147 Million...Minus One: OUR HUGE NEWS

Today I have news.

And it's big.

In fact, I'd even go so far as to say it's HUGE.

If you do recall, my word for 2013 is ACTION, as in TAKE SOME.
And when I chose that word and wrote this post, this was the action I had in mind.

After over two years of thinking and praying and researching
and taking two trips to Africa
and thinking and praying and researching some more.....

Surprised?

Well, if you've been around here for a while, you know that two years I got bitten by the African bug....hard.

God REALLY changed my heart and gave me a SERIOUS place for Africa that stretches down deep into my soul. I think about Africa, I dream about Africa, and I see Africa EVERYWHERE.

But mostly, I long for the baby whose growing (or has already grown) in someone else's belly deep in the heart of Africa.

 She is OUR DAUGHTER, and we believe God knew from the very start that she would be OUR CHILD; He knew that we would answer HIS call to adopt,
 and He created this child to be a member of our little family.

It's a lot to process, I know, especially considering that I never dreamed that I'd want three children. But, God has planted a seed in my heart and revealed that this is HIS plan for our family in ways that we simply cannot deny. And now, my arms literally ache to hold my daughter...the one I haven't met yet; the one whose face I've yet to see.

Right now, there are approximately 147 MILLION orphans in the world.

 That's 147 million kiddos with no mommy,

no daddy,

 no bedtime stories,

 no Santa,

 no birthday parties,

no one there to comfort them when they cry,

and no FAMILIES.

But pretty soon, it will be 147 MILLION MINUS ONE.

Jesus loves adoption...and so do we.
In fact, us gentiles are adopted into the family of faith as sons and daughters of God.
We don't love that a child has suffered a great loss;
we do love that because Jesus first loved us, we can love another.

We are just one family trying to honor the King by being obedient to Him.

I'll be back soon with more details. 

But for today, let the prayers begin.

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