A few weeks before a few weeks ago

Semi-funny story... A long time ago my sister told me about the Fleming family who were adopting from Ethiopia. I followed their blog through hers to watch their story unfold. They now have a beautiful baby boy from Ethiopia and God is using them to walk alongside my sister as she and Will are in the process of adopting. A few weeks ago (before a few weeks ago when we found out they too were adopting), I stopped by the Fleming family's website and watched the below video. It did a couple of things to me... 1. I cried. 2. I hadn't thought before about how God used adoption all throughout the Bible. Even Jesus himself was adopted by Joseph! 3. It made me want to open up our home one day to other children. Then, Matt and I watched The Blindside (which I cried through) and the next day I told Matt I wanted to adopt a teenager from a bad community and help him blossom. My emotions had gotten the best of me. And Matt told me that there will be no other children besides our own in our house (you never know what God can do!). But, I would love it if you would watch the below video to catch the same glimpse that I have into adoption.