We recently participated in a travel seminar to prep us for the trip, we are currently completing our last 9 hour training on post adoption issues, we are building a new set of bunk beds in order to get the rooms ready, we have turned in our final 10 update questions on Maverick and are waiting for those to come back along with the last pictures we will receive from his foster family. My head is swirling in a million different directions as I think about all that needs to be done before we leave. The reality of it is sinking in and making me excited and a little nervous all at the same time.
Last week, when we submitted our final 10 questions, I asked my case worker if we could find out any information about Maverick's foster brother. I had thought about him a lot since we learned that Maverick had a foster brother back in April when we received an update and the birthday video. I felt this heavy burden on my heart to find out more about this child as I thought about how Maverick would be leaving him. I wanted to have access to his information in case we ever decided to go back and adopt or at least his name to give to Maverick one day. I was told on Tuesday that they found out that his foster brother was actually matched with a family who was adopting him very soon! This made my heart happy to know this little sweetie was also going to have a family. I had no clue who the family was, where they were from, when their adoption would be complete or what agency they were with.
I decided to try to do a little searching to see if I could find the family who would be adopting him. I am on a FB page with other adoptive families who are all adopting or have adopted from the same Children's Welfare Institute. I decided to post a picture of Maverick and his foster brother to see if anyone recognized him, explaining that I would love to have the boys be able to keep in touch since they were so close. After a few hours, I had no response and decided to scroll through the feed on that particular page. I came to a picture that I had liked the day before of a mom, dad and son on their gotcha day. The picture was from a distance and I could only see a portion of the child, but something in my gut told me this was Maverick's foster brother. I looked a little closer and noticed a few distinct details that I had noticed about him from the birthday video we received of Maverick back in April.
So, I took a chance and sent a message to the family, who happen to be in China right now completing their adoption. Turns out, YES, their son, who they just adopted Monday, is Maverick's foster brother. All of the emotions came flooding into me as I realized what this meant. These boys who were best friends for a year and a half and have experienced so much together, were going to be able to keep in touch once they were home in America. Had God not prompted me to dig a little and post that particular day, or look back at that picture, we may have never known. It was all a God thing!
The family has responded and they are so kind and just as excited. They even had pictures of their son and Maverick together and paperwork that said the boys were best friends. They sent the picture over to me and I sent them the birthday videos that their son is in with Mav. We are all so thrilled for this connection and hope to one day bring the boys back together. We do live far away from one another, but plan on skyping once Maverick is home.
Please pray for both of these sweet boys as one is adjusting to life with a new family and one waits for his new family. I am sure there is going to be moments of sadness as the boys realize they are not together anymore, but what a joy to know that they will be reconnected with one another very soon!
The family also told me that it seemed like the boys were well taken care of and their foster mother seems to be one of the best. That was so good to hear as I anxiously wait to go get Maverick. One of my prayers has always been that he is in a good family who truly cares for him. I can only assume she is preparing him for our arrival.
I am always amazed at how God works out little details and continues to unfold this story in such a beautiful way. I am thankful to know that we now have another piece of Maverick's story to share with him, a precious little friend, who shares a bond and a history with him that no one else ever will. What a gift!
This is the picture that the family sent me of the boys (Out of privacy and respect for the other family, I have cropped the image).. These boys really do love one another. They seem to have been together all the time. Just makes my mama heart so happy! Also, note that the boys are the same age, which shows just how tiny our little Maverick is.
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