Two Already?

I feel as if we are missing something; like we haven't found the right lead yet. We are still waiting to receive the adoption agencies' information packets in the mail about their China programs, but as we wait I can't help but think that these aren't the one. "The one" adoption agency we will use to guide us to our precious child.

Ross is working out of town for the next few days, which gave me the perfect opportunity to meet with a lady from church tonight. She and her husband have two adopted children; one of them being from China. She gave me a lot of good information and shared a bit of her adoption story me. The best part of our conversation was finding out that they used the Harlan's for each of their adoptions. Now, I know you are wondering why this is important. I actually searched for the Harlan's when we were sending out requests for information packets, but could not find them. After speaking with this adoptive mom, I learned that Marvin Harlan was with a different adoption agency and that is why I couldn't find him. Luckily she had the Harlan's current contact information and encouraged me to give them a call. I know the Harlan's from my childhood church. In fact, their family is the first family I remember knowing that had adopted children internationally. Is this my missing lead? Is the adoption agency Marvin is working for the one we are to use?

I was excited and anxious after receiving this information and had a sense of urgency that I needed to call Marvin; so that's exactly what I did.
I dialed the phone, not even knowing what to say. My heart was pounding out of my chest, and when he answered the phone, I  nervously blurted out that I would not normally call this late, but that my husband and I were interested in adopting a child from China. Then proceeded to tell him who I was and that we used to go to church together. He told me that he was in the middle of tucking two little girls into bed and asked if he could call me back. This was perfect. It gave me the time I needed to get home and get my kids tucked into bed as well. When he called me back, we spent a couple of hours talking. I asked him questions; he answered and asked me even more. Questions about our family, finances, our ages and weight, and many more...all questions that had to be asked and answered to see if we even qualified for the China Program. As we were getting to know one another again, I felt a sense that I should ask him if there were any specific children waiting right now that he was trying to place in a home. He had to pause the conversation for a moment while he tucked his older kids into bed, but when he called me back, he said I have two that might fit into your family.  A three year old little boy and a 2 year old little girl. Oh my! Did he really just present us with two children that could possibly be our child? When I finished talking to Marvin, I immediately called Ross. I told him all of the information I had just learned. We talked for a bit and decided the best thing to do was hang up and pray. We are praying about each of these two little children that are waiting for a forever family. Is one of these children our child? Can we handle their specific special need on top of already having a child with a special need? Is Marvin who we are to use for this adoption process? Lord, if one of these is to be ours, please make it very clear to us--these are the petitions we are bringing before the Lord tonight.