There's more to this story.

Adoption can be difficult to wrap one’s mind around. Questions, of how a mother could choose adoption over parenting her own flesh and blood. Her baby. The little life inside of her, that was a part of her, for nine months.

While I am no expert on this; I have learned so much, and I am learning a lot.

We never know what a mother who has found herself in this situation is going through. Maybe as a child herself, she dealt with abandonment, abuse, physical or sexual abuse. Maybe as an adult she has found herself homeless, or lost in the terrible addictions of drugs or alcohol. Maybe she is a young girl, not even through school yet, who has found herself in a situation she never expected; not even eighteen and pregnant.

Truth is; we may never know.

To me the importance of the situation is that she chose life for her child. She knows that the life she is living, isn’t the life that she wants her child, the child she loves, to live. Maybe she is choosing a different path for her child because she doesn’t want him or her to have to live through the mess she has found herself in. Or maybe she didn’t get to experience the love I had the privilege of experiencing, while growing up.

It’s so easy to cast judgement, to question, and to simply not understand. And maybe we aren’t meant to understand. Sometimes we never know what someone else is going through, because we ourselves have never found ourselves in that situation.

With adoption comes brokenness. Everything about the adoption process is hard…except loving the child.

Without tragedy, there is no need for adoption. If something were not broken, there would be no need to fix it.

Will you pray with me for these expectant mothers; pray that God would meet her where she is and provide peace, comfort and protection?

Pray for wisdom for the expectant mom as she makes a decision about what is best for her and her baby.

Pray for the father, that he would be honored and included in the decision making process.

Pray for the pregnancy and the baby, that the baby would be healthy.

Pray that through all this, that God would work all things for their good, and His glory.

I sometimes tend to look at all that we are going through, the many emotions, the ups and downs of our journey, while failing to think of all that a birth mother is experiencing. Not that we want to focus on all the hurt, but to remember to lift her up in prayer, and to realize that there is more to the story than just Kevin and I, and the baby that God will give us. While Kevin will be a father to this precious child, and I will be a mother to this little babe; there is also another mother involved. The one who gave birth to this precious little blessing. And we want to honor her, because she gave us one of life's greatest blessings. We want to minister to her, and show her the hope that she has in this life, and the next. That she too, can live a life pleasing to God. 

We have some things that we would love for you to join with us in prayer about. We cannot share any details, but the Lord knows. And again, we know that He has a plan. 

We are learning to not mistake God's silence for his absence. 

His timing is perfect. 

His presence is constant. 

And he is always with us.