I've got to tell you the sweetest story! If you don't know my friends, Darrell and Krista, you need to read their blog (click on their blog over on the right...)
I will try to make this short. It actually starts with a sweet friendship between my friend, Rebekah and me. We became friends over a year ago when they were trying to start a family and nothing was working. Fast forward several months...they just adopted a beautiful baby boy from Christian Homes (our agency as well) named Collin. While they were in the hospital, of course, several family and friends visited and brought gifts, etc...
Now, witnessing all this excitement over baby Collin was a lady whose unwed daughter just had a baby 8 minutes before Collin was born. I don't know it they had thought about adoption at this point or not, but that sweet mom went to her sweet daughter's room and told her about all the happiness in the waiting room over the adoption of this other baby (Collin). Well, that family decided right then and there to place this baby for adoption and they spoke with the Christian Homes caseworker who was at the hospital for Collin's adoption.
Are you following me?
Well, since then (8-8-08), Rebekah and I have joked that since that family decided on adoption because of the happiness of Rebekah's family and friends, then Rebekah should get to choose who gets that baby (thinking of our friend Krista).
OK, now lets go back a little bit...stay with me! If you read Krista and Darrell's blog, then you know they have been waiting for over 2 years to adopt from China and decided to go ahead with a concurrent domestic adoption through Christian Homes. See where I'm going?
They had their home study completed last week on Tuesday and found out Thursday that "a birthmother" had selected them...that quick.
And, I'm sure you've guessed it. The baby God placed with them was that baby born 8 minutes before Collin!!! Baby Riley Fauvel is home today!
The Fauvels, along with the rest of us, I'm sure often wondered about God's timing and why China was taking so long, and then we get to witness a miracle like this.
God DOES know the plans He has for us! What perfect timing of the homestudy being completed, what perfect timing that that mother was out in the waiting room seeing how happy adoption was making another family she didn't even know. What perfect timing!!!
I always say that we bacame a family through the miracle of adoption, and to see my friends getting to experience that miracle is just so much fun for me!
God is good!
PS - When they (Christian Homes) get Krista's and Darrel's picture up, there will be 3 of my sweet friends on the website who have adopted precious little babies just in the last couple of months!! (Rebekah & Chris, Mark & Mindy, and Krista & Darrell)
christianhomes.com - click on "loving families"
I will try to make this short. It actually starts with a sweet friendship between my friend, Rebekah and me. We became friends over a year ago when they were trying to start a family and nothing was working. Fast forward several months...they just adopted a beautiful baby boy from Christian Homes (our agency as well) named Collin. While they were in the hospital, of course, several family and friends visited and brought gifts, etc...
Now, witnessing all this excitement over baby Collin was a lady whose unwed daughter just had a baby 8 minutes before Collin was born. I don't know it they had thought about adoption at this point or not, but that sweet mom went to her sweet daughter's room and told her about all the happiness in the waiting room over the adoption of this other baby (Collin). Well, that family decided right then and there to place this baby for adoption and they spoke with the Christian Homes caseworker who was at the hospital for Collin's adoption.
Are you following me?
Well, since then (8-8-08), Rebekah and I have joked that since that family decided on adoption because of the happiness of Rebekah's family and friends, then Rebekah should get to choose who gets that baby (thinking of our friend Krista).
OK, now lets go back a little bit...stay with me! If you read Krista and Darrell's blog, then you know they have been waiting for over 2 years to adopt from China and decided to go ahead with a concurrent domestic adoption through Christian Homes. See where I'm going?
They had their home study completed last week on Tuesday and found out Thursday that "a birthmother" had selected them...that quick.
And, I'm sure you've guessed it. The baby God placed with them was that baby born 8 minutes before Collin!!! Baby Riley Fauvel is home today!
The Fauvels, along with the rest of us, I'm sure often wondered about God's timing and why China was taking so long, and then we get to witness a miracle like this.
God DOES know the plans He has for us! What perfect timing of the homestudy being completed, what perfect timing that that mother was out in the waiting room seeing how happy adoption was making another family she didn't even know. What perfect timing!!!
I always say that we bacame a family through the miracle of adoption, and to see my friends getting to experience that miracle is just so much fun for me!
God is good!
PS - When they (Christian Homes) get Krista's and Darrel's picture up, there will be 3 of my sweet friends on the website who have adopted precious little babies just in the last couple of months!! (Rebekah & Chris, Mark & Mindy, and Krista & Darrell)
christianhomes.com - click on "loving families"
3 comments:
It brings tears of joy to my eyes to read how God has used your experience with Beau's adoption to bless other families. Thank you for being the wonderful Christian parents God intended for Beau. He is so precious.
Mimi
Thank you for posting the photo of the "new" family! Wow isn't this exciting to see God show off like this!!!
So sweet - it's so neat to see how God is always at work and that He alone is the creator of families. What a bundle of joy. (I can't help but say that now... after a cutie 3 year-old girl said it to our little lucy - who was maybe 5 months at the time)
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