Part 2

So going back to what I was saying before, (though I must say, I'm not in the same mood as I was then! :-), it has been amazing seeing God working through our latest adoption.

It began with us looking into foster care and going through the process. When the agency messed up, my parents decided that was God's sign that we shouldn't do foster care. So they began looking into adopting again. They chose to try to adopt from Ethiopia this time.

We filled out paperwork and began the process to adopt. It took a while. Then Mom saw info about a child on the waiting child list. She told Dad about him and they began praying. When they received Belly Boy's information, they prayed again. And I remember the night they decided God was telling them to adopt that child. That was one great night!

Before Dad and Mom found out about Belly Boy, we were pretty sure we were going to have twins. We wanted twins pretty bad. At least, us kids did. We told the agency we were open to twins, but God had a bigger, better plan.

After we got Belly Boy's referral and accepted it, we had to pass court. But we didn't pass the first time. Our date was rescheduled. To our relief, we passed that time.

Now we were eager to leave to get Belly Boy, but we had to wait again. We received a date sometime in April. We planned for then. Then we got that phone call that gave us the opportunity to leave MUCH earlier! A month earlier!!! Wow, thank you, God! Who knows if we had passed court the first time, if we would have been able to leave much earlier like we did!

And when we reached Ethiopia, and met Belly Boy, he bonded to us so quickly! Today, at home, he is so close to all of us. He knows who will get the toys he drops and who will cuddle him and squeeze him, and who also will teach him to hit himself and laugh, (me!).