We had been home for nearly two months with Gianna when suddenly a very familiar feeling came upon us.  Once again, we felt the calling to adopt another child and grow our family.   Only this time, the adoption will not (hopefully) take 6 ½ years as Gianna’s did.  We decided to adopt a child with minor to moderate special needs.  It really didn't matter to us whether the child would be a boy or girl.  We logged onto the adoption website and went through the special needs check list.  We questioned God, “Is this what you want?  Financially, how will we ever make it? Would we be able to take care of another child with special needs? Will we still be able to give each of our children the love and attention they need and deserve?”   God kept answering, “YES” to any questions that popped up.  

         Once Joel and I were both in agreement, we called our adoption agency (CCAI) and asked for an adoption application.  We completed the application and nervously returned it to CCAI.  We were accepted into the adoption process once again on 2/25/13. Immediately, we began to work rigorously on our dossier and work on our home study.  We remembered how tedious and time consuming this was from Gianna’s adoption.  We were scared, anxious, happy, excited and terrified all at the same time.  For those of you who do not understand, I would say, It’s OK.  No one knows God’s plan for each of our lives, but I believe he has one.  I do know that if you let him lead, great things can happen.  If you put your faith and trust in him, he will take care of you and open doors for you that you never thought could be opened.  He will give you courage, peace, and understanding that only comes from our Lord. 

        In the midst of starting another adoption, I decided to change careers.  I started working at Conifer Healthcare, April 1, 2013.  The position change was fairly seamless, luckily for me.  The people that I work with are amazing.  Wow, I feel so fortunate to be surrounded by such great co-workers. 

        We finished our Dossier and mailed it to CCAI on 8/25/13.  We felt like we could finally take a breath of air and relax a bit.  Our dossier was mailed to China on 9/6/13 and we were presented with a Log in Date (LID) on 9/11/13.  We were overwhelmed with joy and thankfulness!!  Our adoption journey, is once again, moving forward…