One of my best friends, Autumn, once shared this quote with me and I have been thinking about it a lot lately:
"It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates." Amy Carmichael
Ask my mother and she would tell you that I have wanted to be a mother my whole life. Besides being Josh's wife and a follower of Christ, there is nothing in life that I want more. My heart longs to hold my baby, to see his face, or know that she is safe and being cared for.
This week has been a hard one for us. All of our paperwork is in Russ*a and submitted to the right office in our region. We are just waiting. We have found out that we are 4th on the waiting list. I know that seems short, but it is still hard, waiting, but yet not knowing, hoping and praying. We are being forced to trust our God with our desires--desires that come from Him. We firmly believe that our Father gave us these desires and we know that he will see them to fulfillment.
Our hearts are burdened, not just for our own child, but for the millions around the world who do not know unconditional love. Our hearts break for the hundreds of thousands of Russ*an orphans--who when they age out of the orphanage at 16, 60% of the girls will end up in prostitution and 70% of the boys will end up in prison. It is our prayer that we won't just be adopting a child, but allowing the power of the Gospel to transform their life.
We are very grateful for your prayers and support. I know that we say it a lot, but your messages, prayers, questions about the process they get us through. Thank you for continuing to ask--and for letting us be honest in the days where we hurt. Thank you for emotionally and financially supporting us.
On the fundraiser front, we have raised over $600 with our bracelet sales! We have lots of people helping us sell bracelets, so if you are interested in one or more, please message me. And just in time for the Olympics, we have plenty of new Red, White, and Blue bracelets! You can support both Team USA and Team Russ*a! :)
"It is a safe thing to trust Him to fulfill the desires which He creates." Amy Carmichael
Ask my mother and she would tell you that I have wanted to be a mother my whole life. Besides being Josh's wife and a follower of Christ, there is nothing in life that I want more. My heart longs to hold my baby, to see his face, or know that she is safe and being cared for.
This week has been a hard one for us. All of our paperwork is in Russ*a and submitted to the right office in our region. We are just waiting. We have found out that we are 4th on the waiting list. I know that seems short, but it is still hard, waiting, but yet not knowing, hoping and praying. We are being forced to trust our God with our desires--desires that come from Him. We firmly believe that our Father gave us these desires and we know that he will see them to fulfillment.
Our hearts are burdened, not just for our own child, but for the millions around the world who do not know unconditional love. Our hearts break for the hundreds of thousands of Russ*an orphans--who when they age out of the orphanage at 16, 60% of the girls will end up in prostitution and 70% of the boys will end up in prison. It is our prayer that we won't just be adopting a child, but allowing the power of the Gospel to transform their life.
We are very grateful for your prayers and support. I know that we say it a lot, but your messages, prayers, questions about the process they get us through. Thank you for continuing to ask--and for letting us be honest in the days where we hurt. Thank you for emotionally and financially supporting us.
On the fundraiser front, we have raised over $600 with our bracelet sales! We have lots of people helping us sell bracelets, so if you are interested in one or more, please message me. And just in time for the Olympics, we have plenty of new Red, White, and Blue bracelets! You can support both Team USA and Team Russ*a! :)
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