"What Ifs"

Well, this morning I woke up thinking about all of the "what ifs" in the logistics of our adoption. Both Tim and I have a strong desire to have two children from Ethiopia. We know that there are several possibilities. We also know that our God has everything in control. We would love to have two infants. We'd like to get them as young as possible. Twin infants would be a great solution to this issue!! 

We would consider the option of adopting siblings, but we'd want them to both be very young. Like maybe one is an infant and the other is 18 months old. That may not be very likely, though. 

Another option is that we could complete one infant adoption and then do another infant adoption right after the first one. In fact, we're preparing 2 dossiers for this possibility. 

We looked into the idea of bringing the first child back to the country we're living in until we can get the other one..... but the visitor visa for Ethiopians is very expensive (like $2,000 for 30 days). So, we would need to go directly to the States to take care of the visa and then return to our country. When we do the second adoption, we'd have to do the same thing. 

Even though there's lots of travel involved with this idea, we're really okay with it. (It would give us one more time to visit with family that we miss so much!) However, it would cost a lot more. We just have to trust that the Lord is going to take care of us financially. He is faithful to provide everything we need!!