Tell us a little about yourself.
My name is Jaime. I’m a Florida girl, married to my college
sweetheart for 15 years. Mom to John Peter (10), Christopher (8), Jane-Grace
(4) at home in Louisiana. Waiting to
bring home Joshua (4) and Georgia (1) from Ethiopia.
Why adoption?
I felt drawn to adoption while in high school, since my best
friend was Chinese, and I learned from her how unwanted girls were discarded there. In
college, while dating my future husband, we made it part of our family’s dream
plan. He had been to Russia on a mission trip as a freshman, and they had
visited orphanages there. We were *so* sure we were headed to China or Russia
one day. We certainly did not set out to have a big family, we just set out to
be obedient. God showed us the beauty of his adoption of us as his children and
heirs, and we embraced him making our family beautiful through adoption.
Tell us about your adoption process?
We started an application for a Chinese adoption in 2005,
and due to some health problems of our oldest child we decided to wait. In
2007, we applied to adopt from our agency’s new program in El Salvador (we no
longer qualified for China). In 2008, the El Salvador program was moving very
slowly and our agency recommended a change. That’s when we were led to
Ethiopia. We brought our daughter, Jane-Grace, home in 2009 at 22 months old.
When she had been home about seven months we applied to adopt again from
Ethiopia. After waiting 17 months, we received our referral for siblings in
February. I just returned from a joyful & successful meeting and court trip
in April, and we hope to have them home this summer!
What have been the biggest struggles/joys?
Our struggles have been waiting & being joyful for
others while they celebrate their baby’s birth while we endure the pregnancy
wait of a pachyderm; waiting, working ,
and trusting for our child to attach to us. God is constantly working in us the heart of a
farmer, patiently working the soil he has given us, and waiting for fruit in
it’s time.
Our joys have been experiencing the joys of having a
daughter, everything girly, and experiencing her vibrant personality that is
distinctly her. We celebrate her
adoption and don’t hide it, but there is joy in forgetting too…like when I ask
the doctor to check some medical issue because it “runs in the family,” or I
joke that my husband does all the yard work because “I birthed 3 babies.”
Russell Moore talks about how you start to find ways that your children “take
after you” in Adopted for Life, and it’s true! The grandparents do it
now also! We can’t wait to experience these joys with our 2 new children!
What is one thing you think our readers need to know about adoption?
You don’t need to be the perfect parent to adopt. You just
need to know the One who is perfect. You are not the child’s savior; you are
pointing him/her to the Savior.
**Feel free to follow the Delfosse's story (and see pics of their ADORABLE kids) at their blog: http://notquitebrangelina.blogspot.com.**
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