It has been so very crazy here that I realized that I never posted BIG THANK YOU to all those who were involved in the spaghetti dinner.
From the band who generously offered to play, to the church for allowing us to use their building, to the ladies who planned every step of the day and stood all evening to make it happen so wonderfully, to the children / teenagers who spent their night serving others, literally serving by serving, to the people who donated food, money and auctions items, to the people who came to eat, share fellowship, listen to the band and bid on auction items and to all those who prayed for us and this special night that the Lord would be glorified through all of it.
It was about Him, not us. About the path He has asked us to take and about all those who have come along side of us. You have lifted us up when we were down, you have cheered for us when we stepped forward, and cried, hugged and prayed with us when we seemed to be going backwards.
In the Bible it tells us that all are called to help widows and orphans. James 1:27 – Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
Not everyone is been called to adopt, but everyone is called to do “something.” Everyone who had any part at all in this wonderful night was doing the part that the Lord called them to do. Thank you seems so inadequate to say, yet it is with overflowing hearts we say it.
Recently someone posted this on their blog. “It’s about stepping out, not planning out.”
This is so true. This journey has been about stepping out and trusting Him, not ourselves. Why He called us, we have no idea. Yet we know with certainty He did, and we are obeying.
We were hoping to tell everyone at the dinner we had travel dates. The day before the dinner we got word a very import piece of paper was never done, and they had no idea how long it would take. 3 days after the dinner, we got a call and said “how soon can you come?” and we were given tentative dates to be confirmed “the next day.”
Well, 8 days later we still do not know if we are going those dates which are only 10 days from today.
Our complete plan for our home, animals and children has been turned upside down because my mother has been in the hospital for 2+ weeks. We are scrambling to figure out other plans. Yet, we have peace knowing that He knows this and knew this was happening. Maybe this is why we got dates, that maybe aren’t “true dates,” to get us moving to figure plan B out. We really do not know why we were given dates and then 8 days later we still wait. Maybe it was to give our son “hope” that we are coming soon because we shared this with him.
All we know is we can not see the end of this journey. Only He can, and we have to trust that everything is happening for His purpose. So if we travel in 10 day or 20 we trust Him that it will be the “perfect time” for His purpose.
Throughout this journey the only consistent thing is that we KNOW He is with us every step of the way. Our faith, and the faith of our children has grown and stretched to uncomfortable proportions at times, yet when we have our son home, we will look back and see how much we all have grown. Someday when we look back we maybe able to say Ah Ha! that’s why that happened that way. But, if not, that’s okay to, we have faith He knows why.
THANK YOU for walking this journey with us. Thank you for doing the part the Lord has called you to do.
Please continue to pray for us. We hope to know any day when we will go and if this so very important piece of paper was obtained today and sent to the right place, the right person who can give us the go ahead to go bring our son home.
Blessings,
Oscar & Wende