By Doug
So, on our 25th Wedding Anniversary, my wife
sends me this e-mail asking if I want to adopt a boy from Ghana? How is a guy supposed to answer this
question?
I remember my first thoughts being to send a quick response
asking all kinds of questions, including – “what in the world are you
thinking?”. However, as I thought about
it more, I felt this overwhelming sense that God may be asking us to bring this
boy into our family. I didn’t even know
who the boy was, but I just felt a certain sense of this being right. My response to my wife was simply –
“gulp”. I didn’t really know what else
to say.
While I felt this unexplained sense of peace I also felt an
incredible amount of uncertainty. My
gulp was one of fear, but excitement at the same time. We have always felt a certain gift from God
of being accepting of having kids besides just our own in our home. By no means is parenting an easy thing, and
we certainly realize our shortcomings, but regardless of how we feel about our
parenting, deep down we always know that our deepest desire is for them to feel
loved and to become all God wants them to be.
At this point in the journey I am overwhelmed with
excitement and joy about the opportunity to be used by God and be a loving
family for this boy. It is probably one
of the biggest steps of faith we have ever taken. We are aware of the idea that this may not
all go easily and smoothly. We are also
aware, and have already seen, how God will be along for the entire ride.
