Thursday, November 10, 2011

An Anwered Prayer

This week we received Awesome Awesome news.

Since our last trip we have talked about getting Nastya into a Christian Foster Family in Transnistria. After the last update we decided to look more into what would need to be done to make this happen. We emailed Anna (Help the Children) with our thoughts. Its been a little over 2 weeks and God has answered this prayer.

Immediately Anna knew of a family that was currently fostering 2 other children Nastya's age and could possibly take 1 more. She contacted Dina and Anatoly (a pastor of a large church in Transnistria) and explained to them the situation of one day possibly being adopted by a couple in the United States; they had no reserves about meeting Nastya and took a trip to Popenki. The director informed Nastya's aunt, Alla (her only relative as well) about possibly being fostered. Although Alla has no rights to Nastya it was out of respect to include her in this decision especially after she was already under the impression that Nastya would be adopted. That day everyone met at a cafe and all agreed (Praise God) that this was in the best interest of Nastya. Nastya will spend this weekend with the family to get to know them. It will take about 2 months to complete paperwork and then she will be allowed to leave the orphanage and live with this family.

Pray for Nastya as she makes this transition. Pray for Dina and Anatoly as they take another child into their home. Thank you Lord for this precious family and for opening their hearts to one of your children yet again. Pray for Alla that she has peace and knows in her heart that she has allowed Nastya a better life than in an orphanage. Thank you Lord for Alla's change of heart towards adoption/foster care. We pray that through this all Nastya comes to know she is loved and most of all by Jesus! We pray that through all this and those who read this blog are touched and see your hand in it all. All for Your Glory! Lord, we reach out to you alone for guidance and to reveal our place in this child's life. Amen.