This is the day our lives forever changed. Around 9:30 that morning, I received a phone call. To be honest, I almost didn't answer it. The phone number looked eerily similar to one of my clients, and I was just simply too busy at the time the call came in to have to change gears to whatever minor problem I suspected was waiting for me on the other end of the line. However, choosing to be a good little worker bee, I decided to pick up the phone, and almost instantly had my life flipped upside-down.
"Hello, Matt? This is Carol Rainbow from Bethany. I have some news for you."
That's how the conversation started. Those 14 words - the best words I've heard since Anita said "I Do." Those words changed everything.
Over the next 15 minutes, I learned what God had provided for us. Our referral was for a 10-month old boy with cleft lip/cleft palate. While the cleft lip/palate didn't surprise me at all (as this was one of the conditions we agreed to accept), I was completely floored by the age. When we first looked into adoptions, we had hoped and prayed for an infant. When we switched over to the special needs list, we indicated that we would be willing to accept a child up to 2 years of age. We fully expected any referral we received to be closer to this age, so being referred an infant was a wonderful surprise.
Carol indicated that she would be sending some documentation - mostly medical information from his last check-up, and some pictures. When I received the pictures, I nervously opened them, my mind stuck on the thought that I would be looking at my son for the first time. When the first jpeg opened, I almost cried right there at my desk. He was - is - beautiful. I sat there staring at the picture for what seemed like hours (though it was probably only a minute) just thanking God for His incredible blessings.
June 3rd, 2009. The day I saw my son for the first time!
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