Prayer request

Please pray for a little Ethiopian boy named Elias who is ill and was taken to a hospital in Ethiopia. His soon-to-be forever family has not received much information on what is wrong. It could be the flu but they are not sure. Keep Elias, his family and the doctors in your prayers!

God's Amazing Grace

Our family has been blessed with all the many people God has graced our lives with. At our new church, Hope Lutheran in De Pere, we are meeting countless people who show God's love daily but I am frequently reminded of my dear friends in Edgar, WI at St. John Lutheran Church who continually amaze me with their open, caring and loving nature. While my husband was still the pastor at St. John their Sunday School classes supported our adoption in many ways . . . the least not being through prayer. Even this month, with us no longer a physical part of their congregation, they are STILL supporting our adoption. What an amazing gift God has given us and the people of central Wisconsin!

Please pray for these awesome Christians, for their continued blessings and support and as they call a new pastor to serve their congregation.

Philippians 1.3-6  

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. 

THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AT ST. JOHN LUTHERAN CHURCH

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PRAISE BE TO GOD!

New to the blog

I just wanted to point out some new features on our blog. If you look to the right of your screen you will see two of them. The first is a list of all the wonderful people out there who have been so kind to us as we've been starting on this adoption journey.  This is, in a small way, us saying thank you. We will never be able to truly thank all of you for your prayers and kindness...you are all such a blessing to us! The second is a prayer list. These are all adoption related prayer requests but not only our adoption. These are families that have, are or will be adopting from Ethiopia. They have asked for our prayers...please pray for them in your daily devotions. The last addition can be found at the bottom of your screen. I am a member of various groups concerning Ethiopian adoptions and international adoptions in general. This group, CAFEKids, is amazing! Check them out if you'd like...they would be happy to have you there.

Blessings to you all!

Struggling with God's many callings

So, the last week has been a real struggle for me to do what is required of me right now.  I am continually drawn to be “doing something” for the adoption.  I feel as if that is where I am, that is where God has called me . . . but that is not where I am yet and even though it is where God has called me to go, it is not where I have been called to go immediately.  I am finding it very difficult to understand that I have also been called to be a student at the moment and that that is an important job – one in which God has called me to complete.  I feel this need to abandon my current callings and just leap head first into this adoption calling.  Matthew has been a real strength but it is hard to go to class on Tuesdays and Thursdays when I miss my children and feel this unbelievable urge to go home and hug them, kiss them, play and read with them and tug them in at night!  

I have an exam tomorrow in my NeoClassical and Romantic Art History course and I have been unable to study for it.  I continue to think that I can sneak off to the computer and work on our narratives for our home study or start collecting some of the paperwork needed for our dossier.  All the while, I know in my heart and in my head that this is not what I am being called to do at the moment.  How does one find balance?  I have been praying constantly and have asked almost everyone I know to be praying for me but I am continuing to struggle with this and it is not getting any easier.  Please, continue to pray for us and for God’s continued strength and support!