So, in line with a couple of years of not having any inclination that we would have ever been in this place, the feeling is fresh yet again.
Several weeks ago, Ben & I took a long focused weekend to pray and fast about the next steps in our infertility journey. We asked four couples near and dear to us to come alongside us and each took one day to bathe us in prayer. Right around the same time, I got two very unrelated and just as unexpected referrals to talk to friends/family of friends via email about their adoption experiences. Both of these couples adopted very recently, and both through the same Christian agency in the Big City that I've mentioned before, which is about two hours away. After this focused weekend, neither Ben nor I had any magnificent revelations. However, we did both feel a very strong tug to start looking into adoption. We put on hold any plans to look into a Big City fertility center and instead explore this nebulous and intimidating thing called adoption, and in particular, this adoption agency.
We requested information from this agency, read through it carefully, and decided that we wanted to take their series of classes, which are required of anyone going through their agency. We were hungry for more information, and found out they are running the classes in two Fri-Sat sessions in a smaller city in June. This is a great alternative to their normal Tuesdays from 6-9 in the Big City. We communicated our desire to attend, and were told we would have to have an initial consultation before being allowed to. We were already going to be heading down to Big City for our anniversary weekend, and I called to see if there was any way we could meet with someone the Friday we were coming down (a mere 3 days from that phone call), and miraculously, it worked out.
It was, easily, one of the most interesting 1.5 hours of my life. The first part was our case worker asking us LOTS of questions. Then, she walked us through every single step and piece of paper involved in getting ready to put our match letter into their book and books in pregnancy centers around the Big City. Wow. So. Much. Information. Anyhow - the moral of that story is that we walked away feeling a little overwhelmed and knowing we had a lot to think about. We signed and sent our check for the June classes, which will be on June 10-11 and 24-25. We look forward to absorbing more, and delving deeper into this world.
As we move forward, we vulnerably ask for your prayers for wisdom. For discernment. For clarity. We want this to be God's story - not ours.
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