God's Timing-Meet the Folven's

Christmas in Gulf Shores,AL

Today, January 3, 2014 marks the first day of an exciting journey. After years of praying, an opportunity to adopt has been presented to us. Over the past year, every time we felt blessed or just wanted to remember a special moment of gratitude, we wrote it down on a tiny piece of paper and put it into our giant 2014 mason jar.  We opened them up the other morning while having breakfast and there it was, a tiny note with the words

Dear God, Please give us a baby sister or brother.  

Over the past 3 years we would find many of these prayers written in many different places. Every night during prayers, Ava would pray for a baby to be in my tummy.
While we always felt we had more than enough love to give, we also felt strongly that if God wanted us to have another child that He would make that happen.  Our family went through the ups and downs of the possibilities and also a miscarriage when Ava was 4. I was comforted that God had the best plans for our family and continued living the life that He blessed us with.

We were born to love children. I have no doubt in my mind that Derek and I could provide a loving family for another child. I also know that God blessed us with Ava who is also very maternal.  She loves kids and wants to be their caregiver already. Besides being a teacher, being a mom was at the top of my list ever since I was young.  I was raised to put God first, family and career and in that order, a family will have balance and the blessing from the Lord.

I read a quote today that says,  "There are no unwanted children, just unfound families. I pray that we are the family they find."  God is in control and He knows our hearts.