Comments on: Home For Adoption http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/ John 14:18 "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: my first blog http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-10032 my first blog Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:34:26 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-10032 Good day, I simply hopped over in your website by the use of StumbleUpon. Not something I'd usually read, but I preferred your emotions none the less. Thank you for making something value reading. Good day, I simply hopped over in your website by the use of StumbleUpon. Not something I’d usually read, but I preferred your emotions none the less. Thank you for making something value reading.

]]> By: Jolene http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-2188 Jolene Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:55:05 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-2188 Hi Kari, I Just loved reading your post and want to encourage you that God will provide. We came home with our son in October 2009, (also from AWAA). Our process was only 9 months long and we started with only a couple thousand dollars. We trusted God to provide and days before payments would be due the money wouldn't be there. We just kept praying and every time a payment was due the money was all there. It is unexplainable in the world's standards but truly money fell from heaven. I am telling you it came from everywhere, from the LORD! On a combined income of less than $80,000, a tiny apartment, a few thousand in savings and a lot of faith in God brought our son home! He will bring your children home too! I love Romans 4:20-21, I clung to this for Talo's adoption and will cling to it for our next one. May God richly provide for you! Hi Kari,

I Just loved reading your post and want to encourage you that God will provide. We came home with our son in October 2009, (also from AWAA). Our process was only 9 months long and we started with only a couple thousand dollars. We trusted God to provide and days before payments would be due the money wouldn't be there. We just kept praying and every time a payment was due the money was all there. It is unexplainable in the world's standards but truly money fell from heaven. I am telling you it came from everywhere, from the LORD! On a combined income of less than $80,000, a tiny apartment, a few thousand in savings and a lot of faith in God brought our son home! He will bring your children home too! I love Romans 4:20-21, I clung to this for Talo's adoption and will cling to it for our next one. May God richly provide for you!

]]> By: Sue Bee http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-1535 Sue Bee Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:30:58 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-1535 Dearest Kari, The Lord already knows the day and time that buyer will walk into and fall in love with your home. Can't wait to see who He brings - only then will this crazy long wait make sense. In the mean time, remember that those who love your sweet family are praying for you! Perhaps you should put a sign next to your realtor's sign that reads "Home 4 Adoption." I love you and your crazy life! Sue Bee Dearest Kari,

The Lord already knows the day and time that buyer will walk into and fall in love with your home. Can't wait to see who He brings – only then will this crazy long wait make sense. In the mean time, remember that those who love your sweet family are praying for you! Perhaps you should put a sign next to your realtor's sign that reads "Home 4 Adoption." I love you and your crazy life! Sue Bee

]]> By: Jamey http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-1408 Jamey Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:58:50 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-1408 For us it was a little different. We're military and instead of already having our dream home it's still been a dream, "When will we have it?" We are fully committe to our adoption and cannot wait to have our Little Miss home, but part of me still wonders sometime if I will ever have a true home again, if my children will have roots, if they will be able to say "I'm from XYZ". It turns out that my heart has to rest in God, my children are a gift FROM God, and their roots are anchored deep in the heart of God. It can be so hard to rest sometimes though. For us it was a little different. We're military and instead of already having our dream home it's still been a dream, "When will we have it?" We are fully committe to our adoption and cannot wait to have our Little Miss home, but part of me still wonders sometime if I will ever have a true home again, if my children will have roots, if they will be able to say "I'm from XYZ". It turns out that my heart has to rest in God, my children are a gift FROM God, and their roots are anchored deep in the heart of God. It can be so hard to rest sometimes though.

]]> By: Jamie Larson http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 Jamie Larson Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:17:38 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-1140 I LOVE your heart! I LOVE how you strive to follow the Lord. I LOVE how your life inspires mine! I LOVE your heart! I LOVE how you strive to follow the Lord. I LOVE how your life inspires mine!

