The Marsh Family

Thank you for visiting our blog.  This is the first of what we are sure to be many posts about our adventure in adopting a teenager from Bulgaria. 

We weren't sure how start the blog, so we figured it would be fitting to first introduce ourselves.  My name is Scott Marsh and I'm married to my lovely wife Pam.  We will be celebrating our tenth anniversary in June of 2016.  We have two wonderful biological sons, Emerson who is almost 6 and Sullivan who is almost 2. We live in a small rural community in West Michigan.  Pam is a stay at home mother, while I work as a construction manager. 

Emerson and Sullivan are the joys of our life.  As joyful as they are, as any parent can confirm, some days are better than others.  Emerson has been diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder, Anxiety, and mild Autism.  Sullivan is a perfectly healthy, off the charts in size and weight, neurotypical little rascal, in a good way.  Emerson's condition has been challenging to say the least.  But, through these challenges comes strength and patience.  Recent therapy and diet changes have allowed us to see a new side of him, which has helped light the way in our hearts for adoption. 

Our decision to adopt came swiftly and powerfully through God's calling.  His calling came at a time when we were as far from him as we had been in some time.  When we moved to Michigan in 2013, from our home in Indianapolis, IN, we failed to find a new church.  We left a wonderful church in Indy, and despite visiting several churches in MI, we just couldn't find one that felt the same way.  We are naturally introverts, and we let our feelings get in the way of our spirituality.  Soon we gave up looking for a church and settled in to a lifestyle that didn't include church.  We still prayed, but we could tell we were just going through the motions.

Well, God has a way of getting out attention, and his timing is amazing.  Suddenly, we are searching for a church with feverish abandon, and longing to become apart of a new church family.  God grabbed our hearts and said, if we couldn't find the courage, He would give us a mission that would.  And here we are...already applied for an adoption, have a match, and watching the paperwork fly out the door.  With no money, no clue of what we are doing, and no expectations, we have accepted His call. 

It's an amazing feeling, that of just saying yes to challenges and joys that lay before us.  He has already blessed us in many ways just in the first few weeks.  The weight of the whole scenario is truly being carried by Him.  We have taken a leap of faith, and the calmness and serenity of the experience thus far has been surreal. 

Please follow us along on this journey.  We will post as often as we can find the time.  This blog will serve us well to document our journey, but more importantly, I hope it ignites the Holy Spirit in those who read this.  May they also be able to hear God's word and join Him on the journey He has planned for them.

God Bless,

Scott and Pam Marsh