Finding my place to belong

Last Sunday, we had our first Adoption Connection meeting. There are 4 couples at church (us included)that we are starting an adoption support group with. The meeting was so awesome! One of the couples adopted through the same agency as us 11 yrs ago, one couple just brought home their 2 yr old son from the Philippines one month ago, and another couple is at the same stage of adoption as us.

It was sooo amazing to find my place. They understood me (us), and I could talk the talk of adoption like the best of them!

On our way home, I told Dave that I'm so thankful for God's plan and perfect timing. If we had become pg, we never would have experienced this. I would still feel like an outsider in a fertile world. I don't know of anyone that I could meet with for support, support with having a baby through IVF and yrs and yrs of infertility and now thrown into a fertile world where I do not fit in.

But, this group GETS me. Two out of the three couples have IF. We all feel God has called us to adopt, and are super excited for where he is leading us as a group to advocate for adoption. My child will have support. My child will have a place to fit in where being adopted is the norm. My child will have babysitters that are adopted. My child will fit in no matter what race, for there is a wide range in the group! For this I am thankful. For this reason I praise the Lord for allowing me to see a glimpse of his perfect plan for me as a mom. I praise Him for bringing me to a place where I belong.

"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11