Adoption Story

I have heard a few comments from some of you that want to know about our adoption, so I will try to briefly tell our long story. Greg and I have always considered adopting and thought we would do a foster to adopt type of adoption. We were foster parents before we had Caroline, then put that on hold until Caroline was 4yrs old. At that time we discussed our options and decided to go straight adoption route. In July we started the process of adopting by going to an orientation meeting. We really felt like this was the path God had for us. We used a local adoption agency in the DFW area. The weekend we got the call that someone liked our profile book (a scrapbook about our family) I was on a women's retreat. I had told the girls I was with on Friday night that I really thought I would have a baby in November but the month was almost over and we had not been chosen. I also felt that weekend that we would be getting a call from the adoption agency. Well Saturday morning during the retreat I felt like God was telling me that He promised me I would have another child and He is faithful to keep His promises. He just is not as quick as I would like but He is faithful. Right after that session I got the call from the agency. We left as quickly as we could from the retreat headed back to town to meet with the birth mom. She had tried to parent little Natalie for the last 4 months but did not have the support system she thought she would and she had always wanted to go the adoption route. We then were able to bring Natalie home on Friday! God has been faithful and has kept His promise to bring more children into the Jennings household. We are still adjusting but loving having Natalie in our family. Caroline is a great big sister and can get Natalie to smile more than anyone else!