are you ready for this?

There's a pastor that we know that had talked to us around April about a pregnancy center in Louisiana that he and his wife had adopted two beautiful little girls from. We've thought about it but didn't really persue it at that time because of the craziness that summertime is for us with Dan being at camp and all that. Plus, I had run into some obstacles at work about how much time I could take off if we did adopt, which is a whole other blog in itself.

Well, that pastor called us yesterday and said that there is a lady, evidently, who is in Life Challenge and wants to give up her two children. I think they've placed the older child already, but they were looking to place the 15 month old little girl. The pastor said they know of several families who could take her, but the Lord laid us on there hearts.

We are so torn!

Of course our first thought is to unreservedly say, "YES!!! Of course we'll take this little girl!"

Oh, wait.

We live in an RV...can you adopt if you live in an RV? We've been thinking about buying a small house, but we're not there yet.

This would be a private adoption, which is far less expensive (anywhere from $2000-$5000 for private, depending on the circumstances), but that's still more money than we have access to. And from what we understand, this mom is ready to do this NOW. In fact the kids are already staying with another family.

These are the main points of hesitation. Dan explained this to the pastor, and his response was that when you want a child, someone calling you out of the blue asking you to take a child does not happen very often, so weigh everything carefully.

I mean, at this moment, I can't change where I live or how much money I have, so the only thing I know to do is pray and ask those around me to pray.

Pray for the will of the Father on behalf of this little girl and the family's situation.

Thank you!