Monday, July 17, 2006

Matthew Thornton Strand

About two weeks ago I received a call at 6 am , it was Acres of Hope saying that our twins had a older brother who is 8 years old, and that we would have to decide whether to take all 3 children or start over.

Well needless to say we were a little shocked and unprepared for this curve ball that God has thrown us.

But God is so good he knows just what we need, and His plans are better than ours.
And to quote our Daughter Lauren " You know Mama this is providential stack-up" ( meaning- this was Gods plan all along and there is nothing you can do about it)

So after much prayer we have decided to step out in faith and take all three children.

And now that we have given our answer it seems that's things are starting to really move, we now have a projected date of Aug 20th 2006 when they should be arriving home.

And before we didn't seem to be getting any answers on when the children would be coming.

Praise God!! For all things are in His hands

2 comments:

The VHS said...

HOW EXCITING! WE are SO happy to hear the Lord is working in your hearts and lives. PRAISE THE LORD!
We cannont WAIT to meet your 3 new beautiful children what a blessing!
God is SO faithful!
Love you all SO much!
Love the Von Holtens :)

strands said...

thank you for your support through the whole adoption process.
We are really blessed to have your family as our friends
God Bless you
love the
Sthands