Here we "grow" again!!

Here we "grow" again!!  Oh I can't believe it.  I knew in my heart that we would adopt again.  I can't explain in, but I just knew.   As an adoptee and an adoptive mom, I have a full heart for the orphan.  Daily I look at the faces of the children that still wait, praying that they find a family.  We talk about it openly here at home too.  And the kid's pray along as well for some of the kid's.  As I was reading about some of the children, there he was.  If we were to adopt again, and let me just say, the number 5 is pretty scary, I'm not sure why, I thought it would be another daughter.   But God has a different plan, to add another boy.  Once, I saw our little guy I was hooked.  There was just something about Kevin/Keegan that stole my heart.  His need
was severe, but very manageable.  The fear, as with the previous three special needs adoptions, was present, but then there was also a "peace".   So here we go again.  Thank you to those who shared about your real life experiences with burn injuries.  As scary as it seems and is, I know now that we can give this little guy the medical attention he will need as well as the resources.  Oh boy are we ever excited to begin this journey and get him home!!   His birthday is in July of 2009 and he will probably celebrate one more away from us before we can get him home.  But we will celebrate here at home just like he's here with us. 

"Faith is the Substance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not yet seen."  Heb. 11:1


                                                                    

Although he was known as Kevin/Keegan as those were the names given to him while he waited, we've decided to name him Ian Michael.  Oh how my heart broke just reading about the first few months of his life on this earth.  Somehow, he was severely burned on the scalp, face, ear, legs, and then abandoned.  I'm sure the medical resources needed was something the family couldn't commit to so a difficult decision had to be made.  But this little guy is a survivor!!!  Oh how he will grow and change and grow some more.  He will have 3 big sisters and a big brother to help him along the way along with a mamma and baba who will love him like crazy too!!! 

We hope you will follow along.  We would appreciate prayers for our journey before, during, and after we finally meet our little guy as well as prayers for God to prepare Ian's heart for his new family.  We will also be doing some fundraising along the way and I've started thinking about what we can do to help with some of the adoption expenses.  So stay tuned!!


For those who followed our journey to Faith on our blog "Adoption, Miles of the Heart" I have not been able to figure out how to post.   I had to change my e-mail server so not sure if that has something to do with it.   Hence, the new blog!  I hope you will follow us along our journey to our new son.  I'll post updates of the family as well while we wait.   Faith, now 14 yo,  has been home 21 months and oh the progress our gal has made.  I can not believe how far she has come in such a short time.  Believing in her has made a world of difference.  Her confidence has grown with leaps and bounds and she has learned to persevere (at least we're trying and get it).  We've come along way from not wanting to get out of the bed in the morning in the summer of 2012 upon arriving home, especially when school started . . to getting up, making our bed, picking out our clothes, and ready for school.  This gal is smart too!!!  I can't believe she has missed so much within her education.  But she is becoming resilient, I can see it, and I know she will continue to grow and learn at her own pace.  And the best part is that she continues to learn about Jesus!!  She is beginning to say the prayer before we eat, and she told me she wants to know more about God!!  Praise God!!

Many blessings,

Anita