As I fulfilled my commitment to my husband to pray about adoption, our daughter, Carly had begun her one-year mission in Uganda. Not long after she arrived to live at the orphanage, Carly went to visit a very sick 24-year old woman, with no husband and one small child. As Carly sat by her on the floor, the dying woman murmured through a weak voice, "What will become of my daughter?" "Who will take care of her?" "Please... ask her sponsor....take her to America?" Well, Carly couldn't promise that, but did promise that she would take care of the girl, somehow. That night, through many tears, Carly related the story over Skype to us. "Mom & Dad, will you pray about adopting this 6-year-old girl?" My heart felt many things at that moment....we both said "we will PRAY. " I told myself, "Carly has only been there a month...we can't promise to take this little girl....there may be a dozen more by the time she comes home in a year..." But through all my fearful excuses, I could feel my heart was being softened. Here now was a real child, with a real dying mom, and a real need. Three days later, the Mama died. As for me, the Lord had connected my heart to orphans in Uganda. "I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh." (...to be continued)
i love this story.. i remember praying for this woman who had died but did not know her daughter was one of your girls.. so amazing! God is amazing.
ReplyDelete@ Freelove...no, it's not one of our girls....it is Rinah! She was the one who the Lord used to soften my heart. ;0)
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