No April Fools - Referral

Well today I almost joked to my kids that we got a referral and then proclaim "April fools!" It didn't seem appropriate, but a referral seemed like it would never come. Instead I told them we bought a Wii. They didn't like the joke.

A half hour after my Wii joke we got the phone call from our most epic social worker and a follow up email with the amazing news that we have been matched to a precious five year old girl. Her name means "Thankful." We are thankful for the opportunity to call her daughter and sister. We pray that God would bless her and comfort her in the midst of so many changes in her short life.

Along this journey we have been praying that God would match us with the child of His choice. What child needed us? What child did we need? What child needed to be in our family to become the family God created us to be? So we prayed and waited and felt some bumps on the way and even wondered if it would ever happen, but we continued to pray that God would bring the right child at the right time.

Today we got the answer and for that we are overwhelmed with gratitude to God and humbled. God, may we trust in You. Make us into the family you would have us be.

Psalm 78:2-4

2 I will open my mouth in parables,
I will utter hidden things, things from of old-

3 what we have heard and known,
what our fathers have told us.

4 We will not hide them from their children;
we will tell the next generation
the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD,
his power, and the wonders he has done.