The day the Stockman family changed forever

One year ago, after a lot of prayer, we made the decision to adopt a 6 year old boy from China. It was a scary decision for us. After all, it cost a lot of money, our house is very small, what would people say? 

A very dear friend reminded me that sometimes God asks us to do crazy things that do not make sense to us or anyone else. So guess what? We stepped out in faith. 

From that moment on, our lives changed. Everything about us. Spiritually I grew more in that year than I had my entire life. The whole adoption process forced me to trust in Christ for everything! He showed up in so many ways! Too many to count! I have learned a lot since then and am still learning! 

Last March, we flew to China to get our son, Sam. He has the sweetest dimpled smile! He just is so happy and sweet! 

Then the really hard stuff started. 

As a mom of three girls, having a 7 year old boy in our house was scary for me! His boy habits, (on top  of his orphanage habits), the language barrier, the lack of discipline, etc. I remember thinking, what did I do?

I know what I did! I obeyed Christ! He said, Go get Sam. And I listened. Following Christ is not easy. It's not supposed to be. It's not about being easy and comfortable. It's about learning and growing and sharing with others. How do you learn and grow if you're not moving? If you're just sitting back? You can't expect God to move if you aren't. 

Go do! Do for Christ! 

Bringing home Sam was the best thing we ever did! He is a part of us! 

Thank you Jesus for choosing us to be his family!

Where in the World do I even start?

I dont even know where to start.  The last week or so since I put up this blog have been so busy. I have been trying to gather thoughts about what to write. I never really thought I would EVER have a blog. I'm really not computer savvy at all. Just recently I have started to learn how to copy and paste! Haha! Seriously! Sad, I know!
My goal for this blog is to share my heart. Well, not only that but I really want the Lord to use this. I hope and pray someone will stumble across this, read it, and somehow learn from it. Who knows? All I will do is sit back and let God!!
For those of you who do know me, I am a scatterbrain at best! I am always running in a million different directions. I'm loud. I'm impulsive! There's a lot of craziness that goes on in my brain. I am a blessed girl bc through all that craziness, God has used me! This blog is going to be about how He has!
Bear with me bc the first few post may not make a ton of sense since I'm still trying to form words and figure out the whole blogging thing! I'm praying this will get better! Haha!

Coming soon!!

I did it! I started a blog! Without my husbands help I might add! Haha! For those of you who know me, you know this is quite an accomplishment! I am super excited about this and I can't wait to share my heart with you!! Stick around and lets see what God unfolds!!