PRIVACY AND OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY

So here's the thing.  I'm excited about adopting a child.  I'm ready to bring the child into our family.  What I'm not sure I'm ready to do is share the whole process with the world at large.  For example, there are people that I have told whom I am comfortable with and know and trust.  Yet tomorrow, Laura will be participating in a prayer at Church that involves giving a bit more information about our situation than I am comfortable with the whole congregation knowing.  I don't want to deal with the questions.  I don't want to have to deal with constantly being asked for updates.  I don't want people being nosey.  Church is about community, I get that. Church is about sharing with your community.  I get that.  But I also know that sometimes the marriage gets a little to crowded when too many people know too much.  The more people we tell the more people that know will grow exponentially.  I'm just not sure how comfortable I am with certain people in the church knowing this much, especially considering how little they think before they talk.  Their best intentions often come out in less than ideal ways.