Our journey began when we were both young. Mark and I both had dreams of one day adopting. We didn't know this when we married, but that desire has always been there, just beneath the surface.
Being in the military has presented some challenges for us. Knowing that we will always be moving around has been an issue that has kept us from pursuing anything. Being a one-income family has been a challenge as well. We knew we wanted to be in a more stable place in order to provide stability for another child.
We are now in a place where the finances are stable, we will probably be in one place for a while, and Mark's job has hit it's sweet spot──the 9-5. I stay at home to home school; he is home in the evening and on weekends.
We have made up our minds that foster care looks like the road we're on right now, and we decided to take it one step at a time. If we hit any road blocks, we'll adjust and take another look to see if this is where God wants us.
One thing we're really being taught right now is not to call hurdles road blocks. If you can jump over it, do. If you can't, reevaluate. We sometimes tend to overreact about certain things or over-think the possible scenarios. It's tough. Being in the military, we want to control as much as possible because we have so little control over anything.
Maybe God is trying to teach us something?
We're looking forward to the lessons and the blessings.
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