The week of April 16, is very special to my heart. On this week in 2011 , I was praying for my family and asking God if we were done. We had brought the boys home that summer before. We were busy and my heart was full, my schedule was full. But I wasn't sure if we were done. As I sat praying durning my quite time, I saw a picture of me holding a baby, chasing a wet dog through the house. This beautiful baby had blonde hair, blueish eyes and she seemed very small and young but somehow I knew she was older then she seemed. I wrote the whole thing down not knowing if I was just day dreaming or if it was a vision from the Lord. I never thought much of it after I wrote it down, just tucked into my heart. Then in October of 2012 , I seen a beautiful little girl with the same hair pretties as the girl in my picture I had seen , she had similar hair and coloring too. I was shocked. I called on her and she had already been chosen. Thats when I realized I did want one more. I tucked it away and kept praying. Then in February of 2013. I was on a site where I pray for kids who are up for adoption, I love to see matched next to their names. And there she was, it was her without a doubt. She was real, I couldn't believe it. The same beautiful blonde haired, blueish eyes , the same baby face. I ran out and told Steven. He just smiled. He said he would pray for her. As I went to bed that night I prayed for a flashing billboard. I wanted to know without a doubt that this little girl was the one. In my heart I felt God telling me, 'I already gave it to you go look, you wrote it down.' I remembered my journal entry. I ran to my closet and opened up to the week of April 16. And began to read , I was shocked details of this little girl were in there, things I dont even remember writing down. I ran out and had Steven read it.
I knew without a doubt she was my baby. After a week of praying Steven said yes lets go for it. We dont meet all the requirements to adopt from the country she was in so we knew we would need weavers. But we also knew that if God planned for this little girl to be ours He would move mountains. We asked the agency her file was with to ask for approval, at first they were on board, until they found out we had 8 kids at home. They didnt work with large families. I was shocked, she was ours how could the door shut so quickly. We went out on a date thst night and I was in tears over the whole thing. Steven finally said no we keep fighting, the country never said no the agency did. We hadn't told more then two people about what was going on. And didnt want to tell we had approval. So I asked if I could call a friend who had adopted from this country before. Steven said go for it. I called and told her the whole story. When I got done talking she asked me one question, ' do you believe without a doubt she is yours?' The answer yes! Then she said 'then God will find a way go get her home.' She called the agency that she had worked with and talked to them, they called me and asked a few more questions. And then told me they would fight for our family and our little girl. She said I would hear back from her within a few days. She told me what they planned to do to get the file locked into for us.
It was over a week before she got back to me , I was sitting in the dentist waiting for one of my kids. I seen Alabama area code on my phone, I quickly answered. She comfirmed it was me and then said congrats momma we have her file locked in. They need us to fill out a application and file a letter of intent to adopt her. I was in tears. God had move mountains !! We still had to get approval but by now we knew God had a plan for this little girl and our family.
It took almost 5 weeks to get everything done to file for approval. And on the week of April 16 we got a call, we had been approved!!!! God had moved mountains again. She was our little girl. When God has a plan nothing stands in His way. Our sweet Elle wasnt even born when he showed me her sweet face . He already knew where she would spend the rest of her life. He knew that when her birth mom seen her sweet face, she would know that the people around would never accept who she was. He knew she would make the next best chose and put her up for adoption, I believe that she loved her baby. That she knew that even though she would love that child forever she couldnt raise her in the country she was born. Elle has a special need called albinism. And not all cultures accept children with special needs.
God had a plan and He chose us to be a apart of it. I feel very blessed that He would chose us to place this sweet baby with.
We have a few more weeks to go to get Elle home and lots money to raise but we also have peace that God will finish what He has started.
