Sorry no posts this last week, we were on a mini adult only vacay!!! Yahooooo. It was awsome. Every year for the past four years or so we have gone to Sonshine in Willmar, MN. It is a Christian outdoor music festival from Wed-Sun. My fav bands are always out there like Newsboys, Skillet, Kutless, Toby Mac, Thousand Foot Krutch, Jeremy Camp, Barlow Girl, etc... It is the best worship and praise of the year for me. There is nothing cooler than being with 20,000 other Christians lifting your hands and honoring the Almighty God!! The Holy Spirit was moving this weekend and it was amazing to be a part of it.
While we were there Ken and I felt led by the Holy Spirit to have our family sponsor a child in a 3rd world country. Through Compassion Intl we are happy to say that we have sponsored two beautiful children, because I couldn't pick just one!. Our family has expanded over night! We have a 4 y/o little girl, Lucy, from Tanzania and a 4 y/o little boy, Geyson, from Hondorous. They are so precious. We pay a very small amount per month for each child to have food, clothing, school supplies, medical care, and The Gospel introduced to them. How awsome is that. The kids don't totally understand yet, but they will. We prayed for Lucy and Geyson last night before bed as a family.
Jaden asked if they are "Real" people. So I explained that they are real people but we only have pictures because they live far, far away, across the oceans in a different country. I also explained to him that these children were now apart of our family, as a new Christian Brother and Sister. He replied, "So they will be with us forever? Cool!" How precious!!! I told him they will forever be in our hearts, as part of our family. I also explained that we will get more pictures of them and they will get pics of us and we will be able to write letters back and forth for many years to get to know them more. And maybe in a few years we will be able to go on a missions trip as a family and meet them in person.
Jaden seemed interested in that, but he is still trying to figure the whole thing out. It will take time, but they will understand and pretty soon they will be able to write their own letters to the sponsored children. Ken and I want so badly for our children to understand the Mission of Jesus Christ and to know that if we can only do one thing towards the mission, it should be LOVING and serving "the least of these people".
Thank you Heavenly Father for blessing our family with these beautiful children, Lucy & Geyson, in addition to our birth children, KyLee Jaden & Elijah. We are so honored to be given the opportunity to serve you in this way. Lord, Ken and I ask that you bless these children with security, comfort, their daily bread, and your Word. Lord we also ask that you bless our children with compassion for others, the ability to reach hurting people, and the strength to not become "of this world" but to be You in the flesh in this world to others. I ask that you give Ken and I the direction to teach these things to our children and the strength to rely on you and have the faith to trust your Will for our lives and theirs. Thank you again Father for yet another opportunity to serve You and be served by YOU!! You are the definition of LOVE, may we help show people that. ~AMEN
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