Jehovah Jireh

Jehovah Jireh! The Lord WILL provide.

What a whirlwind of a couple of weeks it has been in the Church household. An insane amount of things have occurred within the last few weeks, and the last few days. Blown away. Completely blown away by our Lords goodness. I think back to how often through this journey have I questioned HOW this was going to happen. Lord, how are we going to get everything done? Father, how are we going to come up with the 30+ grand we need to get to Ethiopia and to the arms of our little one? How are we going to know which baby is meant for our family? Questions continued to be asked and our Father, in all His incredible faithfulness, answered. Consistently. Squashing our doubts and worries to the ground time after time. Oh ye of little faith, indeed.

Friends, I sit here totally humbled by our Lord’s provision for our little family. Within the last three days we have seen the rest of our adoption expenses COMPLETELY covered. Lord forgive us for our lack of faith in Your great work!! Forgive us for doubting your ability to complete this work You started in our hearts! Jehovah Jireh! God says He will provide, and He truly does.

On Friday I was at my parents house when we received the news that we got our first grant. We had sent out applications for four grants and haven’t heard anything as of then. We were HOPING to get $1500 with each grant, which was why I about died when I read the email we received. It was a grant we applied for from a private foundation. “Congratulations! You have received a grant in the amount of $10,500 for your upcoming adoption.” HOLY BUCKETS. That’s nearly enough to cover ALL of our traveling expenses! I burst into a ball of tears when I read the email and then immediately called Cory to tell him the news. Unbelievable. We both sat in shock and wiped the tears of joy from our eyes. Just amazing. Jehovah Jireh! The Lord will provide!

When we came home we received a note in the mail from YWAM Ethiopia, inside a verse. “I pray that from His glorious, unlimited resources He will empower you with inner strength through His Spirit.” Ephesians 3:16. The verse continues, “so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”  When I think of how wide and long and high and deep our Lord loves the orphans of this world, I am brought to tears. When I think of how great His love is for all of us, I am brought to my knees. To see His provision in finding this one child a home with us is incredible to witness. Continually humbled by His favor.

Again today, we were blessed. We received the rest of our needs through a single anonymous donation. This incredible woman has no idea how deeply we have been impacted by her support. The last bit of our estimated expenses were met to the dollar. Again, brought to tears by what the Lord has done. What a weekend it has been for our family. We may need a little more or a little less depending on the costs of airfare, but the financial burden has been totally taken care of. Cory and I sat in tears this afternoon praising our Lord for His provision. Jehovah Jireh. Our God is incredible!!

We’re still waiting on our I-171h to come in. Please continue to pray that this piece of paper will come within the week. As soon as we get it, we have some more big news to share with you all. It’s the most incredible story of His provision to date. Hopefully this week we can update more.  Much love and blessings to you all.