Two Years in the Making

When we originally began the adoption process, I, Brittany, was too young to adopt internationally. We longed to adopt internationally because both of our hearts are bent towards people in need across cultures. Regardless, we still felt a strong conviction to adopt and began pursuing domestic adoption. Since Miguel is from the Philippines and was applying for permanent residency in the US, he was not allowed to adopt domestically until he received his green card. Fast forward more than a year from the time we began this process, and we were finally in the domestic foster license classes to adopt waiting children in foster care. We felt like we had finally made it, and although our hearts were still inclined towards international adoption, we knew that we must obey our good God’s sovereign instruction. We knew He was in control, and if His desire was for us to adopt domestically, then that is exactly what we should pursue.

However, after several delays, we found out that the agency we were working with and completed our foster license with no longer does foster care adoptions as a primary service. With this new information and a new case manager, it was recommended to connect with another agency to proceed with the adoption. We called DSS (Department of Social Services), and they recommended two agencies. We called both of the agencies and then continued about our everyday lives waiting to hear back.

A couple of weeks later, we received a call from Christian Adoption Services. In this one call, they shared that our family matched beautifully with their agency, that we can transfer a substantial amount of documentation we have already completed (including a thirty-hour trauma informed parenting course) to their agency. Not only do we appear to be a good fit for the program, but they also already have waiting children (siblings) that, according to our preliminary family profile, appear an excellent fit.

Our goal in adoption is to share the love and provision the Lord has graciously given us with children who have not experienced it. Often, it is more difficult for older children, sibling groups and children with special needs to find homes. The Lord has placed within us a desire to love children who have been waiting to be adopted, and we desire to serve them and love them like Christ loves us. We pray He will exude from us as we walk this journey to adopt a sibling set internationally. We ask for your prayers too, as we know this journey is one that cannot be walked alone. We ask that you pray for our hearts, for the process, for the children we are going to adopt, and most importantly, for Christ to be honored above all.

We thank you for walking this journey with us.