We have been approved for adoption through LDS Family Services. We are extremely excited! We have been working towards this since March 2010, we hope to be picked soon...but we have our faith in the Lord cause he knows what is best for us.
We wanted to let everyone know - so please feel free to spread the news!
This can be a very sensitive subject, we are telling everyone to refer birthmom's into LDS Family Services for the counseling, so they can be fully educated and make the best decision for themselves. Through LDS Family Services birth parents get counseling, and support from other birth parents who have placed their children.
Our caseworker has told us that the more people know of our plans to adopt the better our chances are. They say our birth parents are two steps away from us, meaning someone knows of someone that might be thinking of adoption.
We can't wait to meet our birth parents and develop a relationship with them! Open adoptions seem much more healthy and better for everyone - with the right boundries of course!
This has been an awesome experience for our family so far! We can't begin to imagine what is in store for us!
So how can you help? ... Keep us in your prayers, but more importantly we ask you to pray for our birth parents. Pray for us to come into contact with each other. Pray for their health and safety, and for the great arrival that is coming!
Here is our web page:
https://www.itsaboutlove.org/ial/profiles/24605330/ourMessage.jsf
Melanie: When I got the call I was at work. I was so relieved the approval part was over. When I was driving home I felt the most overwhelming peaceful feeling I have ever felt, I have only felt that a few other times in my life. I got my confirmation we are in the right place and we are doing the right thing.
This is SO exciting!
