You’re doing what!?!?
We’re adopting.
Yes, that’s right, we’re adopting. (again)
Yes, we know, that this might make us *officially* crazy,
but, well, we don’t mind crazy. We like
to think of it as radical. And not just
any radical – radical for Christ. Weird
for God. A follower, not a fan. All in.
Jesus Freaks. Whatever the
terminology you prefer, that’s us. Or at
least, that’s what we’re trying to become.
Disciples. That’s what we strive
to be, but I don’t feel even close to adequate to compare ourselves to the
disciples. The disciples in the bible
left behind their families, their professions, and their homes. They were mocked, persecuted, and martyred. All we’re doing is bringing a
little girl home. Well, first we’ll have
to do a million pages of paperwork, raise $25,000, go across the world twice,
and then we’ll bring her home. But
bringing home a little girl hardly seems to qualify us as disciples.
Okay, she’s not just any little girl. We stumbled upon an almost 5 year old little
girl with special needs in Eastern Europe . She stole our hearts. I don’t know how to describe falling in love
with one small picture (that isn’t even recent), but we did. God spoke to our hearts and told us that she
is ours. We don’t even really know
anything about her special needs, just that she has some. But that’s okay. God knows and He chose her for us, so we will
walk in faith.
Here’s the catch. We
can’t afford this. We are already
raising a large family on one income.
While we are financially stable, it would take us years to save the
$25,000 for her adoption. But she
doesn’t have that kind of time. God told
us the time is now, so we jumped out in faith.
We made the crazy decision to trust God and basically emptied our
savings account to get the process started.
Now we are committed to fundraising for the rest and trusting that God
will provide. And we know He will,
because He is our great provider.
We’ve come to believe that part of God’s work in this
adoption is to bring together a community of people to pour out their love and
rescue this little girl from life in an institution. To allow our friends and family to be part of
saving a child’s life. To mobilize a
community of Christians to live out their faith by caring for an orphan. So we are asking you to come along side us
and help. Please pray with us. Donate if
you can, but please know that it’s okay with us if you don’t. We want you to walk on this journey with us
either way. We want to share with you,
maybe even inspire you a little. We want
to be inspired by you. But mostly, we
need to feel the love and support of our friends and family as we step into the
unknown and walk in faith. We have a
long journey ahead – one that really will just begin when we bring her home. We will have a lifetime of medical care,
educational interventions, and undoing the damage that 5 years in an
institution has done. Please walk beside
us on this long, but beautiful journey.
As we look ahead, we are already praising God for His mercy, grace, and
strength as we travel this path, and thanking Him for the blessing of this
sweet child.
“For we walk by faith, not by sight” 2 Corinthians 5:7
If you would like to donate, you can do so at:
You may also make a tax-deductible donation at:
Even $5 can help us rescue this child.
**I borrowed terminology coined by the books Not A Fan, All
In, Radical, and maybe some others. I
highly recommend those books, as well as a few others! :-)
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