Is That You, God?

Many of you know that Steve and I have been toying with the idea of adopting one more little girl. God has placed a strong desire in both of our hearts and we did a lot of calling and researching last year. Originally, we hoped to go back to China, however, we are not eligible to adopt again from China due to the new regulations. That is probably a blessing in disguise as the wait time now is several years.

The next country we had looked into was Taiwan, and after lots of researching, we found out that their regulations are the same as China's. The only country we are interested and qualified to adopt from is Ethiopia. In summer, we decided to put it on the back burner for a bit and finish our basement project and see where God leads us.

Well, Steve walked up to his office last Thursday, taking the same route he always does, past all the sales pods and he overheard a lady talking about Ethiopia adoptions and telling someone that they are working with an awesome agency that specializes in Ethiopia adoptions, in fact, that is all they do. Well, he decided to stop and talk to her a bit (never really met her b/fore) and found out that she and her husband were leaving for Ethiopia on Monday. They talked a while and Steve got the name and a contact at the agency they are using, etc...

Anyway, the cool thing was that this lady's last day of work was on Friday. What are the chances that Steve would "overhear" this conversation the day before her "last day" at West Corp.?? And, what are the chances that she was adopting from Ethiopia, when that is the only country we are eligible and interested in right now?

Steve was so excited, he called the agency to get info and called me at work to tell me "I think this was a God thing, Gina"....and he proceeded to tell me the whole story. I was excited b/c usually it is me who does the searching, etc...and to hear Steve this excited and feeling that God was speaking to him, is very cool!!

The plan right now is to start working on an adoption in summer (when I am off and have an easier time running around to do the paper chasing), with hopes that we'd submit our dossier next fall and travel in Spring of 2010 to get a 1-3 year old little girl.

Please pray for God to continue to give us more signs and provide the means for us to begin another adoption.