Overwhelming

Adoption can be so overwhelming.......

Quick little story:

So this week it is all hitting me....hopefully going to Ethiopia by the end of the summer and realizing that we are still short of our fundraising goal...(we have a 10 day T-Shirt selling campaign)

But I know and believe in:

 Eph 3:20-21  Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,  to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.

We know that God has called this little boy to our family so we are trusting that God will use his provisions to bring him home!  But in my own head and finite wisdom sometimes I get overwhelmed and scared until God confirms his will for us again and again.

Last night on our way home from our son's 17th birthday dinner we stopped at the gas station for milk.  As I was checking out the man at the counter asked me if I was a foster parent.  I was a little taken back because I had never met him before and thought how did he know we had a foster daughter.  He must have realized I was a little weirded out so he pointed to a bracelet I was wearing (the ones we are selling on our blog) and said "Is that from Ethiopia?"...it made sense now...so our conversation took off.  He himself was from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and expressed how poor the conditions are over there, the war, the poverty, the hunger.  I told him that our church sponsors children in a place called Korah, which is about 15 mins from Addis and he said that he knew about that place.  (Korah is a garbage dump in which hundred of thousands of people live and survive on the garbage of others. )  He said that he respected us so much and had a look on his face that I can't even describe....not sure if it was sadness, happiness, longing for his country....I had never seen that look before.    That conversation with a stranger confirmed it once again that this IS God's will for our family and that this little boy is ours!

Thank you all for your love, support and prayers and we continue on this walk.  It is so much appreciated!

Prov 3:5-6   
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths straight.