Prayers For the Faithful and Willing

Your Opportunity!
I want to pass on this awesome opportunity for the Body!  YES it is an opportunity!  We are all a part of the body of Christ...the Church...His Church. With that there are blessings that come...and calls to respond to!  He calls us to care for the oprhan and the widow.  He Calls... we are to answer.

Deuteronomy 10:17-19 NLT
 “For the Lord your God is the God of gods and Lord of lords. He is the great God, the mighty and awesome God, who shows no partiality and cannot be bribed.  He ensures that orphans and widows receive justice. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing. ¹ So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt."

Psalm 10:17-18 NLT
Lord, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them.
 You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed,
so mere people can no longer terrify them.

Isaiah 1:16-17 NLT
Wash yourselves and be clean!
Get your sins out of my sight.
Give up your evil ways.
 Learn to do good.
Seek justice.
Help the oppressed.
Defend the cause of orphans.
Fight for the rights of widows.

James 1:27 NLT
Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.


I could go on and on... but  you know..  Now before anyone gets "caught up"...I am not here to say that all... everyone... is called to adopt an orphan... but rather to say... we are all called to CARE for them.  So please keep this in mind as you think on these verses.

So the opportunity is this... as I mentioned before there is a blog that I love to follow... A Place Called Simplicity....and honestly I glean so much from it.  PLEASE read more on this here! There will be a post coming that will specifically name several families that are in the process of adopting.  They will be listed so that we as the Body, can lift them up in prayer but also so that as God leads and impresses on your hearts... you may bless them in their journey.  There is a need... there is a real need.  Please take some time to read about the families and their needs...and prayerfully consider what you can do to help care for the orphan!

In this we too are praying... and below is some questions for those participating in a way to honor God and being good stewards of all that He has blessed each of us with.  We too are answering the call to care for the orphan...these are questions that will be posted and answered on each of the blog links!

1. How many children are you adopting?  We are adopting 2 boys. They are twins and are currently being cared for in an orphanage in Eastern Europe.
2. What names have you chosen and what are their ages? The boys are 3 (they will be 4 in December). We have chosen the names David and Jonathan for them. We are not able to post a picture of them as of yet... but will when it is ok!
3. Are any of the children you are adopting considered "special needs"? Both of the boys have special needs.
4.If yes, specifically what Special Needs? They have a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy.  They have other developmental delays in skills and speech.
5.What country or geographic area are you adopting from?  The boys are in Eastern Europe.  WE are anxious to go meet them!
6. Have you adopted before? We adopted a little boy from Ethiopia last year.  What a blessing and a special little boy he is!
7.How close to travel are you? We have home study approval and are waiting for USCIS approval and waiting for a court date.
8. Do you attend church regularily?  If so, what type of church is it? We attend Appleton Alliance every week.  It is a Christian Missionary and Alliance church. A place we feel at home.
9 Do you tithe with each pay (at least the scriptual standard of 10%) YES we joyfully tithe our 10% and above!
10.Yesterday, did you participate in any way with the day of Praise, Prayer by giving praise on the link and then posting your request? Yes. We have so much to be thankful for! And know the true value of prayer...where two or more are gathered! 
11. How did you hear about the Link up?  We heard from the blog... from Linny.
12. Is there anything, briefly, that you would like to share with our orphan-lovin', God honorin', Jesus worhippin' bloggy friends reading this?  We are more than blessed in our life! We love Jesus and strive to honor God with our lives..in every way!  While we do fall short...as all, we are so thankful for His overflowing mercy and grace in our lives.  We have been brought to this place of adoption and have a desire to see others know this as well! We believe that adoption of the orphan is just what God did for us through His Son Jesus! He made a way!  We want to be the way for these two little boys. We have already seen Gods' redeeming work in our other adopted little one! Praise You Jesus! You have come so that we all may have life abundantly...ALL...and you set the Captives free!

Finally, understanding that each gift received through this "Response Time" has been entrusted generously for our use from our loving Father, we promise, in the unlikely event that we would be unable to or decide not to adopt the children we are advocating for, we promise to return all of the money gifted to us as a result of this link to International Voice of the Orphan so they can, at their discretion, give to other families adopting.

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Yes, I will submit__LH___ No, I am unable to submit to this ________