With Great Sadness

When Trevor and I started this blog we did it as a means to keep our family updated with our adoption journey since neither of us Facebook. We also wanted to be an encouragement to those who were considering adopting. It is such a scary process to begin alone. We wanted others to realize the amazing call God has asked from each of us. We wanted to have a support group of people who understood the roller coaster ride of adoption. We wanted Him to be glorified through it all.

In the 6 short months that we have been blogging, this has happened. We have had two families contact us with questions about adoption because they were considering begining the journey. I walked into candlelight the other night and a friend I met over 8 years ago found our blog and has been following the process. A few moms were encouraged to teach their children about having a giving heart because of the Alco story with Big K. People have seen how faithful our Lord and Savior has been to us by providing the funds we needed for every part of this adoption. We have developed a relationship with many other adoptive families by reading each other's blogs. We have brought an awareness to the country of Congo and the millions of orphans there. Over 4,100 people have viewed our blog. People from Russia, Jordan, Brazil, Netherlands, Germany, Ukraine, Turkey, United Kingdom and India have heard our story. Hundreds of people have been praying for us and our little +1. God has been so good.

Unfortunately though we live in a scary world and crazy things happen! For the safety of our family and our little +1, we are going to suspend our blogging until we get our little boy safely home in our loving arms. Nothing that is said on this blog, that could be taken wrong, is worth the chance of losing him.

Thank you for caring. Thank you for following our story. Thank you for praying for us. Thank you for giving. You have no idea how much everything each of you have done has meant to us. I know our +1 will one day have the opportunity to read about the journey and realize the love that was shown for him before we even knew him. He will understand what he meant to so many people. From the deepest part of our heart, thank you. We love you so...