Answered Prayers

I love this picture!  This is the first Bible study that Parker lead his friends in this summer.  He was challenged by his Kanakuk Kamp director, Pete, to do a daily Bible study this year called, Ironman, and to also start his own Bible study that he is to lead monthly.  As you can see he had a great turn out and it was amazing watching my 11yr old son lead his peers in a study of Gods word.  This photo was taken at the end of the study when they were asking for Gods guidance and protection over their study and over the participants.  Also asking for God to use them in their neighborhoods, schools, communities and the world to bring Him glory.  It's just great to see God faithfully answer prayers.  

On monday of last week when I dropped the kidos off at school I told them, "guy's we really need to pray for some referrals to be given out soon.  Would you in your classes this week please pray for some movement on the waiting list so we can get these orphans matched up with their forever families."  That afternoon, after school, we received a message from our adoption facilitator that a referral had been given out that day for a two month old baby boy!!  No kidding!  Isn't that fantastic!  It is so exciting for me to see these waiting families get matched with their Ethiopian children.  Yesterday, a dad of 7 children took his 5 year old son with him to fly to ET to get his new little brother!  A couple of other families within our adoption agency have court dates coming up soon so that they might be able to schedule their trips to ET to go and pick up their waiting children as well.  We have not officially moved up on the waiting list yet (there has to be an official acceptance of the referral ie. paperwork)  but we should be moving up soon.  Each time someone above us on the waiting list gets referred their child that puts us all one step closer to being united with the child God has chosen for our family.  It is a funny thing this matching process we go through, matching parents to orphans, but I am told though it may sound random, but truly there is a Divine hand in each placement.  Adoptive parents and the agency workers alike have so many inspiring real life stories.  So as we continue to wait I just ask those of you who are reading this to keep us all in your prayers.  Prayer is so powerful and all families waiting for their children and all children waiting for families would so appreciate your petition to God on our behalf, that we might be successfully united.