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 ctipsanhints
A homeschooling, sahm, pastor's wife, trying to save a buck, and also trying to raise awareness about the dangers of the choking game, which my 14 yo son died of recently..
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This story was originally published on my personal website for Pastor's Wives. I am adding an addendum to the end of the story..
After being married for 7 going on 8 years, with no babies, my husband and I decided that it was time to seriously consider adoption, and we entered our state's specialized needs adoption program. We completed the program in the Spring of 1993 and we were approved and were basically just waiting for notification of which child/children we would be receiving.
On Good Friday 1993, we were watching TBN's Good Friday Services. Benny Hinn was ministering, we had friends over, and had taken communion - and the presence of God was awesome in our living room. As the service was ending, Pastor Hinn looked straight at me (at least it seemed that way) and prophesied that God was going to "give" a woman who had no children, children. I claimed that promise as mine and began standing on it. Not even 2 months later there was a death in our family and we were approached by a family member about a newborn little boy who had some physical birth defects, that was being placed for adoption. We, of course, said YES - this is our son, and quickly! A lawyer was found and papers were drawn up (in less than 4 hours), and the birth mother signed them. Our son has had 4 surgeries and God is continuing to heal his body. Oh the joy that this child has brought is inconceivable! GOD IS GOOD!!
THEN ONE MORE MADE FOUR
In 1996, we returned to our home state for a visit to
celebrate our son's 3rd birthday. While we were home a call came from some family members out of state saying that a relative's 17 month old son was going to be
placed for guardianship, and they were looking for a
family member to step forward and take in the little boy. We were eager to do this, however there were reservations about having to share guardianship with the state child services. When the parents of the child found out who had stepped forward to take in their little boy, they agreed to terminate their parental rights and sign adoption papers. A MIRACLE! We went the next month for our only visit with the baby, and the next month we went to court. In less than two months after being notified,we were
in court. Not only that, but they (the court) waived the six month finalization process and finalized the adoption the day we went to court. MORE MIRACLES!
By now the baby was 19 months old and he was ours! It was harder than the first adoption - after all we did not have that newborn bonding process that we had with our oldest son- but God has moved mightily and placed a love in my heart (that amazes me) for this little boy. One thing that has been awesome about these adoptions was the cost. The first adoption cost less than . and the last adoption was free! The only cost to us was our trip out of state, to go to court.
Addendum:
The years have past and our boys are now 15 and 14. However, our youngest son will be forever 14, as he went home to be with Jesus on January 23, 2009. He was playing a dangerous game called the passout or choking game and passed out and died. Our hearts are broken for our loss, but we are trying to educate people on the dangers of this horrible game, so people don't have to suffer the loss we have. You can read the full story here.
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