Seeking Truth

About a year after we were married, my wife and I found out that she could not safely carry a baby to term due to health challenges.  We sought adoption through the State of California and we wanted a baby to start growing our family.  Our social worker told us we were couple 121 out there that wanted a newborn.  She said we weren’t going to get a newborn and we needed to change what age range we were open to.  Reluctantly, we updated our profile to accept older children.  Two and a half years went by and we fervently prayed for answers and direction.  We were prompted to change our profile back to newborns only and our social worker changed it, stressing we were lowering our chances.  We were applying through two other agencies and informed our current social worker we wanted to sever ties.  A week later we got a call from that social worker, explaining one of our profiles failed to be pulled and a mother chose us and would not consider any other family.  We were beside ourselves at such a blessing.  This brought us our first child, Liam, who we were sealed to immediately after the adoption.  Our social worker told us we were lucky and wouldn’t get another newborn.  We told her we appreciated her input, but we would let God decide that.  She transferred to a new position and we updated our profile to get another newborn.  To make a long story short, we adopted and were sealed to two more newborns.  The truth about our being able to adopt newborns was that we needed to have faith and trust in God and his timing.  Now four and quarter years later, we are so blessed to have a family of five, consisting of our two boys and our little princess.  We have learned to rely on the Lord for the truth and have faith to follow His promptings.

“Different though our lives may be, there can come to each of us the same sure anchor—the truth from God. It is absolute, infinite, and available”, Keith B. McMullin, “Ye May Know” – General Conference, April 1996