Secrets

So I have been trying to get better at keeping secrets, and I feel like I have.


For instance, I am taking over as one of the National Honor Society advisors next school year. It was pretty hard not to tell my students until the current advisors announced that they were stepping down. I'm not going to lie- I'm pretty proud of myself. 


I have had this blog since this past summer, and only a handful of people know about it. And not that it had to even be a secret or anything, but something inside of me always wants to tell a secret when I have one, so this was kind of a way to test myself. 


 So Kyle and I are taking another team to England this Friday. What we get to do there is pretty awesome and I am so thankful to be a part of it. Every class period for a whole week we get to sit down at a table with 5-10 teenagers and share the Gospel with them. It is one of the most spiritually exhausting, and at the same time, refreshing things I have ever done. Because of this, we want to tell everyone something so we can speak freely about it in England.




I think when I decided to keep this blog a secret I knew that there would be a right time to reveal it, but I don't think I quite knew what God was up to- I mean, do we ever really? So here it is- another secret.


Kyle and I are in the process of adopting a girl from the country of Moldova. We are incredibly excited to see what God has planned for us in this journey. We have started our homestudy, which is really the beginning of the process. If you're interested in knowing more about why we chose Moldova, feel free to go back a couple of posts and read how God placed this tiny country on our hearts.



If you want to be a part of this journey with us, please pray. Please pray for a smooth adoption process. Please pray for all the paperwork and all the timing that is in God's hands. Please pray for all the unknowns that we have not faced yet. And please pray for our little girl- pray that she is safe, healthy, and loved until that glorious day when we can bring her home.





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