Hi. We're the Hills. Cary is an engineer currently pursuing his PhD, and I am a middle school band teacher. We both grew up in Small-Town-Rural Virginia, fell in love the summer before we both left for college at Virginia Tech, and got married 5 years later. Fast forward 3 years (time flies when you're having fun), and we're ready to start a family... That's where God reveals to us the serious need for families for many orphans in the world. (Read about the beginning of our adoption story at our personal blog, HERE.) 3 weeks after we turned in our adoption agency application, we got THE CALL with our referral. TWIN BOYS waiting for us on the other side of the ocean. 5 days later we accepted, and now our boys (Cary calls them our MIGHTY MEN) are in Ethiopia, waiting for us to bring them home!

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

What We've Learned About Adoption: Adoption is For Everybody

Cary and I both believe that the greatest thing that ever happened to either of us was being adopted into the family of God. God loved us, and He came for us before we did anything to deserve it. (In fact, He came for us despite things we've done to prove that we don't deserve it.) He has been steadfast. And getting to know the Creator of the world has given us a LOVE for this life, and hope for eternity. It's a joy that we wish for everyone we know. We were adopted! You know how when someone brings you the perfect gift at the perfect time, all you can think about is what you could take to them to make them feel just as good? Well, that's where we are. We want to share the greatest gift we've ever known - adoption - with our two boys. Really, we'd love to share it with everyone we know. We want to invite YOU to share in the joy. All of it. The joy of knowing God. The joy of being part of His family. The joy of reaching out to care for the orphan like He's asked us to.