Friends, Family and Blog visitors,
We have exciting news to share with all of you and it's news we wish we could share with each of you in person or at least over the phone, but that seems a bit impossible as God has greatly blessed us through several moves with friends and family that span the globe…
We are planning to adopt a daughter from Poland! Our calling to adopt a child developed through prayer, research, and a desire to complete our family. Thus, we would like to welcome you to join us as we answer the call and make this journey: The Briggs' Family Adoptive Imperative.
Choosing to adopt is a radical decision. Add the fact that
we are planning to adopt internationally AND that we are adopting for a 4th
child and it just seems just plain illogical. Well, it is. There is not a lot
of logic going on here. The truth is, God has called us all to a certain place
for a certain reason and we are following in faith that this is all part of His
plan. We cannot explain to you, we cannot rationalize our desire to have
another child and in such an “unconventional” way; we can tell you that we pray
every day and every night that He would give us the desires of His heart and
this is where our hearts are leading. Sometimes not even we can believe this is
really happening. As far as we know, we are still perfectly capable of having
children biologically, and yet our desire is to adopt our 4th child,
our youngest daughter.
If you’ve never felt the call to adopt, as we have not fully
until recently, it is exceedingly difficult to imagine the feeling of desire
and expectation for a child you already love, have never met and is not yours
biologically or by relation.
Most importantly, we believe that deciding to be a parent at
all means deciding to accept whatever may come; that any child, biological or
adopted, can be born with or develop any number of issues whether medical,
mental or emotional and that as a parent, your role is to love and support them
come what may.
Our adopted daughter may not make the honor roll ever, she
may not be the best reader in her Kindergarten class, she may not be a
tennis-pro or even a satisfactory swimmer, but she might be. She may not cure
cancer, fight injustice from a courtroom, fight for our freedom or balance the
company books, but she might. Whatever God has for her, we’re thrilled about
already. She’ll be herself and she’ll be ours and that will be our dream come
true.
We have put this adventure in God’s hands. Adoption is
costly in a lot of ways. Adoption requires a lot of money, paperwork, prayer,
preparation and most importantly, support. We will have to do fundraising, we
will have social workers calling and asking some of you about us as parents and
as a family unit, we will be emotional at times during the process when things
are uncertain. As our initial application to adopt from Poland has just been
accepted, we are prayerfully preparing for the next step, which is submitting
our agreement contract to Saint Mary Adoptions in Charlotte, NC along with the
contract fee. We will proceed with that step once the required funds are
secured and not before, though we are anxious to proceed. Part of surrendering
this journey in adoption means waiting and watching for His provision and
timing and not relying on your own.
Jaime is going to do her best to keep everyone updated on
progress and fundraising efforts through our newly created blog
adoptiveimperative.blogspot.com. But, as she is obviously busy with the three
little ones we have already, there may be times you feel out of the loop or
wonder where things stand. We’d be so comforted and honored to know you care!
Call us, send a text or post a comment. We would LOVE to chat anytime.
Love,
Bobby and Jaime
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