A New Life Filled With Love

Just when you think you are in a holding pattern...BAM! Somehow I knew my timing and God's were a little different. Needless to say, this has been a week of unexpected excitement. As you are aware, just a few weeks ago we completed our dossier. Since then, it has been approved at the corporate office, been authenticated in Washington D.C. and is currently in the process of being sent to Ethiopia. Once everything is squared away in Ethiopia, we are looking at 6 months to a year before we would hear about a specific child.

Well...on Monday, we received an email about a 7 month old little boy. Because he didn't match any specific dossiers that were currently waiting to be assigned, they sent out his referral information to all of the various locations to see if there was any interest in Ethiopian adoptive families that were in various stages of the process. So, our Adoption Specialist forwarded it to us to see if we had any interest.

Immediately, we begin to think "what is the matter with this child?" or "why isn't he going through the 'normal' referral process?". However, after a couple of conversations with our Adoption Specialist we understood the complicated process of referrals and why this child was so special. To start with, his name (Agegnehu) literally means 'I have found you'. Once we saw his picture, we knew that he is going to be a fine addition to some lucky family.

After much prayer, some questions and a 'very basic' medical review, we decided that we would put our name on the list (along with several other families) to be considered for this precious little boy. Although we know that we are low on the priority list since we just submitted our dossier, we do know that God is ultimately the protector of this child and will match him with the best family.

What now? We wait. We wait to hear back from the adoption agency on whether or not we have been chosen for Agegnehu or if he was placed with another family. Either way, this little boy will be the winner. Our time will come, but his time is now. His world is about to be rocked upside down. A new life filled with love, opportunity and family. Please be in prayer for this situation and that Agegnehu will be placed in a home that overwhelms him with love in a God centered family.