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"Of course, for most of Africa's ten million, fifteen million, twenty million orphans, no one is getting a room ready. No one will ever come."
Melissa Greene

from another adoptive mom

"Our eyes were opened to a need. We felt a responsibility.
We are scared to death. But the only thing more scary to us is not doing it."

amen.

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...ONCE OUR EYES ARE OPENED WE CAN'T PRETEND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. GOD, WHO WEIGHS OUR HEARTS AND KEEPS OUR SOULS, KNOWS THAT WE KNOW, AND HOLDS US RESPONSIBLE TO ACT. -PROVERBS 24:12

He is in this

the same week we got accepted into the Rwanda program.
and received a LOT of paper to read and sign.
and send back in with a big check...

our church decided to give me a check for the exact amount we needed to submit for all the work i do with the nursery...all the scheduling of all the services...

wow.

and it begins...

after she called, she sent an email with "some attachments" to look over...and fill out...and return {with more money :-)}

and it begins...

accepted!!!

"she" called today to let us know we were accepted into the rwanda program!!!
for 2 sweet kids!!!

tears sprang to my eyes as soon as she said the words.
i'm not sure what i said.
something along the lines of, "wow! i'm so excited!" i think. :-)

i called pat at work to tell him
{i never call him...so i'm pretty sure he knew before i even said anything}

she sent a couple emails with a lot of attachments for our next step.

i'll get there.

right now i'm just excited!

telling the kids

we told the kids last night.
started by reading some verses about caring for the poor...widow...orphan...
talked about it.
reminded them of things we've done, people we've helped.
then, pat told them we want to adopt 2 kids into our family.
to be their brothers and/or sisters forever.

i was watching rebekah's face as pat said it.
she swallowed hard.
then her face lit up.
and she whispered, "cool!"

there were many questions from joshua :-)
he wanted to know everything.
and we know nothing...yet...

bailey even seemed to "get it" in her own little way.
asked a couple questions.

we encouraged them to pray with us...and on their own.
that's basically all we can do at this point.
and then we prayed together as a family.