HOPE FOR LIFE

Our first answered pray! We knew that once we had signed the contract, the clock had started. We had not even begun a home study to be approved to adopt. We found out a few days later that the home study was going to cost us over two thousand dollars and we had to pay for it before they could start. We immediately started seeking the Lord for his way in this. That next, Sunday my Uncle called me and said that he had shared our story with a couple at his church and she wanted to talk to us about the process. I called her and we were able to visit and I shared our heart and God’s direction for us with her and she in return shared their story of adopting their sweet daughter. She shared that after her experience she joined with other families in her church to support orphans and adoption, she wanted to speak to them first but she felt that they would also want to help. Later that night she called back to let me know that they had all agreed to help start our process of bring one more orphan home by paying our home study fee. We were blown away! HUGE confirmation!! They came to our home and we were able to meet their sweet little girls, one being adopted from China. She was the first child we had met from there and it made both our hearts skip a beat to see an Asian little girl running around our house!! Precious! Thank you so much to Mark and Amy and all the families from Hope from Life and New Life Church. No better blessing that to be used to do God’s will in others lives, and I hope I will be able to continue through in that tradition. 

Lannie Whitney Gotcha Day July 5, 2010