How It All Began

Brian and I are so excited to share our adoption journey!  Before we even met face to face (we met online), we shared our dreams about adopting children one day.  I knew in high school that adoption would one day play a part in how my family would grow.  I was able to go on multiple mission trips and each one only strengthened that desire.  Brian had also visited orphanages while on a mission trip and knew it was something he'd be interested in looking at in his future.

Fast forward a decade or so and we found ourselves on a date in Starbucks filling out the application for an international adoption.  The night we submitted our initial paperwork, I couldn't sleep.  I was filled with thoughts of excitement, anxiety, fear, joy and hope.  My night consisted of audacious prayers for our future family, peace for our children's birth parents, support through our fundraising efforts and for God to surround us with people that would lift us up through this entire process.  We have very big dreams for this adoption and are fully trusting on God to make them come true.

This blog will be a chance to share how God will work in miraculous ways through our journey to adopt.  It will be a chance to get to know us, for us to share our joys and struggles through this journey, to laugh and cry, learn patience and join us on this journey.  We believe that it will take a village to make this adoption happen.  We are leaning on friends and family to help us through the stages and hoping to encourage and answer questions for others who are adopting or have questions about it.

We're believing God will answer our prayers in ways we never thought possible.  We're so excited to share this long-awaited journey and can't wait for the day when we have our family!

Welcome to our adoption journey!

Brian & Lauren