Remember this little guy? We hosted this "4"-year-old for a few weeks at Christmas time, he has visited us periodically since then, and we, of course, spend time with him at Home of Love. Well, we've known for some time that he will need an adoptive family (he's one of the few at Home of Love where the case is SO clear) so we've been praying about him... really for years. (Josh met him during his previous trips to Gulu!)
During the recent inspection by local officials at Home of Love, Moses' case was put forth as someone that the government wants to be adopted by a family. So, the social worker at Home of Love, Bosco, a dear friend and faithful man of God, wants us to bring Moses into our home and family. It's an exciting thing as we've been anticipating that this was the path God was directing us down... now it's more of a reality (nothing's reality in Africa until it is, but...). We are already prepared in our home as Moses has been spending time with us and we anticipated this, so now we're just waiting for Bosco to figure out the next step (essentially paperwork). It will be pretty simple since we live here and aren't in a rush to finalize adoption or attempting a truly international adoption.
We were waiting for a clear sign from God in regards to Moses and the timing of his coming into our family - local OFFICIALS saying that he should be adopted is a pretty good sign AND they don't mind that we are mzungus (foreigners)! ;-P
Our prayer for all these months has been concerning adoption: for Moses and for the other children at Home of Love to grasp adoption and understand that we still love all of them, and for the staff at Home of Love to understand adoption... this is the first adoption from Home of Love, so it's really in many ways a foreign concept, but a necessary one, and maybe one that will become part of the fabric of Home of Love.
We are praying that through this step, we will have opportunities to share about GOD's adoption of US and what that adoption means. What a testimony to the Gospel! We have lived amongst these precious ones with our Gracie and they clearly see that Gracie is our first born precious daughter - Gracie does a great job herself of shining forth Christ's love and joy!
Pray with us that God's glory would be proclaimed through our family. You might recall that we came to Uganda with three specific ministry areas of focus: Josh with pastoral leadership development, Abby with medical coordination for children with special needs, and the family to live out what it means to be a Godly family. By taking an Acholi as our son, we are inviting others into our lives to see what we are about!
We are curious to see how God works! We are willing and empty vessels to be used by HIM!
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