Adoption

My sister and her husband are in the process of adopting. They've had many setbacks along the way: the costs of adoption and then possible adoptions that didn't work out for various reasons. These are common experiences of adoptive parents, of course... But....

My sister got a call from the case working handling their adoption yesterday. There is an expectant mother due in July. April and her husband are going to meet her on Saturday! Here's the kicker... She's having TWIN boys!

There IS something significant about the concept of adopting twins:

One morning a couple of years ago, after April and her husband found out that it was indeed
impossible to conceive, she was praying about adoption... a serious long talk with God in the morning. She went out to the kitchen to make some breakfast, pulled out the eggs and cracked one into the pan. Out came twin yolks. Interesting but nothing to write home about until the SECOND egg cracked into the pan was ALSO was a twin yolk. Since that time, my family has thought of these TWO twin eggs as a sign that God is in control... and that, one day, their dream to adopt would be realized (though we didn't exactly expect TWINS!) We have always linked those eggs to my sister's morning prayer about adoption. There have been a couple of occasions when I have also cracked open twin eggs, thinking instantly of my sister and her adoption prayer.

So, when this expectant mother came up with twins, we all thought of this twin egg occurance... Could this be it? Is this God's way of giving us peace about this particular possibility?

Please keep my family in your prayers. Please pray that everything will go as God wills it. Pray that these babies are the answer to prayer we've been waiting for and that my sister and her husband can finally be the parents they've always wanted to be!

I will keep your sister in my prayers.

Thank you, Mary! Your continued prayers will be much appreciated!

I do have some wonderful news to report. Everything went great on Saturday and the birth-mother decided to give the babies to my sister and her husband! We are all very excited and very much at peace with the situation. We'll have a set of twins in the family within the next two months!

They have even decided on names:

The first one will be Jaden : meaning "God has heard"

and

the second will be Joseph : meaning "God has added"

Please pray for the health of the babies and the mom as the time grows closer!

K...I'll keep on with the prayers too for them and for a couple of great healthy kids...also, that the ultrasounds were correct in them being boys since the names are already picked...

BillC wrote:K...I'll keep on with the prayers too for them and for a couple of great healthy kids...also, that the ultrasounds were correct in them being boys since the names are already picked...

Names are changable. It's all the clothes being bought for boys that might pose a problem!

Dear Amber,
When I first read your post, chills and tingles all over!!!
Yes!!! What a COOL!!! story about the eggs!!! I never get twin eggs!
I am so excited for you and April and Tim. What a great God we serve!
Love, CFaith

Indeed! We are SO excited! And we feel God's hand in all of this!