The Huerta Family

            

Our paperwork moved rather quickly and we began to feel God opening our hearts to a sibling group of 2; then one day Julie asked us, “Would you guys be open to a sibling group of 3?”  With a gulp and a time of prayer we found God saying to us, I will give you strength, I will give you the skills, and I will walk beside you. 

So 4 months ago we found ourselves celebrating our 6^th anniversary in a foreign country, with 3 new children that had become part of our family 7 days earlier. One year earlier on our 5^th anniversary our children were but a twinkle in our eyes and we knew very little about the foreign land of Colombia.   During our first week as parents we celebrated our 6^th anniversary and our flight back to the US was on Valentines Day.  We are now home and the proud parents of 3 Colombian children. 

Colombia offered us many opportunities to enjoy getting to know the culture, share a meal in our translator’s home, and take our kids around to explore their beautiful country.  The taxi cab drivers were all very professional, hotel we stayed at was very helpful, and the afternoon siesta was something I think we should adopt in the US. 

            

 

Four months together and we spend most of our days laughing with them and at the funny things they do and how they have been able to get along so well.  The doctor visits have been taken in stride, we have bandaged the skinned knees from falling while learning to ride a bike, and the first time our children had s’mores was on our Memorial weekend camping trip.  We have celebrated 2 of their birthdays, leaped for joy when our 8 year old got his training wheels off his bike in about 3 weeks of learning to ride, and rejoiced when our 5 year old got her training wheels taken off the day before her 6^th birthday.  Our little one has learned to say more 2 syllable words and can now say sorry, when he wants to.   

We see them learning the English language and growing more confident in their abilities each day.  Just yesterday my wife brought my 6 year old daughter in to my office because my daughter needed to hear that I will always love her and always be her papi.  They bring joy to our lives and within the first few months of being together, we are slowly forgetting what life as a childless couple felt like, we are seeing God work in our lives and the lives of our children.  

Now that I have 2 boys at home with me, I have begun to understand that not all similarities between biological children and parents are genetically transferred.  We have felt God walking alongside us the entire way.  We think back at the financial burden that this could have been and because God is God and he loves his people and calls them to give, we don’t have that financial burden, and we know that we are not deserving of his grace through finances but like a good father, He does always know what’s best. A truly incredible ride that gets better with every twist and turn.  

  

       

 

       Jose & Megan Huerta

           Luis, Ana & Jeison