Yesterday was decision day. It was the make or break moment for the trip to Kenya, one of many actually. As I’ve mentioned before, this trip is very unexpected. There were no plans or funds set aside for it when the need arose. Originally the plan had been to try to be in Kenya by …
Weekly Photo Challenge: UP
I’ve never posted a photo for the weekly photo challenge before, I don’t think, but this week’s caught my eye. The theme “UP” is one that I have many, many photos for because I’m constantly taking pictures of the sky, the mountains and a host of other things that are over my head. But two …
NT 10:1 The Final Stamp
Week 10: The New Testament and Adoption Cont’d Day 1: The Final Stamp – (Ephesians 1:12-14) We always used to joke that in order to get anything done in Russia you had to have two things: A Spravka (certificate) and a Pechat’ (stamp). The stamp was particularly important because even if you had the spravka, …
NT 9:5 The Process And Price Of Adoption
Week 9: The New Testament and Adoption Day 5: The Process and Price of Adoption – (Ephesians 1:3-14) I love the book of Ephesians. If you could get a peek at my Bible, you might think that a pink ink pen had blown up all over the first half of the book. It used to …
NT 9:4 Adoption And The Law
Week 9: The New Testament and Adoption Day 4: Adoption and the Law – (Romans 10:14; Galatians 4:1-10) Over the years, I have come in contact with several children who made very puzzling decisions. They had, up to that point, been brought up either on the streets or in very bad home environments. Suddenly, they …
NT 9:3 Adoption and Israel
Week 9: The New Testament and Adoption Day 3: Adoption and Israel – Romans 9 “Can you imagine a woman giving birth to a child and then casting it out into the field to wallow in the afterbirth, unbathed, uncared for, naked and exposed to the elements? Can you imagine a child in such a …
NT 9:2 The Waiting of Adoption
Week 9: The New Testament and Adoption Day 2: The Waiting of Adoption – Romans 8:22-25; 35-39 I am not an adoptive parent, though there have been many occasions on which I wished I could be. But I have watched others go through the process. It can take months, even years. And all the while, …
The Unexpected
Sometimes the unexpected happens. Just when you think you know where you’re going, God switches on the turn signal. At the start of this year, the Lord opened the door to begin preparing materials for a Bible Institute course on reaching the Fatherless. Much of what you have seen in the “What the Bible Says …
NT 9:1 The Benefits of Belonging
Week 9: The New Testament and Adoption Day 1: The Benefits of Belonging – Romans 8:16-18 Have you ever felt like you just didn’t belong? When I first went to Russia, I had many of those moments. I would suddenly find myself in a room full of people having an animated conversation and all I …
NT 8:5 No Longer Slaves
Week 8: The New Testament and Adoption Day 5: No Longer Slaves – Romans 8:15 I don’t know her name, but I remember her face. She was about fifteen years old. Pretty. Blonde. Thin. Dirty. Her clothes were in obvious need of laundering and repair. Her hair hung in greasy strings about her face. We …
