Hello readers it’s Preslaysa,
I’m happy to welcome guest blogger Melinda Pepper. Melinda is writing today about her family’s journey towards adopting two children from Russia. I love to hear about families who are opening their hearts to the orphaned and I know you will enjoy her story. In addition to reading today’s post, you can visit their website and learn more about their adoption fundraiser. Enjoy!
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Melinda’s Adoption Story
My husband Gary and I have always wanted to have a large family and adding children into our family through adoption has always been a hope for us. God has blessed us immeasurably with three beautiful and healthy biological children and we have now come to a place where we feel led to adopt two children from another country as our own. Gary and I were adopted as God’s children when we put our hope and trust in Christ Jesus as our Savior. Galations 4:4-6 says:”But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.” We are so grateful that God loves us as His own and we are inspired by this gift to reach out and love our new children in the same way. There are an estimated 163,000,000 orphans world-wide and we want to play a part in lessening this number. We are compelled to follow God’s commands in Scripture to: “Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed. Defend the cause of orphans…”{Isaiah 1:17}. We are inspired to love our new children as Jesus loves us and as we love Him.
We are adopting two children (of either sex), ages ranging from nine months-through four years of age from Russia. Our file has been in Russia for two months and we are waiting to be matched with our children. We are trusting in God’s perfect timing and joyously anticipating the day that we will welcome our children home. We feel blessed to know that on the day of their homecoming we will be drawing closer to Jesus. “And anyone who welcomes a little child like this on my behalf is welcoming me,” Matthew 18:15.
We covet the prayers of those who are following our journey. Please pray for continued peace and courage for our family and that God will continue to provide all we need to fulfill and answer this call He has placed on our hearts!
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