I can remember sitting at the kitchen bar in our old apartment filling out the application with so much excitement. I came to the question box for number of children applying for and so desperately wanted to fill in two but hadn't even broached that possibility with Jon Ryan yet. I casually mentioned the question and slightly held my breath anticipating the answer. When he said two my heart soared. It had long since been my desire that we adopt siblings, but adoption wasn't even really on his heart until just a month prior to applying.
So fast forward 17 or 18 months and you find us eagerly awaiting the upcoming court date for our twin babies. A sweet little boy and girl. The very answer to a very specific prayer my husband insisted everyone pray for. He was right. It happens. June 4th. I can hardly believe that it is so soon in coming. We are besides ourselves with the Lord's goodness in all of this. First adopting us and then allowing us to know His heart on adoption and allowing us to raise these precious little ones. It brings us exceeding joy.
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved."
