Journal Entry

When we were on vacation in June, Jon and I had a long time to talk.  I was having a rough night and just praying to the Lord for help and comfort.  All of a sudden I was just overcome with the spirit and I knew I was receiving an answer to my prayers.  I had a good talk with Jon, and we have decided we are going to start the adoption process.  We are excited for this opportunity.  Our families have also been so supportive and excited for us.

This process has been quite lengthy.  It has definitely been a test of our patience.  We have had to set up appointments, do many background checks, and answer so many questions.  The LDS Church stopped doing adoptions in February of 2015, but they have piloted a new program with Adoption.com.  It has been quite the learning experience.  I have really felt that we have been going at this blind.  We are almost done with our home study.  Once our home study is done, I will upload it to our profile, and our profile will then go live.  We will then be ready to have a baby placed in our home.  We can hardly wait for this new experience in our life.

I know this is a right decision for us.  As hard as it is to have no one to share/ask questions with, we seem to be doing things right.  We just hope everything will go smoothly, and we will be able to have a baby in our home soon.  We did take pictures for our profile.  Here are a few.