April Feels
Hey everyone, we just wanted to give an update for those who have been asking. Most of ya’ll know, from social media that we had a case where we were narrowed down to the top 3 families and in the end were not chosen. We waited for 10-12 days and then found out via a social media post. CRAZY. right? ….we thought so.
This case was referred to us from some friends and was with an outside adoption agency who we do not currently work with…the baby was being born in Houston, (this month) and financially it was a really great option for us. One of the cheaper cases we have seen. (not that we only base cases we present on by $$—but when its a 50K difference, you def. take that into consideration). There were a lot of other factors that made this case just feel so so close and we prayed and prayed and prayed for that BM to choose us. There was a possibility of going through the process of adopting a sibling in the foster system as well with that case. It just felt really right and something Tommy and I wanted.
However, God’s plans are larger than ours. We were not chosen.
Rom 12:12 “Be Joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer”
We went back “active” with FAC on April 11th. When we were “active” for the 10-12 days with this other agency we were not allowed to be sent any profiles from our consulting company.
We went back “active” April 11th and that evening received a case. Which we chose not to present on, due to BM not delivering until Fall, very expensive and lots of travel across the country would have been necessary….and SADLy, it just was too much out of budget + several other factors.
THEN on GOOD Friday we were in downtown McKinney with my mom and we received a “STORK DROP”….if you don’t know what a stork drop is, it is when a baby has been born and BM has decided at the hospital she wants to give her baby up for adoption.
We had to immediately respond (within 25mins) of receiving the email to be considered. We were hoping since baby is already born and in the NICU the BM would make her decision over the weekend. We are STILL WAITING!! and it is breaking my heart. This baby is now 6 days old & in the NICU alone. My prayers have been consistently that those nurses and drs. are holding, caring, and loving on that sweet baby as if he was their own.
Our prayers have been that BM feels loved and supported during this process, that she feels a sense of peace when deciding on a family for her little one…..and If you want to pray those things with us, we would greatly appreciate it! sigh… we will keep ya’ll updated
With love,
The Junkers