I am so excited to embark on an adventure that the Lord has been placing on my heart but holy crap, I am scared, too! I've been in another country before but with the protection of the US Army behind me. I wasn't in war (Thank the Lord) and I felt "safe" within the confines of our compound. And besides, S. Korea is a pretty safe country. At least it was 17 years ago when I was there. I would have felt safe walking the streets by myself at 2am.
I will be going to Eastern Europe with New Horizon's for Children to interview Orphans for the Winter 2011 Hosting.
I don't know a whole lot about Eastern Europe but little do they know, I am really relying heavily on some friends right now! I guess they know now (if they are reading this)! :) I have a friend there right now adopting her son and she is truly there by herself!! Her husband left there last Saturday to come home! Yikes! Then, I have another friend leaving in a week and a half to go with her hubby and newborn baby to adopt twin girls. So, I am hoping that they can give me insight into what to expect...I don't like the "unknown". If someone were to ask me what I am most afraid of....that's what I would respond with...the unknown.
But God isn't looking for me to be comfortable, I know that. Lord knows, these Orphans surely aren't "comfortable". The least I can do is come out of my comfort zone, fly across the world, eat who knows what, stay who knows where, see people taking their cows for a walk on a leash, possibly have the water to our apartment turned off at night, to go into a public restroom to find there is no toilet paper and that there wasn't meant to be any and whatever interesting and crazy things I might encounter while there! I am going to do this for the Glory of God and I pray that the Lord will bless these children. I pray that I might be the Jesus they meet! But I just know that I am probably going to be more blessed than they ever could be!
Please consider contributing because without your help, I may not have a chance to go. I am in need of $800 to fund my portion of this trip. I know the Lord will provide if this truly is indeed his will for me. I can't help but think it is though, according to James 1:27. "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."
Oh and Lydia will be here at the end of June for 5 weeks! Please continue to pray for her...we are excited to finally meet her and love on her!
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Hosting a teenage girl...Ahhhh!
For those that don't know, we were not able to host Sasha last year at Christmas and we feel the Lord telling us "not now" regarding adoption. Sooooo....we decided to host a teenage girl for the summer that is not even eligible for adoption. Her name is Lidya and she is 12. OK, so she's not a teenager yet but hot diggity dog...that's as close to being a teen as you can get! And I'm not sure when her b-day is, so who knows...by the time she makes it here, she could be 13.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about having a teenage girl here! I feel totally inadequate. I mean, I don't have any girls, I don't have any girly stuff, I'm not a girly girl and oh my word, what if she starts her cycle while she's here AND she doesn't speak any English to boot? Whoa! That's more than I can handle just thinking about it. BUT a dear friend told me, "You probably are inadequate but God isn't". OK, OK...that's true! So, that means I have to completely rely on Him and isn't that where He wants me to begin with?
We will get Lidya some time in June and have her for 5 weeks. From her profile, she seems like a very sweet girl and we are excited about loving on her and sharing the Love of Jesus with her. Coby is so thrilled that I feel like he is going to do flips in the airport when we pick her up!
If anyone has any girl clothes that they no longer need, we would greatly appreciate you sharing them with us for Lidya. I don't know girl sizes, so I don't know what size she would wear. Also, any suggestions on what I can get her would be appreciated or if you have anything that your teenage daughter no longer uses, we'd love to give it to Lidya. Something tells me that legos, hot wheels and bionicles may not be her first choice of things to do!
Oh and please pray for us while we are on this journey!
James 1:27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
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