The Journey of a Family Striving to Live Dangerously Surrendered!


"Surrendering means that we have come to the end of our independence from him, our reliance on self-sufficiency, and our insistence that we don’t need him. Surrender to God changes everything! Why add the word dangerous to surrender? Because we don’t surrender to a benevolent but impotent grandfatherly figure; we surrender to Almighty God —the Creator and Sustainer of the universe. C. S. Lewis’s character Aslan in the Chronicles of Narnia depicts God as a magnificent lion —good, but certainly not safe. Surrendering your life to God is the boldest and riskiest step you can take. Being dangerously surrendered to God allows you to know him in increasingly deeper ways and to participate fully in his will. " ~Kay Warren

Sunday, April 6, 2008

In Translation

Life is just about waiting and preparing right now. Our dossier is in Ethiopia being translated. After 10 days they will submit it for court. We should hear in a few weeks about a court date. In the meantime, we are preparing the house. We spent all of yesterday moving dressers and beds, organizing and cleaning. We have alot of items to purchase before we go from several lice treatment kits to some luggage and back packs. We are collecting donations for orphanages such as children's vitamins, Tylenol, latex gloves, and a variety of items the orphanages desperately need. Our first large suitcase we borrowed from a friend sits being slowly packed.

Tuesday we will finally get in to get shots. My kids are not happy about getting Hep A and B shots. Kurt and I will get six each....ouch.

Another friend just returned home from Ethiopia. She was getting her three beautiful children and making her home a home eight! She was unable to take pictures of Joshua, but sent a treasured description of her encounter with him. It's truly like a gift everytime one of our new adoption friends gets to go and love on our son until we can go get him. Here is her description. I think we may have a linebacker on our hands! Caleb may have met his match!!!


JoLynn,I am so happy to hear your Joshua is coming home... he is SO STINKIN CUTE. He followed me everywhere and my sister loved on him for a long time too! He is ready to come home and I am glad he doesn't have to wait! He looked great, was happy and a SERIOUS CHUNK!!!! OH... you have a great little guy coming home to you soon!

Thank you for continuing to pray for our travel funds to come in. We are having a massive garage sale on April 19th. Several people are donating items for that. We are planning a night of worship soon too.

Open your heart today to the plight of the orphan...it's God heart. I believe there are many reading this post now that God would call to open your home to adopt an orphan if only you'd open your heart to His voice in this area. There's so much need, so many who have no one, and we have so much to give them. Let God not see all the gifts and blessings He has given us buried and unused.

Praying blessings and favor all over your lives!!

Pastor Kurt and JoLynn
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