Being out here in the bush these past two years has exposed me to a lot of wonderful blessings, as well as, many deep heartaches. We come in contact with so many babies and children who are in poor health and need, so many of those children are abandoned, left to starve, left unnoticed…even with the help of an orphanage, we can’t save them all. So many babies have died lately from sickness, lack of nutrition, lack of knowledge, lack of care, and lack of value. We can see God working to bring people out into the villages to give them basic healthcare knowledge to help lessen these situations, but it will still take time. Just a couple weeks ago we got the privilege to witness God’s sovereignty and mercy at work.
About a month ago, a grandmother came and told the story of her daughter who is mentally ill, unable to care for children, yet pregnant again. The grandmother is very sick and is already caring for 4 other children. Her husband has taken a new wife and no longer pays her any attention nor his daughter who is mentally ill. The grandmother is on her own and cared enough to look for a place for her granddaughter. Unfortunately at MOL, we have reached our max capacity and cannot take in any more babies…but God already knew that and has been making a plan for this little one for at least two years now.
Beverly, a missionary in Livingstone and good friend of mine, has been pressed to adopt a baby girl for the last two years, when God first placed the desire in her heart. She has been waiting for things to fall into place so that she can adopt a baby in need. God has been providing one thing at a time including a house for Beverly and a baby. She finally went to Social Welfare to see if there were any babies needing to be adopted…well just after this she heard about this mother who is mentally ill and expecting a baby any time. She prayed and prayed wondering if this was the baby God had for her…well sure enough, when the baby was born, it was a girl and just days before birth, the mother tested HIV negative. Of all the options, the grandparents really wanted their granddaughter to be adopted and exposed to the opportunities of living in town. Everything was now in place for Beverly to adopt this little girl…we just needed social welfare to confirm. Social welfare made a trip out to the grandparents village this past weekend and confirmed everything, Beverly is officially fostering this little girl and Lord willing in the next 6 months will have full custody of baby
Adyson GRACE.
I am so grateful that God allowed me to be part of this miracle, to know that this baby girl will not be abandoned or neglected, to know that God has amazing plans for her life and this was just the first step. Please pray that Beverly adjusts to being a new mom as easily as Adyson Grace will adjust to her being her new mom. This event reminds me of how powerful our God is and how much He cares about us…that He would make a way for Adyson Grace two years before she was even born…what a God of LOVE.
If He does this for a little girl out in the bush of Africa, you can be most certain He is doing to same for you…
PSALM 139
1 O Lord, you have examined my heart
and know everything about me.
2 You know when I sit down or stand up.
You know my thoughts even when I’m far away.
3 You see me when I travel
and when I rest at home.
You know everything I do.
4 You know what I am going to say
even before I say it, Lord.
5 You go before me and follow me.
You place your hand of blessing on my head.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too great for me to understand!
I can never get away from your presence!
8 If I go up to heaven, you are there;
if I go down to the grave, you are there.
9 If I ride the wings of the morning,
if I dwell by the farthest oceans,
10 even there your hand will guide me,
and your strength will support me.
11 I could ask the darkness to hide me
and the light around me to become night—
12 but even in darkness I cannot hide from you.
To you the night shines as bright as day.
Darkness and light are the same to you.
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.
15 You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16 You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
They cannot be numbered!
18 I can’t even count them;
they outnumber the grains of sand!
And when I wake up,
you are still with me!
17 I can never escape from your Spirit!
13 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
17 How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
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