the best plan

We started this blog a year ago with an announcement that we were beginning the adoption process. And, we had a plan for how everything was going to go.  Thankfully, though, God doesn't rely upon our plans.  Because let me tell you--His plan was so much better than ours and more amazing than we could have imagined!  I am SO thankful that we serve a God who has a plan for each of His children.

Our plan was to adopt a sweet little girl.
God's plan involved the cutest little boy on the planet.

Our plan was to adopt from South Korea before changing to Russia because the wait for South Korea was going to be too long.
God's plan was for our baby to come from Seoul, South Korea; the long wait was not a factor for Him.

In our plan, we estimated being matched with a baby around Christmas of this year.
God intended for us to be matched with our baby much earlier than that--June of this year!

We planned to pay for the adoption a little at a time as the fees came due.
In God's plan, the fees were all due at once, and He used a lot of special people to provide the money that was needed to pay them!

All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
                                                                          - Ralph Waldo Emerson