Category Archives: Adoption

A Matter of When…

February 18, 2015Adoptionkolbyking

Kolby and I have always wanted to adopt. We dreamed of adopting even before we were married. Looking back I realize that we have been preparing for this adoption for a long time. Years of coming to this point. This moment in time. It is mind blowing to stop and think of the things God works out. Over years and time He weaves together people and lives. Situations and experiences. He purposes us for His glory and His calling. This adoption is something He set in our minds and hearts over 15 years ago and now He continues to prepare us for life with our new child. Pray for us as we wait. We are all so excited to meet our baby. In one moment this child will go from being alone, to being a part of a family. With a Dad and mom, and four older brothers. Adoption makes a difference. It may not change the world. But for this one child it will change their world.

The Phone Just Rang!

January 14, 2015Adoptionkolbyking

The phone rang today. I looked down to see that our adoption agency was calling. My heart jumped and I turned to show it to Mary Beth. We both froze for a moment, smiling, wondering if this could be the call…

The boys started whispering, “Who is it?” “Who is it?” “Who is it?”

Then Titus turned to his brothers, quiet and serious and said, “It’s the President.”

It wasn’t the call we’ve been waiting for—just an update from our agency, but it was good to get a taste of what that moment might be like.

Please continue to pray for us. We have a long way to go to raise the funds necessary for our adoption. If you would like to give, please visit www.adopttogether.org/king-family (tax-deductible) or send us your gift at P.O. Box 2334, Owasso, OK 74055 (non-deductible.)

Thank you!

Baby Fever!

January 7, 2015Adoptionadoption, baby, family, kingkolbyking

Yesterday we met with one of my best friends and saw her sweet baby girl for the first time. She was so amazing and holding her was such a joy. Meeting her made me imagine what it will be like to meet our baby for the first time. Holding her gave me hope towards the future, when we’ll hold our own sweet baby. Praying for her made me all the more excited! Knowing that God not only has a plan and future for this sweet baby, but He has one for our future baby too. God has purposed us to be the parents of a child somewhere. He is protecting and caring for our baby right now. So now we wait. We wait for His timing. We practice patience. And we hope for the future that our Father has written.

Due Date

January 6, 2015Adoptionadopt, adoption, due date, King Familykolbyking

My mind spins with the thought of when I will be a mom again. I remember being pregnant with the boys and figuring out the due date. Wondering will they be early or late. Having a time line of some sort and being able to make plans. Preparing the room. Getting all the things you need. Buying clothes for the right season and guessing the size based on the due date.

We don’t have a due date. We have a hope for the future. I have no idea what it will be like. Will we have the snow falling and cold of winter? The rain and flowers of spring? The heat of summer or the fall colors as our backdrop to a beautiful moment in time? A time when we will bring our child home. We don’t have a due date to look forward to. Instead we have a time of waiting in which we choose to take courage. We know that God has called us to this adoption, so now we wait for His plan. Delight in His future. We claim faith and hope in His Lordship.

I’m Expecting… But I’ll Never Show!

December 29, 2014Adoptionadoption, Expecting, King Familykolbyking

I find myself doing all the things I did when I was expecting our boys. Cleaning. Preparing. Painting. Making room. I’m taking stock of the things we have and the things we need. I’m nesting. While I was pregnant with the boys I would look at my stomach and know that soon my baby would come. I would talk to them and sing songs. I remember feeling them move and kick. I dreamed of what they would look like. Of course, knowing they would be a mix of Kolby and me.

This time it’s so different for all the obvious reasons. I won’t carry our son or daughter. I won’t be able to sing to her or tell her of how she is being wonderfully made by a God who has known her before time ever began. She won’t hear my heart beat or my voice. I won’t be the one who will shelter her and keep her safe. So now I pray and I ask you to pray that God will speak to her and whisper to her all the awesome stories of His love. I pray that she hears His voice. That she would even now know His presence. That He would carry her. Protect her. Keep her safe.

Just waiting…

October 14, 2014Adoptionadoptionkolbyking

It has been two months since our home study was complete and we’re still waiting. This process could take anywhere from a week to two years. We could get a phone call today or next spring. Right now our agency is looking for a mother who is wanting to put her baby up for adoption who fits our application. Then they will show her our “life book,” and if she chooses our family, the process will move to the next step.

If you know someone who is considering adoption, you can help too by putting them in contact with our adoption agency: Heritage Family Services in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (It’s okay if she’s from another state.) You can contact them at (918) 491-6767.

For now, I’m learning a lot about waiting and about the heart of God. For years I’ve read in Scripture about how those of us who accepted Christ have been adopted through Him. Now I see matters from a fresh perspective. I have a baby (probably a daughter) out there somewhere. I want to bring her home. I can’t wait to bring her home. Jesus came “to seek and save those who are lost” (Luke 19:10), to bring them home as well.

We are adopting!

August 9, 2014Adoptionkolbyking

We’ve always known we would adopt but last fall both Mary Beth and I felt that God was leading us to begin the process. Just last week we completed our home study. Our “life book” is done and we’re waiting to get the final okay from our adoption agency, Heritage Adoption in Tulsa. We’re excited and are starting this blog as a way of keeping you up-to-date on how to pray and what is happening.

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