The Dorsey Family, in Progress.....

When God Whispers in Your Ear.....

We definitely do not see the whole staircase in this adoption adventure, but we are willing to take each step in faith! We all like to see the "big picture" first, don't we? We like to have guarantees and we don't want to fail, to lose, to suffer on our journey. We want our efforts to be linear, resulting in goal attainment. This adoption process counter-intuitive to goal setters and linear thinkers like Joe. It is long with almost guaranteed setbacks and frustrating delays that will become too numerous to count. We will be striving, persevering, and praying through obstacles throughout our climb, because we think that the view at the top of the mountain will be pretty amazing. We learn to flex our "trust muscle" and buckle up for the ride when we parent-- and this is true for adopted and biological children. (This first quote pictured was borrowed from New Horizons for Children, an orphan hosting ministry, the second, from Pastor Francis Chan).