HIS Story a.k.a. Our Journey

Lily’s Prayer

I know this post is long but it is well worth the read to understand our journey that has brought us to the current chapter in our lives.

Thirteen years ago God united David and Cindy Scott as one on July 27, 1996. We were and are still very much in love with one another. We set out on this journey of life together with our plans of how our lives would be together. Did you catch that, “OUR” plans? We decided about a year into our marriage that we were ready to start a family and we did just that. About ten months later from that decision we were blessed with our precious Lily. Wow that was so easy. “OUR” plans were coming together just as we had hoped. We had really never discussed how many children we wanted but we knew we wanted more. When Lily was two years old, we said “let’s have another one”. Little did we know that it would not be as easy the second time around. Months passed by until years had passed and it was still just the three of us. Life for the Scotts was not going in the direction than we had always planned. We continued to pray for God to bless us with another child but yet we didn’t even have Christ as the center of our family. Lily had always prayed for a baby brother or sister since she could pretty much talk. When Lily was in preschool she shared with her teacher that she was going to be a big sister! The teacher then asked “Is your mom going to have a baby?” Lily proceeds to say “Yep, Mommy says all we have to do is keep praying and God will give us one!” If we could all have the faith of a child how wonderful that would be.

Our story would soon start a new chapter when we were invited to attend Long Hollow Baptist church by someone who was a member of another church! Life as we knew it would be over and we would begin a new life with someone else’s plans for our family. We had realized that we had not been living according to God’s plan for our lives. There was now a new member to our family and it wasn’t a baby. His name is Jesus Christ. Jesus became the center of our family and we have fallen crazily in love with HIM. Our precious Lily became our sister in Christ at the age of 7. We all three have continued to let God shape us and mold us in HIS image. We were learning quickly that God’s plans are much better than “OUR” plans we had been trying to live. Proverbs 16:9 says “In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps”. We are so thankful that God is a loving God and that he has completely soaked us with HIS grace and mercies.

Through the last five years we have continued to pray for another child; one negative pregnancy test after another. We really should have bought stock in E.P.T! For almost ten years Lily has consistently requested prayer for a baby brother or sister without fail. We can’t tell you the countless times we have said maybe this is just not God’s plan for us but she would insist on praying anyway. We have contemplated adoption and even attempted to begin the process twice in the last two years. There seemed to be something always holding us back from stepping out on faith and moving forward. Honestly, it has been the overwhelming doom of the long process, paperwork, and financials required. However, we have continued to pray for God’s will in our family.

About a year ago we received an unexpected phone call asking if we would be willing to adopt a little boy whose grandparents could not raise him. Of course we said yes and began down that emotional rollercoaster ride that would come to a quick end. We know in our hearts that we were a small part in God’s big plan for this little boy and that he is right where God has intended for him. Hopefully that is with his mother now. Lily was such a trooper during this experience and handled it so much better than her parents did. We would grieve for a short time over it and move forward with the plans God had intended for us. We just didn’t know exactly what that looked like yet. We have always held on to Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.

Several months later God would then call both of us on a mission trip to Costa Rica. The mission trip would teach us all three to say “Yes, Lord” and trust HIM. It was a very successful mission and it was a pleasure to join in where God is working.

Two days before the church would announce its new campaign called “Crazy Love”, my desire for another child would ignite something fierce in my heart. On Sunday August 2, 2009 my heart broke for what breaks God’s as I listened to the campaign and watched the video of orphans in Haiti. It was during that time of worship I would understand why I had gone on the mission trip. I had been against International Adoption for the last two years because of my fear of flying, going to another country and leaving our precious Lily for several days. God had removed me from my comfort zone and showed me that with HIM all things are possible. I was ready to do something crazy and I was not going to let the flame be put out this time! We both had read Crazy Love by Francis Chan and had learned that we are to love Christ with a crazy kind of love because he first loved us. Once we learn to love Christ crazily we can do things in the name of Jesus that look crazy to others! It took David a few more weeks for him to become yoked with me on considering adoption once again.

God began to plant many seeds around us regarding Haiti through the church and through a precious friend who has a great passion for the Haitians. We have now realized that those seeds were actually planted several months ago and were really just starting to grow. Our sweet friend, Kelly, introduced us to the Wilson Family who is currently adopting a little girl from Haiti. After hearing their passion and love for Haiti and speaking with their case worker, we had full peace and confirmation that this is God’s plan for adding to our family.

As a family we have decided that we will begin this journey and not look back. We know that God has a baby brother or sister waiting in Haiti for his/her Forever Big Sister, Lily. Lily is totally excited. We know that this is going to be a long process, but we know that it will be worth it. We also trust that God will provide a way to bring our child home to us.
We didn’t realize what a prayer warrior our little angel was back in preschool but we definitely do now. Because Lily has prayed for so long to be a big sister, we thought we should name our adoption campaign “Lily’s Prayer”.

We are so glad that we realize now that it’s not OUR story but it’s HIS story we are living. All glory is to God! Many of you have asked how you can help. First, please pray for our child that God is preparing to join our family. Secondly, pray for a smooth and quick process with paperwork and raising the finances needed. Thirdly, pray about whether you are able to assist financially with a donation to bring our child home even if it is just one dollar. Little is much when God is in it.

We are so blessed to have such a great circle of family and friends to share this journey with us. We also hope to make new friends through this campaign and raise the awareness of what God is doing in Haiti.

Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”

James 1:22 “ Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves but do what it says.”

James 1:27 “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.”

In Christ’s Love,

David, Cindy, Lily and our child in Haiti.

You may contact us at godforgives@bellsouth.net.