Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Our First Precious Gift!

Last night, we were blessed with the arrival of our first foster child!  All of us were so excited as we received the call and then lept into action, trying to prepare for her arrival.  We initially were preparing for Zyara and her 4 month old baby brother, but Aiiden has a different father who was willing and able to care for him.  We will continue to pray for him, as we found out that he was born extremely premature and even now only weighs 8 lbs.

Zyara is a cheerful little girl who arrived and transitioned well into the home.  Last night was rough for her and I held her for hours as she cried and slept and cried and slept.  Such a hard transition for such a little thing... 3 years old is way to young to have seen all that she has seen.  Inner city Camden is many, many, worlds away from the suburbia that she was placed into.  All the looks and smells are so different, but I love seeing her face light up as she longs to run in the backyard and go on the slide (so sorry to hear that it is raining today!).

I pray that He continues to watch over Zyara - He is so faithful that He protected her as she was left home alone and then wandered out into the streets of Camden.  Oh, how my heart breaks when I think of all the "what ifs" that His hand saved her from! 

Faithful God!  Awesome God!  Thank you for allowing my family to minister to Your children.  Thank you for using me for Your plans and purposes!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

His Purposes Gorified!

Worthy is the Lamb!  We are celebrating His goodness and His promises glorified here in our family.  Jesus truly blessed our day of inspection and we passed.  We are all anxious now to see our ministry truly begin as He sends us His hurting and lost children.  Yea God!!!!

Friday, February 3, 2012

The Lesson in the Waiting

As I sit in my precious prayer time, I struggle.  I do.  Knowing what He has called me to and not being able to do anything to further it along.  He has carried us through so many difficult months (and years now) and yet I am called to wait.  WAIT!  My heart screams within my chest for His will to be fulfilled in me.  I know that He is faithful.  I know that in the core of my being.  So it is in that knowledge that I wait - knowing that His timing is PERFECT!