Meeting a birthmother!

Hello friends and family!

I was originally scheduled to go to NYC this week for a church trip. Our church is hoping to partner with some groups in NYC for mission work next summer and I was going to spend Tuesday-Friday getting to know some of the pastors and church planters in NYC. I was looking forward to this trip (especially enjoying some pizza and Italian Ice) but something much-much better has come up!

This morning as I was leaving Wal-Mart (I needed to pick up some stuff for the trip, especially some beef jerky for the 12+ hour drive to NYC) I received a call from Carrie, our friend at Bethany Christian Services. She told me that there was a birth mother who wanted to meet us and Wednesday was the ideal day for the meeting to occur.

Normally I would not hesitate to say yes (and don’t this time was no different) but even as I said “yes, absolutely” I knew that we would have to rearrange some stuff. #1- I was suppose to be in NYC. That one is easy, I can alter that plan with little problem. #2 – Kayla has been sick for the last week and a half. This is the sickest she has been in my 5 years of knowing her and our 4 years of marriage. 3 strep tests, a flu test, and a mono test all came back negative and although she has been on 3 rounds of antibiotics she is still feeling kind of rough. I knew missing another day of work for this meeting would be tough for her, but I knew it would be worth it!

So I of course said yes and then got to give the good news to Kayla. Here is quick screenshot at how giddy I was when trying to tell her. Please note that there were a few phone calls mixed into the fray here too.

Anyway, the plan is to meet this mother at 2pm on Wednesday. We have gotten some basic information about her and the situation but, just like last time, will hold off on sharing that information for now. Suffice to say, our prayer is that God will orchestrate this entire situation according to His will. Of course we are praying that this is the child God has for us, but even more than that we pray that His will be done!

We absolutely depend on your prayers and thus wanted to fill you in!