The drive:
Psalm 82:3–4
“Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people”.
This is the premise on which we want to base our lives on. This is our true religion!
God has called us to enter into relationship with the people around us, and all over the world. He has called us to love them…to serve them…to give of our hearts and God given abundance to them…to show them God’s love…and to adopt their orphans as our own. Our current focus?…Uganda.
You may ask…Are we doing this because we have been told we can’t have “biological” children?
The answer to this is no. We have not been told that, nor do we think that. In fact, we know and have unwavering faith that we will have “biological” children. So this decision to adopt did not come out of discouragement, nor is it second best. Being a “father to the fatherless” is part of God’s calling and purpose for our lives.
Some adoption statistics:
In the world: there are 143,000,000 orphans. Of those, 50,000,000 are “adoptable”. Of those, 250,000 are adopted annually.
60% of female orphans are lured into some form of sex trade.
70% of male orphans become hardened criminals.
Uganda has 2.5 million orphans, the highest number in the world per capita. 1.2 million of which are orphaned by HIV/AIDS!
We are all called to manifest the spirit of adoption in some way!
So please join us in prayer and support as we continue to live out God’s purpose in our lives through adoption.
There are still a lot of details to work out, but we can't wait to meet our children and hold them in our arms... God is so Good!
Here is a link to a video that reflects our heart!
10 comments:
so cool! my husband & i hope to adopt from uganda soon...
which agency are you using? or are you going through a local lawyer?
also - have you heard of the new rulings about the wording judges use in the court procedure? it seems so confusing right now...i'm praying for all involved.
Hey this is great. Will be praying for you guys that all goes well.
We're in the process of adopting from Uganda. We're waiting on our referral. :-)
Love it! Can not wait!
Stephen and I feel the same way about adoption, and are so excited to see you two taking this step! I know how stressful the adoption process can be and will be praying that everything goes smoothly for you. Come on over if you ever need to talk! :)
Being parents is awesome! You're gonna love it :)
Jodean
Beautiful! You can't go wrong when you follow the Lord's direction.
Kent and I will be praying.
Congratulations. Trevor and I eventually want to do the same thing.Except ours will be from Haiti, have known that for a long time.
I love it!!!! That is amazing! I loved that youtube video. Very touching!
Sweet! we are proud of you guys. These two will hear of Jesus, as before, maybe not. Love you guys. brew -seeyabye.
Congrats guys!
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