My Prayer for this Time

Romans 15: 13.  This is my prayer for this time.  This time of waiting for my family, for my friends who are also waiting for their Basotho child, for my friends and family waiting here for their domestic adoptions. It is my prayer for my son's house mothers, who care for him now at Beautiful Gate. For the Beautiful Gate family, as they heal from the pain of recent events, as they love and care for God's children.  (for more information about this, visit http://blog.www.beautifulafrica.org/)

Before starting this post, I read over my last blog post.  I began to long for the peace I was experiencing at that time.  April is turning into May, and I have still no new news about M.  I miss him desperately.  And I feel myself trying to hold this together on my own.  Like I can will myself out of longing and inpatience, urgency and worry.  My brain believes in God's timing.  So I am praying today that the Holy Spirit overflow my heart with hope, trust and peace, so my heart and mind can come to an agreement.   And the same for my friends, who probably have felt this same way at one time or another.

Your friend,


Tara G

Too much and too little to say.

I find myself having so much! and so little to say.  Not much is new in the process EXCEPT.....

We have pictures of M!  What a miracle.  He appears healthy and well loved. He has big adorable cheeks an large sweet eyes.

We are preparing for him. Friends and family are lending us warm clothes in his approximate size as we are hoping to travel in Africa's autumn.  We have transitioned our office/playroom into an empty space, soon to be filled with nursery items.  Rosebud wears a necklace with an African pendant, with a heart cut out where Lesotho is. She tells everyone that is where her brother lives.

I love this little man so much! I can't wait to meet him. And yet, I feel a calm patience about the time line.  We were told to be ready to travel in May, however, our paperwork appears to have slowed down.  So it may be later.  And while a part of me fights to become upset and stressed about that, there is a serenity that is allowing me to rest and wait.  I was telling a friend of mine that I feel that I have a front row seat to a miracle.  Watching Christ love my son, seeking and providing for  M's need.  I am prayerful that my son's identity can become not that of an orphan, but that of a child of God.  One who was sought after, loved, cherished.  All of the orchestration!  For my son and my family.  I rest confidently in the Lord's faithfulness, and I wait on his timing. 

Here is what we pray for:

• That the Lord go before us and make the adoption and travel plans ready, safe, and unthwartable  (Idon't think that is really a word)
• That we find the last bit of funding for this adoption.  We have been blessed to be ready for each financial step.  We pray for the last stretch.
• That we are all ready for the family growth.  For M, for Rosebud, for Michael and I.
• Praise for a God who sees and loves all of his children!

I have a great joy in my heart! and am so excited to watch the rest of this adventure unfold :)

T