A Step of Faith

by Doug & Ruth

Yes – we are expecting!  With high anticipation and much excitement, we are thrilled about the possibility of adopting a teenage boy from Ghana, Africa.  As a family, we have always enjoyed having temporary guests in our home.  From high school and college students, to exchange students and now taking a step of faith and pursuing the adoption of the boy who just wants a family to be part of.  Over the past couple years, we’ve toyed with the idea of a more permanent situation in our home.  This past summer while Ruth was with some friends, the story of this young man came up.  From there it has seemed like one God moment after another.

So now that you know the big news, we’ve decided it would be fun to keep a blog of what God is doing in the lives of a family from Kentwood, MI and a boy from Ghana, Africa.

Why?

To capture the story of a teenage boy from Ghana.

~From the time we heard this story, there have been so many amazing moments.  Some small and some big, but all evidence that something is going on that is not typical.

~We don’t want to forget ANY of these moments, and to capture everything that happens on this journey ahead.

~To share this journey with our friends and family, and even those just interested in the adoption process.

~But really it’s for him.  So that one day, after he’s become a part of our family, he can read it, and see how clearly God’s hand has been on his life.   The plan God had in place all along – since the beginning of time.  It’s just now being revealed to him and to us, and we are humbled to be a part of this story.

It seems so clear that God’s hand is on this boy’s life, and God has such a clear specific plan in place.  We can literally see that.  But the thought that keeps coming to us over and over is that God’s hand is on each of our lives in the same way, and there is a specific plan in place for each of us.  We just aren’t always able to see it so clearly.

Our hope is that if you choose to journey with us by reading this blog and following the events that God orchestrates over the next several months with our adoption journey, that it will be a blessing and may even help you recognize how God’s hand is on your own life.