This is the beginning of our journey, we are living it now...
When Bryan and I met 7 years ago on eHarmony we lived about 700 miles apart, so our first months of dating entailed us talking on the phone every day for 5-8 hours. We knew then that we wanted to have children and we also discussed that we had a desire for adoption. After having two biological daughters I was unsure if I could ever love another child the way I love my own. God continued to work in our hearts.
So many things have directed us towards adoption. Last summer a family in our church shared their story of adoption and we both looked at each other with tears in our eyes and knew God was calling us to do this too. After church my husband leaned over to me and wispered, "we have the rooms lets fill them up". {check out thier story here http://babyabell.blogspot.com } We didn't really talk about it again much after that week then God did something a few months ago that only he could do. I kept coming across www.adoptuskids.org one day so I followed the link and viewed the children available for adoption (this is heart breaking) I came across one little girls profile video and knew that I could be her mom. I could love her. God used this to open our hearts to action, we got all the info we could, contacted a christian agency, and registered for RAPT classes. (These are the state required classes for foster care and adoption) We just finished our second 8 hour Saturday class today, only 1 more to go! We could not do this without friends and family stepping up and helping to care for our children Thank you so much to all who have helped :)
At this point we are not 100% sure of what age child/children we will care for or if we will just Foster or foster to adopt. Also I have started an application process to become an advocate working with an organization called The Forgotten Initiative. www.theforgotteninitiative.org Our eyes have been opened to a Broken system that is producing Broken children. We will be a voice, an advocate for these children and also for Foster parents.
Please continue to be in prayer with us. Thank you and God Bless,
The Murrays
