Over the past couple of weeks we had been told so many different things about adoption and what to expect next. There is so much that you just have to learn along the way it seems. If you are not paying an agency $30,000 then you have to figure it all out on your own! There is no handbook for this stuff! Well we found an awesome adoption attorney who gave us a free consultation and tons of great information for free. He is a Christian and about 15 minutes from our house! We right away felt at ease with him and definitely left with a sense of peace! We had been praying for clarity and peace and after leaving him that prayer was answered! We are facing some possibilities right now, but won't know anything for sure for another month so we do not want to share details yet. We are just continuing to trust in God and go where we feel we are being led. We have spoken to so many people and have attended info sessions about adoption and have done research online and read books, but finally we feel like we have a better grasp on what to expect. The road ahead will not be easy and will still be very expensive, but we know it is where we are meant to be. Somewhere out there are children who needs us, and we cannot wait to find them, and finally be a family!
We would love an open adoption! Check out this video to see a trailer of a book written by an adoptive father about their true open adoption journey! Well we are about 3 months into our adoption journey and things are at a standstill, but we do have some hope! There are some possibilities for us out there right now. We are trying to not get our hopes up too high though. We know it is still very early in this whole process and it could be many months until we finally have our baby in our arms. God has opened our hearts to other possibilities that originally we did not think we would want. Originally we thought we only wanted a newborn baby, I think because I just really wanted to experience all the wonders that are a newborn baby. God may have other plans for us though, and after much thought and prayer He has opened our hearts to older children. We now know that whatever God has in store for us we know that it is the best thing. If there is a child out there that needs us, we are open and ready. We believe that everything happens for a reason, and the people that have come into our lives and the things we have been through has led us to this moment and hopefully will lead us to our children and to becoming the family that we are meant to be. We may not have all the money or the space, but we do have the hearts. We will trust in God to provide for us. No matter what happens we will continue to have patience and hope.
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We are Janine and Jeremy and we want to adopt a baby! This blog is for documenting some of our thoughts and experiences along the way! Archives
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