"Can you help us out?"

Well, big family changing news: We were chosen by a birthmother to adopt her little boy that was born on Friday, May 13.

Now, first of all, I need to remind everyone the we adopted Halo last year and she is only 15 months old. Erin and I had been talking about getting geared up to adopt another child, but were planning on waiting until August to tell our adoption agency to keep thier eyes out for a child for us. Halo will be 18 months in August and we figured with the usual 1 to 2 year wait, then she would be 2 and half to three and half when we adopted our second child. Well, once again we learn that God's timing is not our timing.

Instead, we got a call yesterday from Buddy, our case worker. Buddy says, "Hey, can you help us out?" Now, usually, when someone says, "Can you help me out?" we think sure, do you need a couch moved? Maybe you need a ride to the airport. I get lots of these calls for PC troubleshooting...maybe a printer is not printing or something. The most likely scenario in our minds is that Halo's birthmother wants another set of picutres. BUT....no, it is "Can you help us out and adopt a little boy to take care of for the next 60-70 years?" We, of course, say "Yes." God is calling us to service, who are we to refuse.

So, while not everything is final yet, it looks like we will pick up our son on Monday, May 23. We will have a 15 month old girl and a 2 week old boy. Oh my. How much work is that going to be? The birthmother wants to meet us on Thursday. She has signed over her rights, but has five days to reconsider. The baby is in foster care during this time. Pray for the mother to do what is best for her baby.

We will keep you up-to-date.