I’ve prayed for the words to adequately share their story. To do justice to all the Lord has done. But I don’t think there’s any better words than Katie’s firsthand perspective of trusting the Lord in the valleys…

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“If I knew three years ago what those next years would hold, I can guarantee you I would have said “no thanks.” The Lord is carrying me through a story I never would have chosen for myself. One that has shaped me, one that has strengthened my love for Brent and become a foundation for our marriage.

This story that I would not have written includes gems like foster care and the fact that we have the most special little boy we’ve ever met. It includes spontaneous weekend adventures and trips abroad, precious time spent with my husband and foundational friendships. It includes building a business and getting to watch it succeed.

It also includes chapters of tears and of mourning. The silence of barenness and the loss of three babies. Dreams that felt unreachable and a broken heart.

By my third pregnancy, Brent and I had decided that foster care was our next step. I felt settled and secure in our decision, even in the midst of unknown. I was fully throwing my heart into this new thing, and then one morning my world changed. “You’re pregnant” quickly turned to “something is not right,” and so the story began all over again. We prayed for healing and for life. I said I literally cannot do this again. And then we grieved the loss of the child in my womb. The week of our third baby’s shared burial, we welcomed a precious boy into our home.

“God, your God, will restore everything you lost; he’ll have compassion on you; he’ll come back and pick up the pieces from all the places where you were scattered. ” — Deuteronomy 30:3 [The Message]

And so our adventure began. Becoming a father and mother, loving sacrificially and all that comes with it. Two months later, with a one year old grabbing at my ankles, I stared at two very bright blue lines I thought I would never see. Isn’t that how life goes? In the most unassuming moments, sacred things take place.” (Read more here.)