Now for the even bigger news...Jon and I have wanted to shout this story from the mountain tops for months now and it has been killing us to have to keep this news secret! Get ready for a God story.
Remember how we felt lead to pray big prayers?
Remember how God lead us to ask for a quick referral and for the first referral to be our sweet daughter?
Well...
only TWO days after my last post,only TWO
days after we felt led to pray in big ways, my husband and I received a
very unexpected phone call from our agency. We were told of a sweet
little girl, only 18 months old who needed a family. Our coordinator
asked us if we would like more information. Our answer...
YES!!
Within minutes my inbox contained an email with the name, face and medical information of our daughter.
As we stared at not one but FIVE pictures of our child we were just overwhelmed with so many emotions. After all of those years knowing that we had a daughter in India, the
tears, the waiting, the wondering...it was all worth it just to finally
see her face. Currently we are not at liberty to share her picture
online but oh how I wish we could show you how completely beautiful she
is. She is just gorgeous and has utterly stolen our hearts. Just staring at her picture makes this momma's heart so full! She is a beautiful petite little thing with gorgeous dark eyes and a crazy head full of black hair. From what we we have been told, she is in a place where she is being well taken care of and that small bit of information makes this wait a tad more bearable. Oh, how we long to have her in our arms!You are probably wondering why it has taken us so long to finally post this news. The weeks and months of waiting have been due to talking with some doctors, waiting on specific paperwork and spending countless hours in prayer. There are numerous God stories to share that took place over the past couple of months, but I'll save those for later. God deserves all of the glory and praise and there simply isn't time and space to adequately share all that He has done but our hearts are overflowing with praise!
Anyways, we have received her official paperwork from the orphanage. It has been signed by us and is now on the way back to India. In a later post I will detail what comes next. We still have a long wait ahead of us, but I wanted to pause and take this moment to rejoice at all the Father has done. He graciously granted our request. God is all powerful. He answers the prayers of his children. Yes, His Father heart beats for the fatherless and he longs to see them in families. Even in the midst of this less than perfect situation He is making all things new and bringing about redemption and wholeness. Praise God that there is one less orphan and that this family has finally gained our daughter! Now we just have to get her home!!
I will close this out with some verses the Lord gave me when I was fearful and doubting. These verses happened to be the next passage in my reading plan and after a difficult day of wrestling with the wait God granted me this beautiful passage to cling to. Dear friends, our God fulfills His promises.
"Do not be afraid, for I am with you;
I will bring your children from the east
and gather you from the west...
Bring my sons from afar
and my daughters from the end of the earth!"
- Isaiah 43:5-6
Praise be to our glorious God!!
