For about a year now, Brian and I have felt the Lord tugging at our hearts to get an adoption ministry started in our church. With the size of our church, there is no reason why there shouldn't already be a ministry. I guess the Lord is waiting on us, huh?! Some friends of ours who brought home a precious little girl from China the same year we brought Natalie home have felt the same calling. After a crazy busy year in both of our lives, we have teamed up again to put our calling into action. Today my friend, Susan and I met to get our thoughts and ideas together. We quickly realized our long term vision is quite large! We managed to settle on a proposal for our church leadership that outlined a couple of different short term goals for this ministry. I am excited to see how God leads us, and what he can do with this ministry. All great ideas begin with someone's passion. And passion for adoption and orphan care is definitely what we have!
On a side note: One week until our home study!
On the other side note: Look forward to hearing more about our adoption fundraiser!
And just because these posts are always more fun with pictures:
The back yard is blazing hot in the evenings so we took our fun to the front yard with water balloons and a water bucket!
Well I had others but this stupid thing won't rotate it. Blah!
That is wonderful Whitney!
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