Stepping Out in Faith
2016 has been a whirlwind year for our family. I know the world has viewed it as a rough year due to the election and so many celebrity deaths but we've viewed it as a rough year for much, much more personal reasons. So much of the "rough stuff" we've faced has lined up so strangely perfectly with our plans to adopt. 1. We made the official decision to adopt in late April . Zach had to have back surgery a week later. 2. We made our adoption plans social media official in late June. That same day my "face gate" situation happened. 3. We got home study approved in mid-September. A week later Zach had his first episode that we now know was a precursor to MS. Never in my LIFE have I felt called to do something the way I have felt called to adopt. It wasn't in our plans (and we all know how much Zach and I live by our plans!). It wasn't on our radar. It wasn't something we were considering or planning or even thinking about. Yet God led us t...