ADOPTION FINAL THIS FRIDAY!

This Friday, October 15, Kristin, Julia, and I will for the first time in 4.5 years be a legal family according to the state of Iowa! I never would have imagined the journey it would take to get to this point. Since the beginning of this process, I lost my brother to a car accident, almost lost my sister to celiac disease, almost lost my daughter due to adoption agency errors and an upside down judicial system, and then God told us it was time to start a church. But, due to the incredible perseverance and steadfast faith of my wife and family, a soul has been saved! Julia will have opportunities to affect this world for Christ, that she would have never known. I thank God over and over that he chose us to go to battle for this little girl. And I pray that she is not the last.

After the finalization this Friday, I am going to share a blog about our adoption process. I hope somebody in a similar situation will stumble upon my blog and be encouraged. But for now be encouraged by the picture :)