Several months ago we were sent an email by our family coordinator about a particular baby who needed adopting from Ethiopia. The agency sent the email out to all the families who had their paperwork already in country. As I read the email I learned this baby girl had HIV and the agency was asking us to prayerfully consider opening our hearts her. Inside me fear struck and at the same time a feeling that no, this child was not what God had for our family. The fear came from the idea of prayerfully considering this child! While I really felt this was not the situation for our family, I felt I did need to bring it to my Father in prayer.
Have you ever prayed for something and been afraid of what the answer may be? I confess, I did think of several things. What if God wanted us to adopt this little girl? She is, after all, a soul who deserves to be loved by a family and given the opportunity to come to know the God who created her with this disease. If God led us in this direction, could we handle the task set before us? What would our family and friends think? I was fearful that maybe God would change our hearts...yet I had to pray and ask. I have lived enough to know that sometimes God does have us do the unexpected, and sometimes we are put into uncomfortable circumstances to bring Him praise and glory and to draw us ever closer to Him.
As time went on, I knew that God did not have this precious girl for us. I want you to read the rest of her story (at least what we know so far). Please click here and read on!