Prayer and other things...

An awesome lady in our church hosts a women's prayer group the first Friday of every month.  Tonight was a great and much needed night of prayer, and our adoption process got lots and lots of prayer:-)  I had a crazy thought tonight though...Odds are really good that our child/children are already born.  If we don't get matched with a sibling group (in which case there is huge variability), our child is probably a little boy between 0-18 months right now. We prayed for this child, for his mother, for their whole family, and for whatever circumstances would lead to him being put up for adoption.

Adoption is a wonderful miracle; but it also stems from a horrible tragedy.  In order for us to experience the amazing joy of meeting our child and having the privilege of parenting him, his birth mother and extended family have to experience truly untenable circumstances.  

We believe in adoption and that it is a joyous and amazing thing to commit to unconditionally loving a child and to become a family; however, that joy has a dark side.  There is a horrible, painful, jagged scar on the other side that effects many people.  It may fade somewhat with time, but it is always there.  So, tonight we prayed for that.  For healing, for peace, for protection... for my child's mother, for her life, for her circumstances, for her extended family.  I don't know what to pray exactly, but I know that God knows them, he knows their life, He loves them, and he hears my prayer.

At some point down the road we'll probably need to start fundraising to provide the necessary funds to complete our adoption and we hope you'll consider helping to support us at that time.  In the meantime, if you feel called to give, here is one of my favorite organizations.  Just the seemingly simple act of having access to clean water can transform lives.  Watch the video and take a minute to think about what exactly clean water can provide.  

$20 can give one person clean water for 20 years

$5000 can provide clean water for an entire village of 250 people for 20 years