Wow! I know....I'm FINALLY updating our blog (thanks to my Mom pointing out that it is about time for an update)! Ha ha ha! What can I say but life has been VERY busy for us the past month and haven't really gotten a "window of time" to sit down and gather my thoughts to put them on "paper" ....well computer screen anyway! Ha!
We have been SO blessed this past month with our adoption process! I'm telling you there is absolutely NO doubt that the Lord has ordained this adoption from the get-go! I was at a Women's Conference last month and the guest speaker who is a VERY dear friend and fellow prayer warrior for Kevin and I's infertility journey said something that was so profound but so directly from the Lord. She said, "the Lord saw your family portrait from the beginning and knew that there was a little child in Rwanda who's last name one day would be COKE"! Even now typing this brings tears to my eyes and goose-bumps because I KNOW that I KNOW that I KNOW that He from the very beginning ordained this for Kevin and I's life. We've had a few recent opportunities come up to perhaps adopt State side and you know I said something to Kevin the other night that he was also thinking but hadn't voiced. I said going through all of this now and knowing that our "baby boy" is in Rwanda right now, perhaps not even born yet, I can't imagine our life with out him. And ya know, he just smiled and said he was feeling the same thing! So we BOTH know that we're going FULL steam ahead!!
We were OFFICIALLY excepted into the Mugisha Ministries family last month and are now making our plans for the journey ahead!!! YIPPEE!!! Pictures to come (as soon as I figure out how to post them through this blog)! Ha ha...any helpers or advice would be appreciative! :-)
Also, we were blessed last week by one of my cleaning customers/friends! She had twins last year and was wanting to get rid of her car seats and swings...so she graciously offered us one of each! They are absolutely beautiful and the color of the car seat is so very close to the nursery colors we've picked out! :-) So now we have that "extra car seat" for our other car....we'll probably use the car seat that will come with the stroller that we're looking at for the car we'll drive mostly! Isn't it SOO neat how the Lord works everything out! It is so much fun to be now planning these things...wondering through the Baby Isles at Target together dreaming and picking things out....something I thought I would never get to do!
We'd also like to announce that we've picked out our little guy's name officially now! His first name will be "MALACHI" which means "Messenger of God"...and his middle name will be whatever his African born name is!! We're Soooo excited...can you tell???!!!
Ha ha..so that is the latest from The Cokes and we'd LOVE to hear from you all!!
More to come....stay tuned....this story is just getting started!!! HA HA
Blessings,
Marissa (and Kevin) ;-)
