NO" in my mind as you probably will too when you read some of what I heard. So I had settled on our answer being no but just last night Mike mentioned that he couldn't get her out of his mind. This opened up my heart and mind to think more about it and learn more about where my big "NO" is coming from. Lots and lots of fears and not trusting our big God.

Here is her situation:

She lives in Florida with her mother and stepfather. The extended family doesn't know where they are so it makes me think they may be on the run. The mother has had several relationships and the little girls has been exposed to a lot of trauma and abuse (we aren't sure if it is just witnessed or personally). The mother has multiple mental disorders but we don't know any details. The little girl probably doesn't know anything about this request from her mother to be adopted. The mother has considered adoption before but has never gone through with it.

So as you can see there are multiple really big red flags in her little life description. My mind goes to all the worst case scenarios of which there are many. Will you please pray for peace, wisdom and clarity in all this?

Thanks for joining us on this journey.