Tuesday, August 24, 2010

First Gift From Her Family!!!

We were sent an an email today stating that our care package will be sent to Anna within the next two days.  Below is what we sent to her and her foster family/caretakers.  The service delivering it to her will translate our letter and include a disposable camera.  We are really, really hoping for pictures of her foster family and their home.  Please pray for this.  Please also pray that what we sent helps provide a solid transition for Anna.  We have duplicates of everything sent (except Brown Bear, Brown Bear is in English :)) so if she doesn't come to us with these items we are able to provide her with something familiar.  

 
Thanks to all of you who have been praying for us as we pack and make arrangements for leaving September 9!!!  The best word to describe how we are feeling is sustained.  We have moments when the amount of what we have to do yet and the reality of what we are doing weighs down on us.  However those moments are only moments and we are grateful for the peace and perspective our God is so graciously giving. 


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Our goals in this blog are two-fold. We want to keep friends and family informed and updated but we also pray that you would be moved to do your part in making the invisible God visible to those who are orphaned or at risk of becoming orphaned. There are so many ways to do something. God’s heart is for the orphan (James 1:27) and if you ask Him for direction in this He will answer.

For those of you sensing to support us, here is how you can do so as of now.

  • PRAISE for her life and for the opportunity we have to be her family.
  • Prayers for guidance in preparing for her to join our family; protection and care for her and direction for the hands caring for her; expedited Travel Approval - much sooner than we woudld anticipate; and leading as we make plans for our 3 other childrne while we are in China.
  • Financial assistance for the costs associated with her adoption (The total will be around $32,000). While it is humbling to include this we sensed that we should. We know that helping financially is a gift some have been given, and we do not have the right to let our pride get in the way of those of you who are called to serve in this way.