The Sailer Chronicles: Adoption: Trials

As you may have noticed, the blog title has been updated slightly to reflect our continued hope of posting here every once in a while to fill in our adoption journey. And what a journey it has been. In retrospect, the adoption happened so fast that I am just now realizing how much we were able to accomplish in such a short period of time. We are also realizing how fast a 2-year old can change so many dynamics within a family (both good and bad...at times).

Overall, things are going really well with Nathan and it's amazing how resilient our little guy is and how well he has adapted to our lifestyle in only 5 months after being orphaned for nearly 2 years. It's also just as amazing how poorly equipped Crystal & I feel at times dealing with just a few of the more stubborn moments inherent with any young child with such a trial-filled history. His scars are surfacing less and less, but they still provide us significant challenges when they arise. I'm confident though that God uses it as a humbling reminder of how powerful his grace is for us and how we need continued transformation to glorify that. Prayers are said often and God's unconditional love has become a model for all of our hearts over the past few months.

We thank everyone that has been supporting us and hope to update more frequently in the future now that the dust is settling here in the Sailer house. Enjoy some of the memorable moments over the past few months below: