Oh, Mixed Nuts!: In His Timing

I will never tire of hearing stories of God weaving families together through adoption. Just look at this beautiful family and read in Beth's words the amazing way they became a family of 7.

My husband, Jim, and I knew from the beginning of our relationship that adoption would be part of our story. We both felt called to adopt and decided early on in our marriage that Haiti was where we were headed. After three biological children and eight years of praying and saving, we began the process to adopt from Haiti. Initially, we decided that a toddler boy would fit best into the dynamics of our family and we were matched with our sweet little guy. He was malnourished and tiny but began thriving in the orphanage. I, then, felt that God was calling us to adopt a daughter, as well. I knew she should be about four years old; around the age of our oldest son. Circumstances prevented us from adding another child to our adoption process at that time, and I was a bit discouraged, but we moved forward and were finally able to bring our son home after two agonizing years of waiting.

I always felt that there was a daughter missing from our family. I had originally thought she was in Haiti, but maybe I was wrong? We looked into adopting out of foster care but the timing just never felt right or lined up. This past February, at an adoptive moms retreat, a dear friend found out about a little girl who was in need of a forever family. She had been living in a group home for the past four years and she was originally from… Haiti. Four months ago, we brought our newest daughter home. She is the age of our oldest son. In all of this, we have seen God’s sovereignty and have learned, even more, to trust in His perfect plan and timing.