Let the miracles begin!...

Our Ford Taurus has been an overall great car for us over the years but from time to time we would consider selling it or the Jeep. Neither of us think this consideration and general process is very fun...it's rather frustrating to try and figure out when is the right time. We had plenty of opportunities to think and rethink - especially every time one of them would need a repair (and why is it that they act like children; one jealous of the other getting a new part and acting up to get something new of its own?).

So a few weeks ago we decided now's the time to sell the Taurus in light of our pending adoption. We came up with the plan that we would sell it, split the money between adoption savings and just buying a cheap junkie that Chris could drive until we saved up enough money post-adoption to purchase another one. To which I said, well wouldn't it be great if someone just donated us that cheap junkie car!?

A few days later I was at church talking with a couple friends. They asked how the adoption stuff was going. So I told them about this car plan we had come up with and said "So, if you know anyone who wants to donate us a car...let me know!". To which one of them replied, "Well you can use our Expedition for as long as you want." Even as I write this I still don't know how to put into words what was going on in my head at that moment. I was in shock!
Now you may be thinking...what faith!! Let me tell you....yes, I made the statement of how great it would be...but honestly, I didn't really think it was going to happen! When I informed Chris he was shocked as well and said that I needed to go bigger and ask for someone to donate us a house! Haha yes...but seriously if anyone.... =)

A few days after that we picked up the Expedition.

Two days after that we sold the Taurus to a friend which worked out great for all parties!

Wow God.

The other cool part of the story is that I have been nannying for a family that now has three children. They don't mind me bringing little Cortte along once they arrive but we realized we would have a transportation issue because they weren't going to all fit into the Taurus or the Jeep. Expedition - problem solved! Wow.

We are just amazed at how God is orchestrating everything to make this happen and we haven't even gotten too incredibly far into the process. We are SO thankful for all of your prayers and support! We know that is so important and we treasure it. We also know that some of you may have a desire to support us financially as this is a spendy venture that we don't have full finances for right now. We know that God has called us to this and in that, we know that He is going to provide financially for us to do it. If you feel that He has you to be a part of that provision please contact me at Corttes@gmail.com for our address.

How we came to Adoption

Earlier in our marriage, we unexpectedly got pregnant a few times and miscarried very early. Once we started actually trying to get pregnant we weren’t successful and ended up starting infertility treatment. We already knew I (Brook) had one condition that could cause problems which wasn’t huge, but a problem nonetheless. All the other tests on both of us came up great so we were very encouraged and excited. I started Clomid, which didn’t work the first time. The second month I couldn’t do it because my body wasn’t in a receptive state. I was surprised that I felt completely ok with it. It was through these months that my desire for pregnancy decreased and my desire for adoption rapidly increased. I was praying that God would make it more clear to us which road he wanted us to go down because I was really wanting to adopt. One evening I was at a meeting at church where we had some worship and prayer time and I was just telling God how much I wanted to adopt and I wanted to know if this was what He wanted for us. After the meeting I came home and Chris said to me “Here, I gotta show you something.” He had pulled up on the computer a slideshow that someone from our church had made of a recent mission trip to Swaziland, Africa. From the very first to the very last picture I cried and cried. After it was over he asked me why I was crying so much. I said to him, “I just really want to adopt.” He laughed a little and said, “I did the exact same thing when I watched this. I told God that if this is what He wanted for us that I wanted confirmation through your reaction.” Needless to say, we both cried and were so excited at what was now before us. We are completely overjoyed and thrilled to meet our child!

We have started the process and at this point we are still in the beginning stages but we will keep you updated as it progresses. We have both always thought it would be really great to adopt and just never felt that it was the right time. Now we can see that God is calling us to it. We are believing that he has the perfect child at the perfect time and is going to work miracles to make it happen. We have been told by friends that have adopted that when God calls you to adoption His blessing and grace to get through the process is unbelievable! We have already seen that in our story...