Salt and Light

We have started this blog as a way to tell all our friends and family what God has done for us in our lives. How He has called us to go and adopt a child from the Ukraine. We chose the title of our blog "This is the way walk in it" because it was so hard to know in the beginning if this is what we were suppose to do. With finances being tight and just the immensity of the whole adoption process we just didn't know. And then God had shown this verse to us from Isaiah 30:21 "Whether you turn to the right or to the left , your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way walk in it." So we took that from Him as sign to go forward with the adoption. We are so thankful to Him that He has been so evident to us in our lives and especially now, at this time.
I also need to touch on the background picture because it has an interesting coming to. We started with green dots that Tahner had picked out until we could all sit down and decide on a background for the blog.(I know this all seems trivial but it has a great meaning to it) So, anyway, when we went back to look at all the different types of backgrounds, this one with the lighthouse, hadn't been with the first backgrounds we saw and it reminded me of Odessa(which is the city, for those who don't know, of the orphanage where we hope to adopt) I don't think Odessa has a lighthouse but it is on the sea and that had signifigance to me. Well, it seemed it was more my decision to go with this background, more than anyone elses. Ted wanted blue, Miranda pink etc. But later I thought about how the lighthouse represented Jesus as being our light. Well, the next morning was church and what was the sermon on? Salt and Light! Which then clicked for me that the sea is saltly and with the addition of the light house I knew that this small insignifigant background was perfect as a representation of what we need to represent as Christians for Him. Being Salt and Light for others. So I was thankful to God for showing that to us and reaffirming that choice. (Plus, after that I can't tell you how many lighthouses I came across! Constant affirmation!)
Now, onto adoption things. We have received our date of December 6th for an appointment at the NAC. We will leave on Sunday December 4th. Which this is another God thing. All the families who have adopted so far from our church have left on a Sunday for the Ukraine. God has blessed all of us with being prayed for by our precious church family before we go.
We are so thankful that our friend(and I can't mention her name because I didn't ask if it was ok but I know most of you know who this is) will be there already. I am so thankful to God for that. We can't wait to see her again especially in Ukraine. What a neat experience it will be for us to have her there with us. (And a great help since she speaks Russian!)
Our pray requests for now are for preparation before we leave. For the children who will stay behind, especially Miranda, as it is hard for her to have us go. For the child that God has for us there. Sasha, we are told, is unavailable for adoption but we know if she is to be the one then God will clear a path for us to her. And we know if she is not, then He will have that perfect child waitng for us.
Isaiah 41:9b