Well, it has been about 6 months since I blogged. It seems that with facebook blogs are falling behind, but I like blogs so much better. I am going to try to keep mine up, we will see.
There is too much to catch you up on since January, so I will just highlight a few things. We have a new grandson, Jack. He was born May 9th and we have been able to make 2 visits. The first one was on the day he was born and then we went back about 2 weeks later and spent a day in Denver and then a few days in Breck with Tyler and Mindy. It was wonderful!
Meg and I made a trip to New York City at the beginning of June. We got to see my family and many sights in the city. It was so fun to be there and explore.
One of the big things happening in our lives is that Fred and I are praying about what we do in this next season of life. It is easy to grow older and fade out, we want to finish well and strong. We feel like the Lord may be calling us to get involved in orphan care, not to actually adopt, but to find ways to care for the vulnerable. We have a ton of ideas and roads to choose from, the question is, which path does the Lord have for us? How do we give our lives away to the ones that have no one? It is exciting and scary. I feel the same sense of anticipation and trepidation I have felt in the past when we were praying about going on church plants. I find myself thinking in new ways and examining my life by new measures. This life here is short and the pleasure of this world are fleeting, I don't want to cling to those things when there are children who need to hear the gospel and know the love of Jesus. "Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked." (Psalm 82:3-4) I will write more on this as God leads us. In October we are attending a conference, Together for Adoption, to learn more about what we can do through our local churches to care for those who have no mommy and daddy to love and protect them. I will keep you posted.
"His mercies will never come to an end...therefore I have hope in Him." Lam. 3
3 comments:
I am excited for you friend! What a wonderful vision for your life. I wish we were there too, but not our season yet. I think we should start an orphanage in Africa!!
Will be exciting to see what God has in store!
I am really excited to see what God has for you guys in this next season. We were going to attend Together for Adoption last year but instead just decided to adopt again. We adopted a little boy from Ethiopia. You can read about our journey on our blog. He is amazing but also know that our journey to rescue him was only the beginning! A great book to read is Adopted for Life by Russell Moore.
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