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my husband and daughter (then 17) went to russia on a mission trip in 2004 to help build playgrounds at three orphanages.
the trip impacted them in a big way. talk about having your world view changed!
i was stunned when they both discussed the possibility of adopting. we already had 3 kids and were moving into middle age.
my husband was so moved by all the older boys that have no father in their lives. i remember him saying, "no parent could ever go there and not be deeply impacted by all those children with no families."
i knew it must be GOD when my daughter was supportive... she had often said growing up that we had too many kids in our family!
we started talking together as a family and praying about what God would have us do.
it didn't take long for all of us to be on the same page.
four out of five of us have been to russia. the fifth one will go with us for court.
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"As you do not know the path of the wind,
or how the body is formed in a mother's womb,
so you cannot understand the work of God,
the Maker of all things." Ecclesiastes 11:5
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