Growing up my family fostered new born babies. Now with all the changes in adoption there really is no need for the kind of foster care we gave to babies. Adoptions are all open, with birth parents and adoptive parents knowing one another. It was always such an amazing feeling the day the new parents came to pick up the baby from our house. It was their delivery day. They would have a new outfit for the baby to go home in, just like parents do at the hospital. They would be overwhelmed with joy and crying tears of happiness. You couldn't help but cry and share in their overwhelming excitement.
Which brings me to my desire to be a gestational surrogate. I have been talking about doing something like this for several years now. What an amazing gift to be able to give a family who can not have children. Since Rachel has been born Matt and I have been discussing it more seriously and doing more research. We didn't come up with much until a family in our church became a surrogate for some one else. I got the chance to talk to someone first hand. That was almost a year ago and still nothing. No opportunities, no contact with potential parents.
About three weeks ago I was praying about it. I became resolved with myself and with God, that if it was going to happen He would make it happen. I decided that I wasn't going to seek it out anymore and I wasn't going to worry about it.Out of the blue, I have received requests from three different families looking for a gestational surrogate, in the past two days. I have talked with two of the families. Both seem to be great people. But talking to the families is just the first step of many to come. Matt and I are praying God would lead our path to the right family. We are really looking forward to being able to help a family out, but want to make sure it is all with in Gods will.
