I'm posting this on this blog and not the "arces" since I don't want my friends in Longview to know about this situation just yet. (if any friends from Longview read this just don't pass along the info...thanks)
Here is the situation...I received a phone call from someone we know asking if we would adopt her baby that is due in January!! Ok, I practically fell off my chair in shock at that question. She is a 40 year old woman and has not been stable since we have known her. As a church we reached out to her and helped her through many a traumatic situation...and here she is again in another predicament. She understands that she can not take care of another child, the father wanted her to abort but, she chose to cancel the appointment. She is desperately looking for a solution and thought about us.
I told her I would make some calls, get some information and get back to her today-not with an answer but with some direction. I spoke with our friend Glennis who runs a maternity home last night and she told me to contact a lawyer and a local christian adoption agency. I'm waiting to hear back from a Lawyer friend and I did speak with someone at Loving Alternatives. The woman was very sweet and offered some wise counsel.
There are a bunch of red flags with this situation...please pray for us, the birth mom and the baby...that God's will would prevail! We certainly don't want to jump into anything that would be unwise but we also don't want to say no to something that God potentially "brought" to us.
Thanks for your prayer and I'll keep you posted on what direction we are headed.
3 comments:
We will be praying for you. What a decision to have to make! I have to say that God's timing is perfect even when we don't understand His timing. We will also be praying for the birth mom that she will be sure of her decision and thank God for giving her the will to say no to abortion.
Wow! What an honor... think about it! We will definitely keep you and the baby in prayer. Wouldn't it be a neat way for God to deliver your next child to you? But if it is not for you, we hope that your influence will help keep them on the "no abortion" track and find the help they need. Wow... how neat.
Huge decision! I will pray ... please keep us posted. How exciting even if you choose to not adopt, that you were trusted with such a huge responsibility to save this childs life.
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