]]> By: Renea http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 Renea Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:31:58 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-1137 We decided months ago to sell our house, I too had issues of 'letting go'. It was my dream home, everything I'd ever hoped for, everything I never dreamed would be possible for us to have. We decided to downsize and save money to be able to do things with our family on a more regular basis. I secretly long to adopt and am just waiting for the Lord to lead us in the direction he wants. We found a house that we loved, and agreed to buy with the sale of our own home. Last week while standing in line for a parade with our float advocating for adoption my realtor is the next float behind ours. She ask what our 'group' was because she just couldn't make the connection between myself and the other women in my group that had adopted. I expressed my desire to adopt and how we were advocating for orphans and adoption and encouraging and educating others in the process. She said, "maybe you just better keep your house! You're gonna need one that big if you're gonna fill it with children!". Ironically, the house we wanted to buy, has had another buyer come along. Coincidence? I don't know.... I'm anxious to find out. All in good time.... all in God's time. Congratulations on your 'release' of the hold your house had. I know how liberating that can be. Congratulations on your new adoption! Joyfully watching your new story unfold. God Bless! We decided months ago to sell our house, I too had issues of 'letting go'. It was my dream home, everything I'd ever hoped for, everything I never dreamed would be possible for us to have. We decided to downsize and save money to be able to do things with our family on a more regular basis. I secretly long to adopt and am just waiting for the Lord to lead us in the direction he wants. We found a house that we loved, and agreed to buy with the sale of our own home.

Last week while standing in line for a parade with our float advocating for adoption my realtor is the next float behind ours. She ask what our 'group' was because she just couldn't make the connection between myself and the other women in my group that had adopted. I expressed my desire to adopt and how we were advocating for orphans and adoption and encouraging and educating others in the process. She said, "maybe you just better keep your house! You're gonna need one that big if you're gonna fill it with children!". Ironically, the house we wanted to buy, has had another buyer come along. Coincidence? I don't know…. I'm anxious to find out.

All in good time…. all in God's time. Congratulations on your 'release' of the hold your house had. I know how liberating that can be. Congratulations on your new adoption! Joyfully watching your new story unfold. God Bless!

]]> By: Anna Stager http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-1086 Anna Stager Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:21:46 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-1086 I love your heart Kari! I have been keeping up on your blog but not commenting for a long time! Thank you for your honest words about your heart journey on this crazy road!!! You are encouragement to me and SO MANY others! I am praying today for special encouragement and vision for your family regarding your home and also adoption #2!!! We are going to be heading into adoption #2 soon also...it is exciting to be a part of this "special group" as you said - we are in this together trusting the LORD for financial miracles so He can accomplish more miracles of ADOPTION! with love ~Anna I love your heart Kari! I have been keeping up on your blog but not commenting for a long time! Thank you for your honest words about your heart journey on this crazy road!!! You are encouragement to me and SO MANY others! I am praying today for special encouragement and vision for your family regarding your home and also adoption #2!!! We are going to be heading into adoption #2 soon also…it is exciting to be a part of this "special group" as you said – we are in this together trusting the LORD for financial miracles so He can accomplish more miracles of ADOPTION!

with love ~Anna

]]> By: Kari Gibson http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Kari Gibson Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:44:38 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-1081 Alisa, I sure do love you sister! I'm sooo happy you sold your home! I know exactly how you feel:) We are so excited to RENT!!! You're so right... God has whispered many times in my heart that He's just not finished letting us know what He wants us to do next. We had noooo idea 8 years ago we wanted to adopt & if we had sold our home who knows what would have happened! Thanks for the kind reminder to keep waiting on the Lord! xoxo Alisa, I sure do love you sister! I'm sooo happy you sold your home! I know exactly how you feel:) We are so excited to RENT!!! You're so right… God has whispered many times in my heart that He's just not finished letting us know what He wants us to do next. We had noooo idea 8 years ago we wanted to adopt & if we had sold our home who knows what would have happened! Thanks for the kind reminder to keep waiting on the Lord! xoxo

]]> By: Kari Gibson http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Kari Gibson Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:38:56 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-1080 Michele and all the other wonderful kind words... you have touched my heart. I've wept reading all your comments and stories of sacrifice and waiting on the Lord. I feel like we belong to a special club:) Thank you for renewing my spirit and encouraging my heart when I feel discouraged about the house not selling. I feel so weary, but grateful to have a house to serve the Lord day & night. I'll keep you updated... please feel free to email me anytime! Love you bloggy friends! Michele and all the other wonderful kind words… you have touched my heart. I've wept reading all your comments and stories of sacrifice and waiting on the Lord. I feel like we belong to a special club:) Thank you for renewing my spirit and encouraging my heart when I feel discouraged about the house not selling. I feel so weary, but grateful to have a house to serve the Lord day & night. I'll keep you updated… please feel free to email me anytime! Love you bloggy friends!

