Over the Christmas break we found out about an orphan hosting program through New Horizons for Children . This is a wonderful ministry that brings orphan children from The Ukraine, Latvia, and China in hopes of finding them a forever family. New Horizons for Children is not an adoption agency.
Anyway, a friend of mine introduced us to this wonderful ministry. E are now eagerly waiting to hear when Lisa is coming. We chose, or really God choose, Lisa for us. She is a beautiful, bright 14 year old girl. She will be staying with is for 5 weeks. The Chinese government says she is to old to adopt, so the hope is she will come learn English and maybe one day to come back on a student visa.
Our role in all this is to show her the love we have for her, what a Christian family is like and to teach her English.
We are very excited and a bit nervous of the unknown. We are amazed at her strength, courage, and love of adventure. It takes a lot of trust to leave your country and all you know to go stay with strangers in another country.
I'm going to try to keep this blog of or adventure. We will have exciting, busy days and just ordinary stay at home days. I am hoping we can show Lisa that she is lived and wanted. She is important to us. Please pray for Lisa and for her to have a safe and wonderful journey with us.
