How it all began...

Back in January of 2005 I was providing childcare in my home to a precious, precious child.  Her baby dedication was being held at a local church and our family was invited to be there.  We had been attending a small church but was looking for a larger church in the area to join.  We had spent several weeks visiting other churches but hadn't found THE one for us yet.  After attending this baby dedication we decided to go back and visit this church again.  The second Sunday we visited was the Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.  As we sat there in the sanctuary and saw the many, many families go forward who had been blessed by adoption, we were touched.  Not touched in the sense of "awww, that's sweet", "I'm going to cry", etc... but touched by God saying "this is what you are to do for Me."  Before we could get back to the car (and we were parked CLOSE in the visitor parking), we were looking at each other and saying, "we should adopt".  We went home and began researching agencies, countries, cost, etc...  We already had one child who was not quite 2 at the time and were looking to soon expand our family anyway.  So, our journey began...