DIVINE APPOINTMENTS......

The number of times that God has so mercifully and generously answers our prayers about adopting Phillip mounts at a rate that increases my faith and humbles my heart.  There are so many Divine Appointments with amazing folks that God uses to bless us at JUST THE RIGHT TIME.  Now that our paperwork is in China, our attention has turned to preparing for Phillip's arrival.  There are things we can do like making our upstairs wheelchair accessible, but the waiting has caused me to consider even more deeply what it will mean to be Phillip's family; to be entrusted with the care of such a precious boy.  On Saturday, we were pulling out of the Home Depot parking lot when Karl pointed out one of my volleyball players from the 90's, Jamie.  We pulled up and rolled down the windows to get reacquainted, but had no idea how God would use that chance meeting to minister to both of us right where we were at at that moment in time. Jamie and her husband recently adopted a 9 year little boy from Guatemala.  He is actually in Shriner's Hospital recovering from surgery to correct his scoliosis.  Jamie and her husband proved to have a wealth of knowledge about Shriner's Hospital and attachment disorder.  They recommended a book that I haven't been able to put down called The Connected Child.  Thanks again and again and again, GOD.  I am so grateful.  Peace is not the absence of challenges, but the knowledge of whose we are!  Thanks for reminding me again!