This past January when Watermark had a ministry fair, Beau Fornet gave a talk about helping orphans and he asked everyone to consider either adopting, sponsoring a child, or committing to praying for orphans. Jason and I started praying that God would show us how to use our lives to make the most impact that we could for orphans. I dreamed of starting an orphanage somewhere. We talked about fostering or fostering to adopt. We talked about domestic and international adoption. We weren't sure which path to take so we kept praying. At a Priscilla Shirer conference in February I submitted a prayer request that God would unite Jason's and my heart in how to love and serve orphans.
Just recently I felt like now was the time to really start pursuing either fostering or adoption. One hesitation I had was that we are a family of 4 in a three bedroom house. I wondered if growing our family to five was going to necesitate a move to a bigger house sometime soon. Then I attended a Building Blocks talk on Siblings by Millye Hale and Alex Wagner. Both women as well as several of the women attending made comments about the benefits of having your kids share a room. Alex spoke about wanting her kids to learn "living together" skills. (check their talk out here http://www.watermarkradio.com/index.php?id=153&channel=443&series=173&message=1). That put my mind at ease that we did not need to worry about moving anytime soon.
Then I got to thinking about how I love watching Josh and Lillie play together and have really enjoyed have kids close together in age. (They are just 22 months apart.) I started to really want to take steps toward growing our family soon.
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