Making Room

I can't begin to tell you how uncomfortable this is for me.

Truly. My husband makes a habit of self-disclosing, but I'd rather listen and ask than speak and tell. It's part of what makes us a good balance.

In October we moved into a new house with an extra thousand square feet and three extra bedrooms we didn't know what to do with. Our prayer has always been for God to let us use our home for ministry. We find joy in hosting holidays, keeping overnight guests, filling bellies at our dinner table, and extending hospitality. We must create space to do these things well.

We have always been working toward filling our home and growing our family through adoption. And we need to create and dedicate space for this new adventure as well--space in our family structure, in our finances, in our schedule, in our hearts and minds.

But we would be stopping short if we did not also begin making room in our community as we start this process. Room to share our story as it unfolds, to be encouraged and guided and supported (and prayed for) by you all, who love us. To talk about it, as much as it goes against my instinct.

When we moved into our new home we also moved into a new church community, surrounded by couples who foster, who have adopted domestically and internationally. Even people who are only a few months ahead of where we are right now! God is weaving together the unexpected blessing of people for us to learn from and walk with.

So Jonathan and I have room to share, in our lives and physically in our home. We're also making room here to share our lives with you as we prepare to grow our family, and we are grateful to have you here with us.