When BABY number 9 JOINED our family Part 3

She really came as a shock! 

Through many miracles our first adoptions came to our family. Next we were blessed with our beautiful set a of twins! When I write this message here, I write this so vague. BUT I will tell you these adoptions were NOT easy. There were a lot of scary times and worry on our end and the birth families end as well. Maybe one day on another blog post I will go into more detail. The adoption days and the days leading up to their adoptions were some of the hardest days of my life. The trials were so hard and I remember thinking I was not strong enough many times.   There were days and nights that I didn't sleep at all in worry and leaned so heavily on the Lord for strength. 

The funny thing is that with each adoption I checked the birthday and I was actually a little shocked that none were Caucasian. I didn't care what race but my dream was always so heavy always in my mind! 

 The day our last baby came to us. I got a text from her birth mom and she needed help. I had not even considered taking her at that time. Our home was more than full. We had four new children and the demands of that was pretty heavy. I was teaching full time. I never considered even another adoption or an older child.   I agreed to take her for the weekend and help her find a home. My mind was very busy and I never even prayed to see if she was mine!  I began searching for a great home for her so that we could remain in close contact.  I asked her birth mom for all of her information. As I read the text with her birthday I almost FREAKED!  I literally dropped the phone. I thought I was reading the information wrong.  Tears literally ran down my face as I reread her text. The entire way had been paved for me and I missed it! All these sweet angels came one at a time and she was the one I'd been searching for all this time. I started praying to know for sure if she was mine. She was so much older than the others at adoption. Would she be ok? Would we be able to bond properly? I was so worried about so much.  As I prayed the scripture stood out in my mind,  2 Timothy 1:7 "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."

I never looked back after that day and the peace I feel to finally find her! She came home to us. The journey to number 9 has been the most interesting journey of all our adoptions. It has had many bumps and continues to have some hills to climb. We know she belongs here. She is without a doubt our number 9! The sweetheart in my dream! She sings, dances, and finds joy in all things. We are so blessed by her and being her second mom is such an adventure!!!