Today is the day that we get to share our news, it's not like somebody enforced this date upon us it has been our choice. With this kind of thing we thought it important to get far enough down the road that we actually had something to say. I suppose this could be argued, but in reality there is still unsurity about it all until an adoption has totally gone through. This is one area where faith kicks in, if we as people could see the big picture, the details of what may be in the road ahead and know for sure how to proceed where would the role of faith be? We can know some of what may be ahead but not the full picture in every circumstance. With our journey there are sure to be some setbacks and questions that we face, and in reality the answers may not come immediately. Again is this not where faith kicks in? In all honesty today is not the day to be waxing theological, it is rather a day to be full-on excited.
We have an amazing church family that we have the great opportunity to lead, and today at the Overton Methodist Chapel at the annual thanksgiving meeting we were able to share our heart and where we are up to now with our journey of adoption. There were so many great stories of thanksgiving throughout the morning gathering, and many of them centrered to some extent around family. So for us to get up and come forward to share our news about extending our family was a great way to cap off the morning. It was an intense feeling to be standing there in front of those that we care so deeply for and ones who care deeply for us and mutually want the best for each other. To break the news that you've been reading about on this blog with all those smiling faces was quite exhilirating. The response that we received was what we expected, that was of happiness, more thanksgiving and many words of encouragement. A dear man in our congregation came up to me afterward and simply said 'enjoy it, enjoy being a dad' and he had the biggest smile on his face as he gave me a hug. Rebecca was inundated with women who were excited for her.
We don't feel as though we are walking this road alone, there are many here at West and around Basingstoke, the UK, Indiana, Elmira and further afield who are with us as well. That too is fabulous, to have so many that care about us, how life is going for us, and what our hopes and dreams are. So now we are almost caught up on the blog, I'm sure as more news comes into focus it will be chronicled.
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