Cannot believe it has been 27 days
already and we still have our last session of court coming up Tuesday. The two other couples we came with have
already and their court and have gone home until the 10 day wait is over. So Kathy and I are way behind because of the
area we are in and some of their requirements and policies. But we are still trusting God that everything
will continue to be favorable and we will get to take this young man home with
us very soon.
This morning we were trying to
catch Bro. Hamm’s message from last week at the Gardendale Baptist Church and
the scripture he was using was from Luke chapter 19. And his topic was HIS Mission, Our
Mission. What he was saying is why are
we here and why are they sending many teams to different parts of the
world. Because Christ said, I come to
seek and to save that which was lost.
That is his mission and every born again Christian should have the same
mission. We are here hoping to make a
difference in one child’s life, what are you doing? We are here and we do not speak the language
but that did not hinder us, so what are you doing? What is your excuse?
From the time we started this
process we have had so many people ask us are you sure about this? Or why would
you want to do this now when you have raised 5 children already and are wanting
to start with another one. My answer to
them is what I said to God. “Yes.” You
know that is all it takes to do God’s will, just say “Yes.” Yes to make a difference somewhere, yes to
make a difference in someone’s life, you just never know where God’s will might
just take you, but remember it is his Grace that will take you through it. Yes sometime it is inconvenient but hey, I
have gotten a lot of personal devotion, meditation and prayer time in since we
have been here. And I am truly thankful for that because the last four and half
years I have been in Seminary and much of my free time was devoted to my course
work and the rest was devoted to my sermon study.
Today was a GREAT day with “H” he
has learned all of the ABC in ASL (American Sign Language) by heart and can
recall them by memory and by sight of the letter in either case. The only one that is still giving him trouble
and that can be for anyone is the upper case I and the lower case L in many fonts they look the same so we are
working on that one. Not only that he
has learned to write them as well, there is an older student there at the
facility with “H” that has been working with him and you can tell it. And today he was very proud of himself and because
of it he got extra gaming time because I was glad to reward him for his hard
work. Please continue to follow our
saga and also keep us in your thoughts and prayers that we will get a favorable
judgment Tuesday. There are others here
as well who need your prayers also God knows who there are.
Here is the Picture of the Day
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