It has, I know! But we wanted to just take a minute and share with you an update on our adoption journey......
In the last year, I have gone through some major personal growth. Which I have felt is important before we step out into the unknown that is adoption. So here we are 2+ years later from when we first announced it, 1+ year from our last post, but we do have an update!!
You know how sometimes you feel led in a certain direction, so you move that way, you are there and everything feels right? Then there are times when that direction doesn’t feel wrong, but you feel the need to move in a different direction? Well, that has happened for us with adoption. One morning I woke up with the feeling I needed to look into Bulgaria. Which is odd because China has felt right for so long. Of all places why there, why Bulgaria?! A place I had no idea where the thought came from, but one that I knew I needed to follow. We can honestly say we continue to pray for guidance and direction, as well as our daughter wherever she may be. We feel that for whatever reason we are being led in a different direction at this time. So we have looked into Bulgaria, we have prayed about it, talked it through, and we are changing our direction. Craziness, we know! But we are moving forward with adopting from Bulgaria!
In the last year, I have gone through some major personal growth. Which I have felt is important before we step out into the unknown that is adoption. So here we are 2+ years later from when we first announced it, 1+ year from our last post, but we do have an update!!
You know how sometimes you feel led in a certain direction, so you move that way, you are there and everything feels right? Then there are times when that direction doesn’t feel wrong, but you feel the need to move in a different direction? Well, that has happened for us with adoption. One morning I woke up with the feeling I needed to look into Bulgaria. Which is odd because China has felt right for so long. Of all places why there, why Bulgaria?! A place I had no idea where the thought came from, but one that I knew I needed to follow. We can honestly say we continue to pray for guidance and direction, as well as our daughter wherever she may be. We feel that for whatever reason we are being led in a different direction at this time. So we have looked into Bulgaria, we have prayed about it, talked it through, and we are changing our direction. Craziness, we know! But we are moving forward with adopting from Bulgaria!
We are beginning the adoption process which at the beginning is lots and lots of paperwork. We have started the home study process and our dossier paperwork with our adoption agency. It’s still about a 9-12 month wait, a lot of it depends on how quickly we get through the paperwork. But we have started and that has us completely giddy, and nervous, but mostly just excited! Any prayers and thoughts as we begin would definitely be appreciated. We are grateful for the continued love and support as we found our way to this place, and as we move forward!
