Great News! April Prayer Letter

En Route to China

After months of requesting documents and having them approved by various government agencies, our dossier is finally complete and is currently on its way to China!  We are very excited to have the tedious process of the paper trail behind us.  Once our documents arrive in China, they will be reviewed and then our names will be added to the waiting list.  Once we are on the list, we could be matched with a child at any time.  When a child is available, they will send us the information in a “referral.”   Then it is usually about a 6 month wait before we would travel to bring our child home.  Please continue to pray that the Lord would match us with the child He has prepared for our family!

Perseverance in Prayer

When Janette started working for a large bank, her trainer, Tiffany, made quite an impression.  This hardened 30-something seemed to be the last person who would be interested in talking about God.  As a result, Janette decided to talk to God about her.  As she prayed, she intentionally invested in Tiffany’s life, getting to know her and showing her that she cared.

For 3 years, Janette prayed with perseverance that the Lord could and would work in Tiffany’s life.  She often invited friends in her Bible study and other Christian co-workers to join her in praying for Tiffany.  Finally, an answer came.  Over a meal, Janette had the opportunity to explain Jesus’ love and sacrifice very clearly; however, at that time Tiffany wasn’t quite ready to surrender everything to God.  She’d been in control of her life for quite some time, so it was scary to let go.

Several months passed and were filled with many more spiritual conversations, then one day Tiffany shared with Janette that she had invited Christ to save her soul and be the Lord of her life.  After praying for her for 3 1/2 years, Tiffany had become a Christian!

Janette is just one of the many graduates that I have the privilege of connecting with on a regular basis from across the country and she is a wonderful example of the power of prayer.  In our fast-food culture, we are often discouraged when God doesn’t answer our prayers immediately.  Janette persevered and offered not only her prayers, but herself, to her friend.  Through Janette’s faithfulness God did a miraculous work in Tiffany’s life.  Praise Him for His amazing love!

Praises

• The completion of our Dossier!
• For God’s faithfulness to hear and answer our prayers
• For Janette’s perseverance in prayer and intentionality to show God’s love to her co-workers
• For the Lord’s amazing grace!
• For the many graduates who are representing Christ to a broken world

Prayer Requests

• For Tiffany’s growth as she continues to surrender her life daily to Jesus
• For Janette’s continued faithfulness and witness to other co-workers
• For the Lord to use many grads like Janette
• Please continue to pray for our adoption process