The year 2014 will forever be a monumental year for our family.

There have been not one, but two, huge miracles that God has performed in our family over just the past seven months.

These events are interconnected and were used by God for His redemptive purposes.

Both of these miracles began in a moment where life was spiraling out of control. Moments where God striped us of all we knew and we were left with choosing to trust God or choosing to figure things out on our own.

God has taught us much about forgiveness and fully, completely trusting Him throughout these events.

We were not seeking to adopt, but it became abundantly clear just three weeks ago that God just may have plans to grow our family in a way we were totally not expecting.

God called us to take this leap of faith and we stepped out not knowing what God was going to do.

The very month this baby was conceived I was out shopping with my aunt. I came across this plaque with the verse, “The LORD will fight for you, you need only to be still. Exodus 14:14”. I bought the plague and for over half a year, it sat in the corner of our bedroom because I didn’t know where I wanted to hang it.

During this adoption process, I would repeat that verse to myself over and over and over again.

The LORD will fight for you, you need only to be still.

We had peace knowing if God wanted this baby in our family, He would make a way, even though from outward appearances, it wasn’t looking likely.

When I began to see the miracle unfold before my eyes I told the Lord I would proclaim His works until the ends of the earth. God has given me this blog as a platform to declare His works to the world and I will declare the work the Lord has done here.

However, due to the dramatic nature of this particular adoption process, I am going to hold off on sharing this story until after the adoption is finalized. I also will not be posting pictures of Sarge’s face until finalization.

Until then, I do plan to write about life with three kids.

Something I am still trying to let sink in!!!

- Elaine