Marked By LoveMark me with your sign of love. Plan only the best for me, God!

So I’m finally blogging…..a blogger if you will.  The purpose of this blog is to keep family and friends up to date with details of our adoption.  For those of you who don’t have a clue what I’m talking about, CJ and I are adopting from Ethiopia!  I guess I’ll start by giving you a bit of an overview of the past couple years.

God began moving my heart to start supporting missions in some way.  So I called up one of those infomercials one day and pledged some money, but that wasn’t enough.  I really wanted to start sponsoring a child and make a difference.  A few months later some friends of ours started an orphanage in Ethiopia called Kingdom Vision International, better known as KVI.  I was so pumped and we began supporting their vision!  Maybe a year later I wanted to go visit these orphanages (by then there were 2…one in Addis Ababa and the other in Nazareth), so this past June 2009, I flew to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with 3 other people from our church.

While in Ethiopia, my heart really went out to the older children who have been at the orphanage awhile.  They see kids coming and going from the orphanage getting adopted and they wait and wonder when it will be their turn….when they will be chosen.  My heart breaks for these kids that not many families are willing to consider adopting.

I met a girl (we’ll call her Kallie) who is about 10 or 11 years old.  She’s been at KVI since they opened their doors in January 2008, and I e-mailed CJ and told him all about her.  When I got home we talked and prayed about adopting her.  I remember taking a walk early one morning and asking God to please tell me if we are suppose to adopt her and so clearly I felt Him whisper “I already have”…..  That was all I needed to hear, so we started the adoption process!

In August we began our home study.  It’s not moving as quickly as we’d like, but we’re trying to sit back and enjoy the ride, which is easier said than done.  Thanks for being interested in our journey!

Blessings-

Katie Clymer

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