]]> By: Alisa http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 Alisa Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:26:45 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-1077 Oh, boy -- do I understand!! We finally sold our home in MO back in May. And do you know the first thing we did? Look at a new construction home here in AL. Homes are my weakness, too! However, through much prayer & counsel we've decided to not only NOT purchase a new construction home (that we CANNOT afford), but we are not purchasing a home at all. For us, it came down to this: a 2nd adoption, OR, buying a house. Oh, I cannot tell you the freedom we feel (and the freedom that we actually have) in this decision. Praying that you sell that house!!! Maybe it's not the selling fo your house that God is lingering with...maybe He's still revealing where you will live next. Are you ready for that?? Might not be what you think...actually, it will be even better!! Grace!! Oh, boy — do I understand!! We finally sold our home in MO back in May. And do you know the first thing we did? Look at a new construction home here in AL. Homes are my weakness, too! However, through much prayer & counsel we've decided to not only NOT purchase a new construction home (that we CANNOT afford), but we are not purchasing a home at all. For us, it came down to this: a 2nd adoption, OR, buying a house. Oh, I cannot tell you the freedom we feel (and the freedom that we actually have) in this decision.

Praying that you sell that house!!! Maybe it's not the selling fo your house that God is lingering with…maybe He's still revealing where you will live next. Are you ready for that?? Might not be what you think…actually, it will be even better!!

Grace!!

]]> By: Lisa http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 Lisa Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:57:57 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-1072 Kari- I love how you are so honest and willing to share your heart. We almost didn't start the adoption because we were worried about how to pay for it. Finally we just filled out the paperwork and mailed it in. When we were accepted we just looked at each other and were like now what. We asked each of our parents to borrow 1/2 of the first payment. Both of them saying we don't want paid back, this is for the baby. THen when the next payment was due we needed 300 dollars more and it showed up in the mail. We are officially waiting for a court date and we have paid almost all of our adoption expenses in cash. We even went through 6 months were mark was laid off at the beginning of this year and were never worried about payments. God is amazing and does amazing things for those who turn to Him! We just never gave up faith or trust! God can and will perform miracles!!!!! Lisa Heddleson Kari- I love how you are so honest and willing to share your heart. We almost didn't start the adoption because we were worried about how to pay for it. Finally we just filled out the paperwork and mailed it in. When we were accepted we just looked at each other and were like now what. We asked each of our parents to borrow 1/2 of the first payment. Both of them saying we don't want paid back, this is for the baby. THen when the next payment was due we needed 300 dollars more and it showed up in the mail. We are officially waiting for a court date and we have paid almost all of our adoption expenses in cash. We even went through 6 months were mark was laid off at the beginning of this year and were never worried about payments. God is amazing and does amazing things for those who turn to Him! We just never gave up faith or trust! God can and will perform miracles!!!!!

Lisa Heddleson

]]> By: Michele http://mycrazyadoption.org/house-4-adoption/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 Michele Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:55:08 +0000 http://mycrazyadoption.org/?p=969#comment-1067 Oh Kari...this could have been written by me! We built our home-it took 18 months, an architect and a wonderful builder and 99% of my time (while taking care of two children ;). I look around and see myself and each one of our family members represented in the details. Our home is also for sale. We have had 20 agents come see it since the third week of May only one prospective buyer. No one has a buyer right now. But as a believer, I sense, like you, that God is not ready for a buyer. He is at work in our hearts and minds. He is opening our eyes even more. We feel called to adopt from ET, which was no where on our radar until after we cleaned up, cleared out, and prepared our home for sale. In our obedience, he revealed a hunger and a yearning and revealed our calling to care for the least of these. We are eager to sell our home (and find a small property where we can have some hens, a silly clothesline, and maybe a pony for our horse-loving girls!) but more than any of that, we are eager to live out His plan for us. Congratulations on your newest leap of faith....step out there girl!! Oh Kari…this could have been written by me! We built our home-it took 18 months, an architect and a wonderful builder and 99% of my time (while taking care of two children ;) . I look around and see myself and each one of our family members represented in the details. Our home is also for sale. We have had 20 agents come see it since the third week of May only one prospective buyer. No one has a buyer right now. But as a believer, I sense, like you, that God is not ready for a buyer. He is at work in our hearts and minds. He is opening our eyes even more. We feel called to adopt from ET, which was no where on our radar until after we cleaned up, cleared out, and prepared our home for sale. In our obedience, he revealed a hunger and a yearning and revealed our calling to care for the least of these. We are eager to sell our home (and find a small property where we can have some hens, a silly clothesline, and maybe a pony for our horse-loving girls!) but more than any of that, we are eager to live out His plan for us. Congratulations on your newest leap of faith….step out there girl!!

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