The Journey

We are on a journey! Our most recent turn began this spring when we learned about a hosting program which brings Eastern Euorpean orphans to America for 6 weeks during the summer and 4 weeks around Christmas. These orphans are shown the love of Jesus and the love of a family. A friend from church decided to host up to 4 orphans (they had room for 4 in their van), and raised money to host 3 girls from Ukraine. One of the girls grabbed our hearts and God transformed our lives to include her. Behind the scenes, God had already prepared the soil of our hearts to consider hosting and adopting. Denton and I looked over the photos and bios of all the children, but could not decide. We could have them all! This one young lady named Olga did stand out to me, but I did not know why. I didn't trust my heart to know that God was preparing us all to be a family.
Over the summer, we got to know Olga & God knit us together in ways and in special moments that can't be explained with common words. God's sovereignty rules all things, and this we know. We are now experiencing the wonders of His love in a new way. This clip I received in an email describes it nicely:

Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different hair color than the other members. One of her students suggested that he was adopted. A little girl said, 'I know all about Adoption, I was adopted..' 'What does it mean to be adopted?', asked another child. 'It means', said the girl, 'that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy!'

Well, there you have it! Olga grew in our hearts! We are planning to host Olga this Christmas & we cannot wait to see her again and have her part of our family! If you are interested in hosting, or would like to support our journey by prayer and financial support, please send us an email! dendo74@hotmail.com