After reading the book Radical by David Platt, Kyle and I have been making some changes in our lives. Some are big, some are small. We just got rid of U-verse. This is a small change, but it's big for us since it's almost football season. We'll be thankful for friends and family in our lives with televisions and cable once that season opener rolls around. We've decided to go on a short-term mission trip. We don't know how to make it happen financially, but we've made that commitment.
As for big changes, here they are. We're going through the process of being licensed to become foster parents. We've turned in our application. We'll see what happens from here. We've also decided that we're going to adopt internationally. That is definitely a big dream for us financially speaking, but we believe that we've been called by God to do this. As Christ-followers we're called to defend the cause of the fatherless. There are around 133 million orphans around the world. Every 14 seconds a child is orphaned because of HIV or AIDS. In Ethiopia 1 in 10 children is an orphan. 1 in 10. That's heart-breaking. Everyday 26,000 children die from starvation or preventable disease. The statistics are mind-blowing, but I'm sure when you look into the eyes of one of the dying or the orphaned, it becomes reality. We're praying that we'll see with Jesus' eyes.
Please pray for us as we begin this new chapter of our lives. It's exciting to not know what our family will look like in five years. Who knows? We might have five kids by then!
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