In June, Seth started telling me that he wants an older brother. Just a little older, as he put his hand just over the top of his head to show me precisely about what (or who) he is dreaming. We had been talking and praying as a family about a third child since winter, so it wasn't completely out of the blue; but the idea of an older child was not on my radar -- not to mention we hadn't talked about a third child in months.
My reaction to Seth's request was to suggest to him that perhaps a younger child -- Leah's age -- was in our future.  Nope.  He wouldn't go for it and the requests for an older brother continued.
At the beginning of July, three different people in the Facebook world talked to me about a six year old in Uganda.  On the same day. Hmm. God? So I started to ask questions and pray.
Today we are excited to announce that we are pursuing our third adoption!!!! This boy is precious and we cannot wait to have him HOME. He hasn't been at the orphanage long, so we are even more motivated to get him into a family.  OUR family. While his life has been tragic so far, God has plans for him and for us -- for a hope and a future. We'll keep you posted as we proceed but for now, we covet your prayers.  Nothing about this situation will be easy without God's hand in all of it. Will you join with us? xoxo

  "'if something might turn out to be disappointing to you, or painful, or less than you’d hoped…you have every reason to avoid it.'
This may represent great pop psychology, but nothing could be further from the call of Christ.  Yes, Jesus instructed potential disciples to count the cost of following him.  But that was precisely because he knew he was calling them to embrace a cross, not to avoid it.  To find true life, Jesus said, we must stand ready to lose life.  Lose comfort.  Lose control.  Lose convenience. This always has been and always will be the road of the disciple. Such choices do begin with a thoughtful, even deliberative, process of understanding risks and costs.  And (if this even needs to be said), discipleship never requires a reckless pursuit of difficulty as an end in itself.  But ultimately, any serious response to the call of Christ will involve real, hard-to-swallow costs—and with those costs, unparalleled rewards, some in this life and some in the next."
http://www.christianalliancefororphans.org/2012/08/18/the-real-issue-with-pat-robertsons-adoption-comments/

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