So today was pretty awesome. Some of you know that 2 years ago Lee and I came down here to Monterrey with FOG and Time ministries. We were praying that somehow God would give us a clear answer on whether we should adopt. And one day when we visited an orphanage you can imagine our surprise to find a little Mexican girl with a very un-Mexican name... Kendall, our oldest daughter's name. We felt that was a pretty clear sign. And some of you also know that as we have been trying to adopt this year we have seen allot of doors shut and we have felt discouraged. One of our prayers this week was that we would feel renewed in our passion to keep pushing forward in our adoption.
So, imagine my absolute delight when we pulled up today at the very same orphanage we had visited 2 summers before. But would our Kendall be there? I was so excited when I saw they had built a wall and painted murals of each child. I looked for her name and there it was. But the older kids were at VBS and would be back around lunch time. And when they walked in, I saw her. Her eyes were the same and this was the girl I had prayed for. I was so thrilled.
I am attaching a picture of our daughter, Kendall, folding laundry with Kendall. They are the same exact age.
And 2 years ago there was a baby girl who had just arrived there a week or so before we arrived to visit. She was crying and afraid and so sweet. We loved on her and rocked her and prayed for her. Her big brown eyes reminded me so much of my baby girl, Karlee. Well, God is good because I found her, too. She's the picture of the baby blowing bubbles. She's doing great and she is still just as precious.
"Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again." Psalm 71:20-21
I think about these sweet kids and the troubles they have seen and yet they do not seem bitter or sad. I see that God is restoring their lives, bringing them up, and comforting them.
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Heather: thank you for sharing from your heart all the emotion you all are experiencing down there. We prayed for your safe border crossing and will continue to pray that God would use you in unique ways each day. Please continue to pour out your emotions here as that's the best way for us to 'see' what you're seeing there. All the best.
Bruce Eric Anderson
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