Every Thursday, Angelica Yerrington guest posts on my Blog as "The Interiorista." Usually she lets you glimpse into her home and the homes of others with decorating ideas. But today, she offers a very special glimpse into her personal life and something very exciting happening to her family. Enjoy!
Before I share my
story with you, let me start by saying that if you are still waiting to be a
mom, my heart goes out to you. I can’t imagine how painful it must be, and I am
certainly not indifferent to your pain. Some of my dearest friends are experiencing
infertility right now and I so wish I could erase this extremely challenging
episode of their lives. It is my prayer that God fills your mind and heart with
His peace as you wait, and that He becomes your joy during this so very
difficult time.
I met my husband
when I was a toddler, but we didn’t start dating until we were in our early
twenties. After a two year long distance relationship, we decided to get married.
I was 25 years old and super excited to finally be able to start our lives
together. So, I left my country and my family in Spain and Dan and I moved to the
States as a military couple. Four years into our marriage, we welcomed our
oldest son into our family. Two years after that, my oldest daughter was born,
and in the following two years, our youngest daughter joined our crew.
As a military
family we moved around quite a bit getting to know many wonderful people. Some
of our friends chose to adopt and we got a glimpse of what adoption was about
through their experiences.
In 2012, we were
stationed in Okinawa, Japan. The church we attended served at an orphanage in the
Philippines, and even though we never got the opportunity to serve there, we
were able to visit an orphanage in Japan, and also help others adopt through
donations. I remember feeling my heart being pulled towards adoption during
those years. My husband and I talked and prayed about this a great deal, and
even looked into the possibility to adopt in Japan, but we realized it wasn’t a
good time as we were about to move again.
In 2014, we moved
back to the States, this time to settle down and set some roots. As life got
familiar and comfortable one more time, we found ourselves thinking and talking
about the future. We wanted to love on another child and felt God calling us to
adopt:
“ A father to the fatherless, a defender of
widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
God sets the lonely in
families…”
Psalm
68:5-6
We started the adoption
process in September of 2015 and are now waiting, as I write this, to bring our
son home in just over a month (Can’t. Wait!!!!!).
I know some of our
friends think we are “complicating” our lives for choosing to adopt. We have
three kids … why bring a toddler from another ethnicity to our “comfortable”
lives?
I know others think
we are “good Samaritans” doing a good deed. And I know others think we are just
doing the “trendy” thing to do.
I truly don’t feel
offended by what the opinions of others are. Truly. I also have my own opinion
on things, but for what is worth, I’d like to share with you why we are
adopting.
My husband and I
firmly believe that our lives are not our own -- that our lives have been bought
at a very high price. We want our lives to glorify God and even though we do
this in a very imperfect way, this is the goal we aim for. We
don’t have the parenting thing figured out, and we don’t have it all together.
We are not “good” people either. On the contrary, we are sinners who
acknowledge our need of their Savior….
We are just
willing. I hope you hear my heart on this. I don’t mean to make you feel bad
because you are not adopting. What I want is to encourage you to take part in
adoption. Maybe you can’t take home a child but you certainly could help
another family do so. Maybe you could provide necessities for an orphan to have
a more comfortable life. Maybe, you could volunteer in an orphanage or become a
foster parent. In whatever form, I just want to encourage you to TAKE PART.
Because of Isaac is helping raise money to help a couple, Ryan and Briana Huisman, adopt. Thisis their story. This couple has worked hard to raise the money for their adoption, but due to a back-log in their area, are needing to raise additional funds to move to another agency.
If you would like
to help them adopt, please click here to read how you can help. You can also email Wendi at wkitsteiner@gmail.com with any questions you have.
Love,
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Angelica
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