BLESSED BY OTHERS

Last night we were able to attend the season opener for an adoption support group at church in Sheboygan.  Friends of ours, who have adopted two children, invited us to the group.  

What a blessing to be able to talk adoption with a group of people who get "it".  Sometimes I feel like our family lives on the planet Mars while some around us are still inhabiting Planet Earth.  People don't always understand why we chose to adopt a baby with Down syndrome when we were almost 40.  People are even less likely to understand why we would adopt a 5 year old with Down syndrome when we are in our mid-40's.  I mean according to the way our culture/society tells us to live in total comfort and ease, we were so close to residing on Easy Street USA, and now we are on the other side of the tracks :).  

So to be in a group that truly believes in God's calling for us to care for the orphan was refreshing and encouraging.  

What a blessing to be blessed by others last night.  Thank you Lord for giving us that support.  

We look forward to the monthly meetings.  Unless they de-invite us because of Jonah- hee, hee.  We had to pull him off the drum set 3x and off the sound system computer 1x.  Our little guy is quite the Curious George...how fitting he was wearing his George shirt last night.