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I have never really been much of a blog person.  I like reading blogs, but really never thought I would write one.  I like numbers...not words!  B is REALLY good with words.  So you might end up hearing more from him than from me.  When we decided to open up about the secret we had kept (or tried to keep) so long, I figured we would at some point end up writing a blog.  I don't want someone to miss out on a blessing just because I'm too scared to share our story.  I have seen God work miracles in my life and I want people to know about it.  I want people to be encouraged by our stories.  To feel our pain.  To feel our joy.  So here we go!
There is so much to tell.  We will probably end up putting different posts about all the different things that have happened to us in the past 4 or 5 years.  I will start with the basics...
Our ten year anniversary is in November.  I can honestly say that I love my husband more now than I did back then.  We have been through so much...together!  It was never our plan to not have kids by now.  It was God's plan for us though.  While we have not always been OK with that, we are very grateful for this wonderful journey He is taking us on.  We made the decision to adopt in 2007.  We also decided then that we wanted to adopt from another country.  We explored all the different options and decided that God really wanted us to adopt from China.  In order to do that we would have to wait 3 more years until I was 30.  So that was the path we have been on.  There have been ups and downs, but we made it!  I will share details in other posts.  This past fall we started the process to adopt our first child from China.  We knew this process could take a while...years!  We had high hopes and were shocked to find out that there was a child available in Hong Kong.  The Hong Kong program is different than the China program so we had to pray about switching when we felt so convicted to adopt from China.  We did switch and have been committed to adopting a little 3 year old boy.  We still aren't 100% sure we will get him yet (hopefully we will know for sure at the end of April).  We are sure that he has been put in front of us for a reason and maybe that reason is to pray for him.  At first I tried not to get attached to him.  I'm used to building walls up in my life to protect myself from pain.  While I'm still trying to guard my heart...he holds it in his little hands right now.
I hope you enjoy reading our blog.  We appreciate any and all prayers!
Come on this journey with us!
Katie