Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. James 1:27

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Faith

I'm steeling this verse from some friends of ours, but they are going through the same journey as us so I don't think they'll mind.

Faith is the confidence that what we hope
for will happen; it gives us assurance
about the things we cannot see.
Hebrews 11:1

We spent Saturday evening at BridgeStone. We met an awesome couple, the Grekos. They went to Ukraine in August and adopted their son, Sasha. He is 13 and he is adjusting so well. He is speaking a good bit of English, he calls them mom & dad, and he really seems to love his new brother & sisters. We got a lot of good information from them about what its like over in Ukraine. Sounds like we'll have a little bit of culture shock. There won't be the same kind of conveniences there that we're used to having. No matter, after talking with them and getting to spend time with Sasha, we're more excited than ever. It really made us miss the boys. It took the Grekos about 7 months to go through the adoption process and that's about what we're looking at. It just FEELS like FOREVER! That's why I stole that verse. I'm going to look at it everyday. This journey has an end, we just have to keep the faith that God will see us through. 

Sorry so long without a post!

The yard sale went great! Thanks to everyone who donated and helped out in any way!

The new group of orphans will be arriving next week! They will fly in to Atlanta @ 8pm December 20. We will be their 1st house parents the 21st-23rd. Please pray for strength and energy for us! We've heard that being there @ the beginning is a little different. There will be 5 boys and 5 girls this time. We are excited to see how different the dynamics will be this time, since it was all boys in the last group.

If you're interested in volunteering, please let us know & we'll give you the info to contact BridgeStone.