OH HAPPY DAY..We have a referral of three!

On wed we received a referral of a sibling group of three. YeS THREE... Ejigayehu (8), Kidist (6) and Yared (4)...two girls and a boy. We are elated. We of course originally planned on only 2 but when the time came to chose from the waiting child DVD's these children seemed perfect and we then fell in love with them. We waited to hear of their availability and then we were thrilled to find out they would be offered to us. We said YES about 10 minutes after reading all of their paperwork. God is good and amazing.

Last week I had a few minute to myself and was praying while eating a salad at a restaurant. The kind of praying you do while you are by yourself and just talking to God while going on with your day to day stuff. I said DEAR GOD...you have asked us to do a big thing. I am so scared. How is this going to work? Was Noah scared when God told him to build the ark and everyone thought he was crazy? God made it clear to me that my concerns and stress are based on my limited AMERICAN PRIVILEGED mind set. Do the kids NEED Nike sneakers...do they NEED a guarantee at this young age about college etc? Right now they need love which we can give them...they need the simple stuff like knowing they can count on an adult to hold them if they are sad. They need clean water. They need to know they are safe at night. They need to see healthy adults who have the luxury of worrying about what new business venture to invest in rather than adults who aren't sure there if they will make it another year. They need to be able to dream about falling in love and getting married and maybe even seeing their grandchildren. Or taking for granted going to dinner with their own adult child one day...something their mother never had.....My concerns are limited and can cause me to have the type of thinking that would get in the way of seeing the bigger picture...God's picture. Orphans and widows are serious business to God and He has promised us that He will show up in our lives and our homes through this. While I don't have all of the answers as to HOw we are going to do all of this with 6 kids....we just have to believe, pray more, have more faith and hold on to God a little tighter.

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