Bringing Phillip Home...: So blessed...

Friday, October 7, 2011

So blessed...

Right now, I'm just feeling SO BLESSED! I know this God we serve is amazing, yet somehow it still surprises me every time I see Him move. And He has been moving this week!
Well, now that you're curious I guess I oughtta spill the beans, huh? Britt and I had an awesome opportunity on Wednesday. We got to lead a seminar for chapel together and told about all the lessons we've learned through this adoption process. Almost 50 college students showed up to listen, totally packing out our classroom. People still came in and sat against the wall when they saw all the chairs full. Lots of our good friends came which was GREAT. They were all really encouraging and super engaged while we were talking, and it just meant a lot to us that soooo many people were interested and even excited to hear about our story. Well the talk went really well. We pretty much told the story of our adoption from start to finish, then Britt talked about how she's grown to understand God's love way better by seeing adoption as a picture of His love. I talked about learning how much I need to surrender everyday. We wrapped things up, socialized for a bit, got lots of love from our friends, and then were done.
But God wasn't.
Today, I went to the mailroom and checked my mailbox. I got a curious, fat little envelope that said, "Kyle Croft (for Phillip)" which definitely sparked my interest. I wandered around in the bookstore, found a spot behind a shelf and opened it up. That little envelope held a BIG blessing. Some anonymous person gave me $366 to help with the adoption! I was so excited! How cool is that? That some poor college kid was willing to sacrifice, to be used by God to bless our family? God is moving! I freaked out a little bit with my buddies in the bookstore, then freaked out a little on the way back to my room, then just kinda freaked out the rest of the day and told everybody I could. What a good God!
Lamentations 3:24 says, "I say to myself, 'The Lord is my portion, therefore I will wait for Him.'" And He is proving that to us each day! Jesus, YOU are our portion! We can't trust other people to take care of our needs, and we can't take care of them ourselves, but You we can ALWAYS rely on! Praise be to Your name!

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Prayer Requests

1. Phillip's spiritual growth.

2. God's provision for Phillip's medical care

3. A new wheelchair that is better suited for Phillip

4. That God would work in and through us and help us to encourage, support and inspire Phillip as he adapts to life at home with his forever family.

5. That Phillip would be free from attachment and bonding issues.

6. That there would be no barriers to the work of the Holy Spirit in Phillip's life.

7. Insight and wisdom and commitment and compassion as we parent Phillip.

8. Phillip is sufffering fromhis third pressure in 7 months. This one is big and deep and has actually been operated on in the last couple of years.

9. That we would be able to help Phillip transition to life in Spokane and to find the best resources to help him.

10. That we would be able to find the best ways to educate Phillip and to help him read and write in English. He is so SMART!

If you'd like to help......

If you'd like to donate, you can go to http://www.intlcare.org/ .

1. Go to the Helping Us page.

2. Scroll down and click on Make a Donation.

3. This will direct you to Paypal

4. Mention the name The Crofts in the memo section.

5. A 3% fee is deducted for using Paypal.

OR

Checks can be mailed to:

I Care

P.O. Box 1603

Bel Air, Maryland 21014

You can include a brief note with our name on it, but don't write our name on the memo line of the check.

When Kyle and I were at Shepherd's Field Children's Village in August of 2010, we met Chris Dubell who interned at the orphanage. I was immediately blessed by her joyful spirit. When I got to observe Chris teaching English to the primary class, I was impressed by the amazing way that Chris very competently and lovingly managed her class of students with many physical, mental, and emotional special needs. It's a SMALL WORLD! When we made the decision to adopt Phillip, we were given the name of Chris' dad, Dan, who runs an organization that seeks to encourage, support, and inspire adoption. Dan has taken teams to SFCV in the past and has graciously set up an account for us to receive donations to help with the costs of adoption.

THANK YOU!

Karl, Kyle, Brittany, and Joni

A Thousand Gifts

We're keeping our eyes on God's ABUNDANT blessings by taking turns adding to our list of a thousand ways God has BLESSED us!

1. We get the joy of bringing Phillip into our home, but we understand that the blessing will extend to Phillip's support group of family and friends as well. This is so much bigger than our family!

2. Finally having time to clean and organize! Since Phillip's bedroom is our former office, all of the items from the office have needed to find new homes.

3. Trying new Pinterest recipes with Brittany. All of them were yummy winners.

4. Progress in Grammy Croft's recovery from staph infection that afflicted her whole body.

5. Watching the Corban videos in which Brit and Kyle got to take part.

6. Reminiscing about all of the milestones in Phillip's adoption process and how God so clearly led us to bring him home.

7. Listening to Phillip cut loose and totally enjoy America's Funniest Home Videos reruns and Shaun the Sheep videos.

8. Dreaming about finding some ways to inexpensively decorate and update this house.

9. New reading books from the library for Phillip to read! I love that place!

10. Having everybody home for spring break! Boy, am I ever gonna miss you guys!