June 12, 2008 - Loving Ryan

I picked up Ryan again today. He came to be running with open arms. If I had been feeling hardened or stifled, he opened my heart with his laughter and smiles. I seriously sat and thought about dropping out of school to adopt Ryan. I’m planning on adopting as many children as I can later anyways, I thought. I guess I’ll just get started early. As I thought about how I would pay for his adoption fees and where we would live, I remembered Mozambique tends to not allow for international adoption. The odds decrease even more if there’s a hint of even the most distant relative being alive.

Though it broke my hear to think about how I would be leaving this precious little boy halfway around the world, it made me very eager for the season of my life where I could adopt. Being there just reaffirmed that my ultimate mission is to foster/adopt children in the states.