Four months have passed since our paperwork was sent to Ethiopia! This week I was completely blow away by the power and plans of God: A family adopting through our agency and requesting siblings received a referral for a four year old girl and were obviously overjoyed. But the next day, new information was discovered resulting in their referral being pulled - heartbreak. If this family knew at the time what the reasons were for their referral being pulled they did not share. They simply shared their heart ache, asked for prayers, and trusted in God. Less then a week later, they were referred not only their precious little four year old girl again but her two year old brother - a sibling had been discovered. The family's original desire for siblings was realized. But here is the amazing God part: had our agency known originally that this little girl had a brother and was part of a sibling pair, they would have been referred to someone closer to the top of the waiting list. But God's plan, from before the beginning of time, was for these two children to be part of the family they are in now.
God has known, since before the beginning of time, the names and faces of the two children He will bring into our family from far away Ethiopia. Nothing can thwart His plan. Nothing can get in His way. And that is something worth waiting for!!!
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I LOVE what you posted! YES!! God is in control of who and when and it is good!!
I have such peace knowing that even though we plan our steps GOD directs our path!!
Every time we tried to take control of the adoption journey God taught us that He indeed was the one steering our path and we now firmly believe that he took us in a more beautiful direction we could ever believe.
We're excited and waiting for your good news of a referral and will crack open a bottle of.......let's see...what do we have in the house? Looks like, 100% kids juice right now.
All the best,
Deb
I can't wait to scream like a crazy lady for your referral and to know you're staring into the eyes of the children God has CHOSEN for your family. No, we had no idea why, and were simply trusting God that He had hand picked our kids, and He knew what He was allowing, even if it was confusing and heartbreaking from our perspective. We've often said, that if God could match us with a dog and a cat whose personalities so perfectly match our family, how much more has He chosen children to PERFECTLY SUIT us and them both! I love getting to know you and walk this journey with you! Can't wait to rejoice and scream and add lots of !!!!!! when you post!!!!
Gina Root AWAA YG
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