Yet more updates...

So tonight I was spending time with the Lord in the quietness of the house and I was just overwhelmed with the Lord's timing. I know that most of my posts are pretty light but I just have to share what is going on in the Clark family and in my heart.

First of all, we want to officially welcome our new niece Lelia to our family. She was officially adopted last Tuesday and with tears in my eyes I am amazed at just how the Lord works! He gave my sister and her husband a precious little daughter at just the right time! She is perfect in every way and the perfect match for their family and ours as a whole. I am constantly amazed by the way the Lord does what He does.




Secondly, I want to announce that this coming August we are expecting another precious boy! We are officially 20 weeks pregnant! We are filled with many emotions! Shocked, being the first, nervous, and extremely blown away by yet again the Lord's timing. If you aren't familiar with our past I will share. We decided it was time to start trying to have kids in 2006. Not really sure what made us decide that...probably our ages but, nonetheless, we decided that we would stop preventing it. We got pregnant in about 5 months and soon miscarried. It wasn't too bad since we were very early in the pregnancy and not really sure what to expect. We immediately got pregnant again and were blessed with Jackson. He came by an emergency C-section at 36 weeks because of his heart rate being so low. 3 days after he was born I had a seizure and remained in the hospital for the rest of the week. I have been totally fine since then but just that experience made us question having more. But a few years later we decided yet again we should try. So we did. We got pregnant pretty fast this time and things were looking great until 12 weeks in. We miscarried and this time it was tough. It was hard for a few reasons. 1)we had seen the sweet child and his/her heartbeat. 2) Most knew we were expecting so having to relive the loss over and over was difficult. The doctor said that it was unexplained and we were safe to keep on trying. So we did and got pregnant yet again. This time we saw the little one with a heartbeat and thought things were fine until 8 weeks. We miscarried and I was filled with emotions that I couldn't explain. I questioned A LOT! Why was it so easy for some and so hard for others? Was there something we were doing wrong? Had my sin finally caught up with me? And many others. When the 3rd baby was lost we decided it was time to break and seek the Lord. We had been challenged at Collegiate Week at Glorieta the August before our miscarriages about orphan ministry and had decided our role was to give, and serve more directly in that area so we did, never imaging we would one day adopt. Yet in April of this past year(2010) we were confronted about adopting and decided that we would simply move and allow the Lord to shut the door on His timing. Along the way he has shut many doors and opened many as well. In the process we have prayed a simple prayer that the Lord would lead us to our children. It has been a HUGE step of faith and a growing season of our understanding of the Lord and His will, character, and timing. We had decided to adopt in April 2010 and at that time decided that we were 100% content with 1 biological child. I had come to grips with the fact that I was finished having babies and I was okay with that. Yet the Lord's timing, yet seems off sometimes, is always perfect! =) So YES we are still adopting and pregnant. We ask that you join us as we pray! We are trusting the Lord for there is nothing else we can do. We are also going to trust His timing and know that His plan is perfect, even when it seems crazy to us and to others around us!!