The Power of Prayer

Okay you might want to sit down relax and make some popcorn because this is going to be a long post, but it will be well worth it I promise. I started this adoption process June 2012. I was told since I was going to special-needs route, I could have a child home within a year.  That proved to be false. In December 2013 with no child in sight, I started to become very down and out. I cried out to God and ask him to heal me and to show me what his path for me was. I belong to a few site specific to adoption with the country I have chosen. There is one specifically with less than 10 members all who are waiting for referrals. These girls have and continue to support and pray for me they in and day out. One of them who has now become my dear friend, posted that there were several cute children who are waiting for families. She showed me a picture of a little boy with curly hair, the date was January 6th. My heart started beating fast, I could not look away, I began to get very anxious. I had no idea what was happening but I will be honest it did scare me. Within a few hours I emailed the agency a little boy was with asking if there was anyway to transfer the file to the agency I was with at the time. The answer to this with no it was not possible.

The next two days I continued to live but something was not right in my life. I could not get that little boy out of my mind. I pray to God specifically for clarity on what I needed to do next. It did not take long before He answered. I needed to switch agencies. I needed to go get my son!  I'm January 15, I formally terminated with my agency.  I was so scared but I knew that God would provide what needed to be provided. On January 17, I signed with my current agency and have not looked back or regretted this decision at all. I was stepping out on faith, purely on faith, that God had showed me this was my son.

Since the middle of January my agency had been trying very hard to give me officially matched with my boy. As the days turned into weeks, my heart began to slowly break. Was this not going to happen? Was God leading me in a different path?  On April 23rd I reached out to about eight women who have been with me on this journey for a long time. I told them I was struggling and ask them to pray specifically for me to be approved for the match in April.

In the time since I've started this journey my faith has multiplied numerous times over.  I know many people are praying for me and my child and have been since day one. Imagine my surprise when around 10 o'clock the next morning I got an email from my caseworker that my case had finally had movement. The government in charge of adoptions for my country had approved the match. I immediately texted my mother told my class we were going out bathroom break and went into the bathroom to call her.  She was crying tears of joy, I was just completely shocked. My specific prayer had been answered, in record fast time. You have heard me right, I HAVE A SON. for safety reasons I cannot give information about my son. I also cannot share his picture publicly but believe me when I say he is breathtakingly beautiful. Thank you for all the prayers, donations, and sharing of my fundraising page.  I humbly ask that you continue to share my site because now another large chunk of money is due soon.

I am now going to explain the process and what will happen next for those of you who are not in the adoption world. My dossier(which is basically a large set of notarized papers with the ins and outs of my life) has been sent to my agency. My agency will then forward the dossier to the orphanage. Once the paperwork is approved, the orphanage will send my son original paperwork for me to sign and notarize. Once that is done I have what is called an official referral. I then began filling out paperwork on the US side for immigration. There are two articles of paper that I will be waiting for. Once those papers Are complete, my process moves to the state level of where my son's orphanage is. Then it moves to New Delhi which is where the US Embassy is located. Then my case moves on to court where I can have anywhere from one to multiple hearings. Once I am approved my son will officially become mine and we will wait for the government to issue his passport so I can go get him. As far as a timeline, it is very up in the air. But I am told from my agency this date my son is in moves very quickly so it will most likely be within six months. This is it, this is what I've been waiting almost 2 years for. Thank you God