While Braden was at church camp, he scraped his finger on the concrete ground two different times while playing in a ga-ga ball tournament. He said it bled and it hurt really bad.
He held it up and he said, it’s kinda shaped like the state of Louisiana.
I took a look at it and said, “Oh my gosh! Turn it this way. Now what does it look like?”
He looked up at me and smiled and said, “No way!”
Do you see it?
His boo-boo was in the shape of Africa!
I told him that God used his pain to speak to us!
We’ve all been a little discouraged lately. When we started our adoption journey, the average time to wait for a referral was 8-9 months and we thought we might even have a chance at having her home just after school started this next year. Now the average wait time for a referral is around 14 months.
We have been on the waitlist about 10 1/2 months. We’re getting closer! But, it still seems like we’ve been waiting for her for so long.
The kids still pray for her every night and it just warms my heart that although they are discouraged and asking questions about why it’s taking so long, they’re not giving up hope either.
How can you miss someone so much without ever even knowing them? I don’t know, but we do. There’s definitely something missing in our home and it’s her.
So, when we saw this “sign”, we talked about it and we decided to take it as God saying, “Hang in there. She’s coming. I’m watching over her. I’ve got it all under control. I love you.”
Thank you, Lord, for speaking to us!
Braden thought it was SUPER COOL that this happened to him and he’s been begging me to blog about it and tell people ever since. He has a copy of this picture in his room to remind him of it.
He’s a proud big brother and follower of Jesus!
2 comments:
Love this! Little girl will certainly have some loving big brothers to protect her when she gets home!!!
That's too cool! Love how God encourages us when we need it.
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