1. Our rental house ceiling collapsed, resulting in many nights of work for Daniel. Nasty insulation everywhere, our friend living there trying to finish up last-minute details to fly to Poland for two years as a missionary...it wasn't an "ideal" scenario. The devil tried pretty hard to discourage her in her call to missions and us in our pursuit of adoption...sorry, didn't work this time!
2. Our close friends Tim and Melody welcomed their second child, Laina Christine, into the world on October 16! She is gorgeous like her big sister Hannah (and her mommy, of course!). We were blessed to spend a couple days caring for Hannah while Tim and Melody enjoyed the first moments with Laina.
3. Other close friends had to fight a huge spiritual battle in the lives of their foster children as the kids were placed back with a family member this past Friday. We are all claiming the Lord's protection over these little ones as they have trusted Him as their Savior. We know He goes before them and knows them inside and out! They are never outside of His hands.
4. Our friend Becky (who's ceiling collapsed) hopped a plane TONIGHT for a two-year term in Poland, working in youth ministry. Becky has been such an encouragement to us in our adoption journey, as we watched her pursue God's call on her life whole-heartedly and found herself completely funded in less than a year. God enables those He calls!
5. We are still plugging away at the adoption! We are oh so very close to completing our home study!! Daniel just needs to finish reading the "required reading" book (in his free time, after this ceiling project is done!), and we should be on our way to FINISHED after our last visit. We can't wait to move into the next phase!
6. We will be an aunt/uncle by this time next month...just had to stick that in there! Yahoo for Nathan's first cousin!
So, you can see that a few things have been happening in our circles. We have been blessed to see how the Lord has been working in the lives of our friends and greatly encouraged and comforted knowing that He holds us up in the moments of despair and suffering as well.
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