Psalms 27:14
Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart; Wait, I say, on the Lord.
I am Terry a single adoptive mom to three wonderful children--two born in India and one born in China. In December 2014 I journeyed to bring home 'HH' whose name means joyful. It was an amazing journey which you will learn about in the blog roll.
From 2013:
A while ago one of my children's teachers wondered why I would make my life "harder" by adopting children with extra needs. Others have wondered the same. I don't see it that way. My answer: gratitude for what God has blessed me with, prayer for strength and courage to face what life brings, and to positively give back to the world for what I have been so very fortunate enough to have.
Someone once said adoption is not for the faint of heart. True. Many adoptive parents have already gone through very difficult private struggles even before beginning an arduous adoption journey across a constantly changing landscape of requirements to prove their worthiness to raise a child.
Waiting on the Lord was very hard during this latest journey! We waited and waited and waited. We started then stopped. Challenges arose, roads blocked, health, plumbing, you name it! We began with a little girl, "R," whom I had seen a couple years ago, eventually did the smack-the-forehead thing, and then began to pursue adopting her only to lose her; several other children followed and were lost for a variety of reasons. I then aged out of the India program and changes brought about there made it uncertain whether I would be able to successfully adopt from that country. After much soul searching, research, and pursuing other avenues, I and my family found ourselves looking to China. The road didn't get easier but we continued to fight on, praying on God's will.
At the beginning of this latest adoption journey, I said it was my faith adoption--never realizing it would be a test of my faith at every turn.
