Jeremiah 29:11

I have come to realize that you never know what God has in store. He truly longs to bless us in ways that we can't even imagine. My husband, Shane, and I could never have imagined that we would be traveling to India to receive our daughter.

It was such a seemingly dark day, in June of last year, when we found out that we were unable to have children. At the time we couldn't see it, but God had a plan. He had prepared my heart before this day with a scripture that he knew I would need for the difficult days ahead- "For I know the plans I have for you", declares the Lord "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11.

It was June of last year (2005) when Shane and I met Marsha and Tim and their beautiful little girls at Bible School. They told us all about Dillon International ,and how they had adopted their girls through this wonderful agency. One from India and one from China. Just the day before we had prayed and asked God for an open door. We knew this was it. We had always had a heart for adoption, even before we knew we were unable to have children. The next day I contacted Dillon International and asked for an information packet, and soon we were filling out the application part one. This was the first of many paper work packets to come!