Our Story...

We are thrilled to say we are adopting!  We are excited beyond words and to be a honest a little nervous.

Logan and I each knew that we wanted to adopt even before we met.  We both were drawn to the ministry of adoption whereby you are able to provide a home and a loving family for children who otherwise would not be afforded the same opportunities.  We had originally decided we would wait to adopt until we were more financially stable. At what point we actually thought we'd have the money to adopt is beyond me : ).  We began to try starting our family naturally about a year and a half ago.  Despite doctors finding nothing wrong with us, we have not been able to successfully get pregnant.  After much prayer and seeking God's will for us, we felt the Lord was leading us to adopt now.

The journey that led us here has not been an easy one.  It's included lots of heartache, medicine, doctors appointments, and well i'm married to a Riber so a little laughter.  When we seek the Lord He directs our paths.  We are so thrilled He has led us down this path.  It is God's example that we hope to follow as we embark on our own adoption journey.  We will choose to love our child unconditionally and to always put our child's needs ahead of our own needs.  We will shower them with love and mercy even when they don't deserve it.  We will give our child opportunities and a life that they would not have been able to have without us. Just as Christ has done all these for US.

This blog will be used to keep friends and family up to date on our adoption process. We are in the newborn domestic adoption program at Building Block Adoption Agency (www.bbas.org).  We should be Home Study(more info on this process) approved and waiting for our match by the beginning of November.  Once we get to the matching process we could have a child placed within a month to possibly more than a year.

Please pray with us for our child.  Pray for the birthmother and the matching process.  Nothing would make us happier than to know a birthmother came to know the Lord through meeting us and giving us the privilege to raise her child.  And Pray for Logan and I, that we may be parents who are honoring to the Lord.