from an email...
Thought a quick update was in order after all the faithful prayers
from y'all!! Indeed our Lord lives!
I was sure of our plan for meeting the boys...Andy and I would go in
first w Justin video taping; we would follow the boys' lead on letting
us get close,etc; after we had a few moments and first pix, then we'd
go get the girls and have Justin join for their own time (and pix).
Well...as God was in control (lest I forget) he had something else in
mind. So, we were waiting for the go ahead when these 2 more than
precious faces that we had only seen in pictures came RUNNING out to
us!!!! As if saying 'tadda'!! We were all stunned...they were coming
to US. I've learned God likes to teach me so much more in this
adoption process about Himself...this was no different! With every bit
of our wanting to offer ourselves to them, they gave of themselves to
us for the morning...a multiplied minutes morning. There was not a
hint of awkwardness from them! We played outside alone as a family..w
a couple of balls, bubbles and trucks (which later they would not
share of course). We went to their room and saw their cribs head to
head, we saw them proud before their friends, we saw them play (and
not) w the others and with us and snacked a final few minutes
together. Our kids were overjoyed...they too witnessed their little
personalities unfolding before them without a word understood.
I think I felt like I came up short with what I could offer, until I
realized the offering was for me. I sometimes just stared at what was
unfolding....in a couple birthing hours our family was being knitted.
Not by what we were doing but by what God had already done....and will
continue to do. He redeems...he can't help it. Friends, if you ever
get the chance to 'risk' because God nudges in some way....JUST DO
IT!! He is the treasured gift...whatever the process. Ours today just
happens to be 2 boys across the world that we get to call our sons.
Jesus does the outpouring, we get to taste and see that He is soooo good!!
Oh....and we get 2 extra days with them ..all bc our flight was cancelled;)
I hope I can write more this week, but really savoring up our time here!!
Thought a quick update was in order after all the faithful prayers
from y'all!! Indeed our Lord lives!
I was sure of our plan for meeting the boys...Andy and I would go in
first w Justin video taping; we would follow the boys' lead on letting
us get close,etc; after we had a few moments and first pix, then we'd
go get the girls and have Justin join for their own time (and pix).
Well...as God was in control (lest I forget) he had something else in
mind. So, we were waiting for the go ahead when these 2 more than
precious faces that we had only seen in pictures came RUNNING out to
us!!!! As if saying 'tadda'!! We were all stunned...they were coming
to US. I've learned God likes to teach me so much more in this
adoption process about Himself...this was no different! With every bit
of our wanting to offer ourselves to them, they gave of themselves to
us for the morning...a multiplied minutes morning. There was not a
hint of awkwardness from them! We played outside alone as a family..w
a couple of balls, bubbles and trucks (which later they would not
share of course). We went to their room and saw their cribs head to
head, we saw them proud before their friends, we saw them play (and
not) w the others and with us and snacked a final few minutes
together. Our kids were overjoyed...they too witnessed their little
personalities unfolding before them without a word understood.
I think I felt like I came up short with what I could offer, until I
realized the offering was for me. I sometimes just stared at what was
unfolding....in a couple birthing hours our family was being knitted.
Not by what we were doing but by what God had already done....and will
continue to do. He redeems...he can't help it. Friends, if you ever
get the chance to 'risk' because God nudges in some way....JUST DO
IT!! He is the treasured gift...whatever the process. Ours today just
happens to be 2 boys across the world that we get to call our sons.
Jesus does the outpouring, we get to taste and see that He is soooo good!!
Oh....and we get 2 extra days with them ..all bc our flight was cancelled;)
I hope I can write more this week, but really savoring up our time here!!
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