The mountain of paperwork?
No.
The flaming hoops we jump though that stand between us and our child?
Nope.
The staggering cost (but God!)?
Nopers.
14 hours of travel one way?
That's a negative.
The hardest part....
....is knowing our son is on the opposite side of the world from us. Waking as we go to sleep, falling asleep as we wake. He's not sitting at our table or sleeping in the bunk bed his Daddy just built. He is so very far away.
Some may wonder how a busy parents of 5 could miss a child they have never met......
Because he's our son.
Just as we longed to hold and meet the children I carried in my tummy, we also have that same longing for the children we carry in our hearts.
The amount of love we have for our children never divides...it multiplies.
It fills to the brim and spills over.
Always enough love to go around.
Always enough for more.
I have fought tears off and on for a couple weeks. It seems like we are in the stage of the process that drags on FOREVER.
In the moments when I feel like my heart can't take anymore the Lord sends a sweet gift our way. An email from our adoption agency made my day. New pictures!
Oh my goodness, climbing rocks, a boy's favorite pastime.
Happy swimming boy. His brother can't wait for next summer!
Next year sweet boy, your first day of school picture will be at home.
School with your best buds!
I just looked at the ticker on the side of our blog....someone donated to Benjamin's FSP with Reece's Rainbow!!!! Oh my heart, thank you.
We just began shipping t-shirts out and are gearing up for an auction at the beginning of October.
If you would like to donate something to our auction we would be so incredibly grateful. You can email me at jennifer webster 31 @ gmail . com (remove the spaces).
Please pray for our sweet boy. He has watched many friends leave to be adopted. It has had an impact on him and he wants a family of his own...but he doesn't know about us and can't for quite some time.
- Jennifer
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