Nesting

Just a note to thank you all for being so encouraging of “Bits of Fab” and our adoption fundraising! We are making headway towards our goal, and so appreciative of your feedback and support… As a result, I spend lots of time working on projects and planning workshops. Last week, I believe I made about 20 trips to Hobby Lobby and logged countless hours on the sewing machine. J

I’ve been thinking of ways to describe why I so enjoy focusing on these craft projects… It’s productive. Therapeutic. Energizing. It allows me to stay focused on my home. It consumes my thoughts. It is a bit irrational at times. Ahhh, wait. I’m NESTING! That’s exactly where I am now. I’ve got some adoption hormones taking over… Funny how with this adoption, I am emotionally going through the same stages as a typical pregnancy!

We’ve been “paper pregnant” for one year now…. And I’m in the middle of what feels like a never-ending nesting phase. Thank you for giving me something to focus on!! J

 

Working on lots of home-made
items to bring our kids home! :)

 

Because We Want To!

Asher spent last week in a Vacation Bible School. We specifically chose this VBS because they put a big emphasis on orphan-care… the kids bring in shoes for orphanages, collect pennies for an adoption fund, etc. During the week, Asher met many kids who are adopted and heard many a story about adoption.

So it was the topic of conversation on our drive home each day this week… and the same question was asked every day in a different way, “Why are we adopting?” (Why? Why? Why? That boy's questions can wear me out!)

So, we talked through reasons why Chad and I made this decision… We feel overwhelmed by God’s blessing and want to share all that He has given us with others…. We love our family and are heart-broken to think that some children don’t have a family… With great privilege comes great responsibility… 

Asher is a thinker. You can see his little mind rolling thoughts around while he listens. So after pondering my ramblings, he summed it all up with this: “so we just WANT to do it?”

Yes! We "just want" to adopt! We are adopting children into our family because it’s what we want to do. It brings me such pleasure. It’s as simple as that! And it clicked today that this desire is so aligned with God’s fundamental intention… Adopting to bring more into HIS family.

God decided in advance to adopt us into his own family

by bringing us to himself through Jesus Christ. 

This is what he wanted to do, and it gave him great pleasure. 

Ephesians 1:5

Every child needs a family to be silly with! :)