Our Family

Most of you know our history (our very long history). Jason and I met at Forest Home church camp at the age of 14...crazy to think about! Fifteen years later...we got married. We always knew we wanted and were going to have lots of kids (in my opinion, you could never have too many kids or too many animals...just more to love). Well, after many uneventful years, we started getting very familiar with the verse Isaiah 55:8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.". He wasn't kidding. I didn't understand God's plan and couldn't fathom why He wouldn't want us to have children. We had so much love to give and such a deep desire to be parents. After we grieved the loss of two pregnancies, we finally began to understand where God was leading us. We know one day we will meet our other two children who are in God's precious hands...but this whole time, God was gently and lovingly guiding us to our son Kaden. I truly believe that everything we went through, and all the years of frustration, praying, wading through paperwork and road blocks, were to bring us to this exact moment and this specific precious child that God had chosen for us. "I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope". Psalm 130:5 Once we received the referral, the wait was heart breaking. Knowing that our son was there, waiting for us...we didn't want to miss another moment of his life. We were told we wouldn't get our travel approval until January...but with much prayer from those surrounding us, we received the call that we were going to get to go early and that we would be able to be in China for Kaden's second birthday...AND we would be able to have him home for Christmas. God is great! On that very day that we received the amazing news, I received my daily bible devotional that gets sent to my phone...it was John 14:18 "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you". Overwhelming joy and wonder is all I can say! To all those who have been a part of this incredible journey of faith, love and God's amazing grace...thank you. Thank you for your enduring love and support. We know that Kaden is going to be welcomed into the loving arms of so many people who have been there for us through it all.

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