Working in adoption, it’s easy to get caught up in the fact that the process is laborous. There is a lot of paper work to fill out. There is soul searching to be done. Many times, there is a season of waiting.
It’s easy to forget that the whole journey starts quite simply. It’s starts with a yes. Not a “Yes, but…” or a “Yes, if…”. Those kinds of of statements offer us a way out of things get hard (and they will get hard).
A simple yes to adoption does not mean you have all the answers. It means you have faith that God will show you the answers…and that whether or not things get difficult, you are moving forward because you have said yes to God and yes to an unseen child.
I don’t mean to oversimplify adoption – it is not for the feint of heart. I’m simply overwhelmed this week at the eight anniversary of my wife and I adopting 2 day old twin girls. As I looked at them yesterday morning, I pondered where they might be had we not said ‘yes’, and I wept.
They may have landed in another loving family – or maybe not. They may have grown up together – or not. They have extended family members who love them dearly and I trust would have found a way to make it work, but what if? What if not?
God had a plan. And what a beautiful plan it has been. We just needed to say yes and hang on for the long haul.
One of the biggest reasons that families qualify their yes is because of fear of finances. Many have heard that it costs $30,000-40,000 to adopt – and it often can. That’s why Zoe’s House raises funds from likeminded people who want others to be able to say yes to adoption – our fees are less than 1/3 of the national average, making adoption doable for many couples who have a yes in their heart.
Through the end of the month, your gift is worth twice as much – we have matching grant that will double our funds up to $25,000 for money raised in September. Please take a moment to give another family the courage to say YES by donating today.