Sisters

Last night we sat down with Makenna to discuss the adoption...

We wanted to make sure that she was on board as she is an intregal part of our little family, and she is our number one concern at this point and time no matter what.

 We tried our best to ask her if she would want to help give another little girl a home forever that doesn't have one, its hard to balance telling her and making sure shes okay with it and not getting her too excited at just over 4.5.

We explained how we didn't know this little girl yet, that we had to wait for God to bring her to us, and we could start praying about her every day.She was absolutely elated, excited, joyful you name it.

 We went on to explain that it was going to take sacrifices for our family such as outings, toys, etc...and that she would have to share everything, her toys, her room initially most likely, her mommy and daddy, her dogs, her huge closet, her bedroom (shes elated about bunk beds), and then I said almost jokingly that she would have to share her bathroom. Her response was, " I have a big bathtub, so whats the problem?" Yes folks, in the words of my little girl, what is the problem? What is the problem when even a 4.5 year old is willing to share everything she knows and loves for someone she has never meant, yet we know grown adults that can't fathom supporting adoption???

The rest of the evening she would mention the adoption here and there, picking flowers on a walk with a neighbor then showing them to me and saying they were for her new sister so she would "feel welcomed". While we did our absolute best to paint an accurate picture of the unknown adoption timeline and the fact it could be a long time before it happens, and reality that it could possibly never happen (as there is no guarantee in the adoption world), its hard to not be excited...even as an adult.
She says shes going to tell everyone in the world about Jesus bringing her a big sister for us to adopt....YOU GO MAKENNA....tell the world!

So needless to say we are very pleased that our little girl is as much for adoption as we feel the Lord has led us to be!