OUR 171 is HERE!!! I Think!

My social worker told me today that our local USCIS officer told her he did about 15 or so in the last few weeks but didn't tell her whose. However, her fax machine is broken so she doesn't know whose they are!!!! But she did say he usually does all the ones on his desk and our application and fingerprining have been in for 3 months and the homestudy was submitted over 6 weeks ago!

Prayer request: Donna at Acres of Hope told me about a 12 year old special needs girl on Saturday. I asked if she could get some more information as she knew very little. Yesterday during church I felt the Lord gave me the name "Mercy" for a child He was going to give us at some point. Donna called again last night to tell me some details on her. Her name is...you guessed it..."Mercy"! Is that the Lord! I will not go into too much detail as we have not officially accepted her referral. But I will say she is in imminent need of medical attention. She is actually 14 and weighs only 60lbs. My 7 year old weighs 55lbs and she's a bean pole! Another little girl we have been considering since May is two weeks younger than our daughter. They both turn 8 in November. She too has medical issues and are not sure if it would be too much to deal with both. But sometimes the Lord gives us situations and gives us the grace to rise to the occasion.

I love the story of Tony Campolo who was to speak at a church. As the pastor introduced him he also told of a need of a family who was about to lose their house due to the father losing his job and would Tony please pray for this family when he came up. Tony for a long time was silent as he looked out over the audience and finally shook his head... "No!" he said. "I'm sorry, but I will not pray for this family! I got fifty bucks in my pocket, how much do you have?" Sometimes I think we can over analyze/pray about something we already know God simply wants us to take action on.

I have calls into pediatric doctors and the specialists at UNM Hospital and part of me feels like I need to count the cost. And the other part of me feels guilty for not trusting the Lord to "do the next thing", to "step out in faith" and trust Him to give the strength to endure 2 medically needy children.

So I ask for your prayers for wisdom and the peace to pursue and that God would show us His will in all this. He knows the future, we don't. We trust Him.