Each time our family has grown has been really special. This time has taken the cake! We began this process after years of begging on the part of the kids. Adopting again was something we also really wanted to do, but we knew we had a cross country move coming up first. Once we were settled enough we were able to begin the paper trail. Our youngest was five. Now our youngest is seven. WOW! Officially we have been waiting for 8 months. Anyone in the adoption work knows there are many months of waiting that go on before being official.
I think the most beautiful aspect this time around has been the sacrifices. The irony is, we moved to a smaller home so we could afford to have a bigger family! How God rewards! Sweet! We love our smaller home. What a revelation. We all have so much more time to have fun, because we divide and conquer and the dear house is clean! Other luxuries we have eliminated: a computer. Yep, I am typing this entire blog on my phone. Perhaps someday I'll send just leave ALL of auto-corrects very annoying changes. When we need a computer we go to the library. We've found it is actually fun because the entire family can play on computers at one rime. Other items in the list are: no dishwasher, disposal, cable tv, home phone, microwave,etc. and one car for one year tenting it vs. Hotels, simpler birthdays, simpler Christmas, almost exclusive thrift store shopping, no A/C until those kids are home, feeding the family on a detailed menu budget, no movies in the theatre, etc.
God has taught us and rewarded us. It wasn't that hot here this summer and we have been fine with fans. We have one plate per person and don't have really miss the dishwasher. Who needs a disposal when you were can feed scraps to your chickens.
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