We were a normal couple. We met at church as teens and became aquantices. We lost contact of eachother for 2 years until I ran into a common friend of ours. I called you up on the phone and it started. We talked to eachother for hours, and all hours of the night. We datetaked and were married years latter. Before we were married we talked about having kids, and we agreed on adopting a few kids regardless if we could have biological children. We tried for 12 years to concive with many methods, with no luck. We talked about adoption and prayed on what path to take. It seemed to take forever to find that answer to prayer. One we knew the answer, we needed to wait for the right timing. God took us from Texas to Utah and we began our adoption journey. Here is our story:
We began in 2008 on our journey to become foster/adopt parents. We called them to ask questions and then we had a case worker come to our home. She said we had a good home and excepted us. We were invited to take the classes. We finished our classes, background checks, phyicals, and home study in 2009. Then we prayed and waited. We got a few calls for placements but, they fell thought. Then I (mom) found out that my dad was sick with cancer and dyeing. That week the case worker called with a placement of two girls.(Aug.) I had to turn them away because, foster dads can't be alone for a long period of time with foster girls. I knew I would be with my dad in Florida and no one else was a licensed foster mom in my family. You can't just leave them with anyone. We were so sad! So, I went to see my parents in Florida, together for the last time in this world. I made many trips to see my family. When I got back to Utah I became depressed and I let our case worker know I needed some time to heel. That was in September 2009. During this time we began looking at children on two web sites that have local foster kids who are legally free to adopt. We inquired about them and waited. While we waited, we got the room ready. We started getting emails and messages from case workers, asking us if we still were interested in _(child's name)____ . We already had two failures and were wondering if this would work. On March 16, I (mom) prayed in the first kids room and said, okay lord I believe you will fill this room/house with kid/kids. Please bless us with the right child(ren). I leave it in your hands. Then on March 17 (St. Patrick's day) we got the call of a life time. you have been approved to be placed with Z. Z was 11 years old and had been in many placements. I knew this child was the one because, the holy spirit bore witness to me. It was a great day. The next day our case worker came to the house and talked to us. We were to get him in April. We would date him for awhile. I was okay with that.
The day came when we would meet him. We had a small truck that only fit two people in it. So my husband went to pick him up. Then it happened, Z came to the door and I opened it (insant love). I really knew he was ours then. This 4'9 kid with blound hair and blue eyes greeted me. He had a trash bag with a soward and sheild in it. He sat down and showed us his toys. We watched movies together.
We went fishing and he asked to sleep over another night. When he had to go back it broke our hearts. we had him on weekend visits. and he seemed to like being with us. We told him on the secound visit that we would like to be his parents, if he wanted it.
