And God laughs at my plans :)

Sooooooo THE CALL came Thursday night.  I saw the name of our family consultant(FC) come across the caller ID and my heart stopped. This was it! Papa had Tater at gymnastics, I was home alone and this was THE CALL.  I excitedly greeted our FC and listened as she gave the few details she had on our first placement.  We would be getting two children from a sibling group of six. The oldest was a five year old boy and the younger a two year old sister.  Papa and I had pictured was an older girl and younger boy, but this wasn't bad.  Bottom line, they needed love and we have it to give.  Because they were to arrive Thursday night, I jumped in the van and headed to Walmart for diapers.  I also began to make calls to let my school know I wouldn't be in to work the next day, and letting our friends know THE CALL had come.
Suddenly, as if you could audibly hear the screeching of brakes, our FC called again.  They were able to find a family member that would take all six siblings, so they didn't have to split them up.  (Which is good.) She also informed me that while one person was taking that call, another call came in for two brothers, ages five and four.  Would we be willing to take them??
Wow.....would we be willing to take them??  That was a very good question.  You see for almost 11 months we had been preparing for a baby and a toddler or two year old.  We had the crib, the car seats, the stroller where one could ride and one could sit, we had the high chair and booster in place.  We had toddler and 2ish toys placed throughout the house, and we were ready for that.  I had planned.  I had prepared.  I was ready.
Would we be willing to take them??  I am reminded of one of my favorite books, Forgotten God.  It is the book that provided the encouragement for me to leave public education (and the public education paycheck) in favor of ministry in Christian education.  In Forgotten God, Francis Chan writes of becoming so desperate for God that whatever follows could not have come from you, but from Him.  I'm a planner.  I know....I know....that comes as a shock to anyone who has read this blog. Change comes....and I plan.  I believe someone wiser than I once said 'as we plan, God laughs'.  Man do I believe that!
Would we be willing to take them?? YES!!! Not because we were ready, not because it was what we had 'wanted' or thought of, but because we are doing something we are called to do, and God called us to these boys.  So, yes, we took them.  I came out of Walmart, not with diapers, but with dinosaur sheets, boys underwear, and boy tooth brushes.  Papa called in the troops (i.e. friends from our church) that have boys and collected an amazing amount of little boy toys and clothes (and more underwear).  We put all of our plans in storage, and began preparing for what God has for us.
This morning began day two with Big Brother (BB) and Little Brother (LB).  They are crazy cute and snuggly.  They have learned manners somewhere along the road and gobbled up more dinosaur chicken nuggets last night than I have ever seen kids put away.  They slept soundly for 11 hours!!  This morning they are enjoying the park.  Last night BB prayed for dinner and thanked God for ketchup and a good day.
We won't know how long they will be with us until after the initial hearing sometime next week. But in the meantime, we are basking in the greatness of God's plan and joining Him in chuckling at the simplicity of ours.
I think I will always remember Friday, September 12, 2014 at 1:00 PM when God grew our family by four wild and wooly feet. :) (Just a side note....the bigger shoes actually belong to LB!)