A New Journey Begins.
Most of us have heard the saying "As this journey ends, a new one begins." And that, my friends, is exactly where I find myself. We started our road to adoption the moment Dave was diagnosed with testicular cancer back in December 2011. We didn't know it at the time - we couldn't picture then what life would look like now - but that is where it began. It's been over 5 years since that day, and as I reflect on things I can't help but feel... Amazed. Speechless. Overwhelmed. Thankful. We began our active adoption search in 2013 - after Dave had gone through surgery to remove his tumor, after he had endured months of treatment, after we (as a family) had time to heal. We researched many different adoption agencies, but felt God calling our family into foster care. It was a way for us to meet the needs of those hurting right here in our own city. It took months of classes and training, paperwork and background checks, home visits and meetings to becom