Lord-willing, in the next few months, we will board a plane to go meet our son! Yes, recent events have given us pause to think; not because we're afraid to go, but because the situation compels us to formulate a response to well-meaning friends and family who may question why.
Why travel this time?
Why, when we have four precious little ones of our own, would we risk a trip to a conflicted region?
As we listened to this sermon on the book of Hebrews by David Platt, it really gave us confirmation that "God's got this."
We believe strongly that if something happened to us during one of our trips to South Korea:
#1 Christ is the author and finisher of our lives and has every day of our lives numbered ...
Of course we will be cautious and careful, as any American traveling internationally should be in these times, but we know that if God would call us Home on this trip, our four precious children would be well-loved, taken care of, and supported by a multitude of friends and family!
#2 We know that while the little one we are adopting in Korea currently has a loving foster family, he has no one no one to support him, love him and permanently care for him. He has no one to usher him into adulthood and encourage him throughout his life. No one to love and cherish him, no family to belong to.
So we are leaving behind our four children, Lord-willing temporarily, to go for the one who has no one.
We hope this video message encourages you in whatever challenges God has for your life, as it did for us! We know beyond a shadow of a doubt that no matter what conflicts, military exercises, or political will foreign leaders hold; God is the hero of our story!
His name will be glorified in every area of our adoption journey! We wait with eager anticipation to receive our court date!! Our luggage is out, our passports are ready, we look forward to going to meet our son!!
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