Outlet

We may not know when an adoption opportunity to be a mom and will come around, but we do know when an opportunity to play the roll of mom and dad will come around. We received word last week that next school year we will host a Chinese high school exchange student in our home! We are SO excited about this amazing opportunity that God has blessed us with. We did discuss this opportunity with our case worker, and she encouraged us to do and said it would be good for us (whatever that means . . . hopefully not that it will be a long time before a placement happens). Hosting our princesses for two Christmas seasons was a great door to love on them for a short time. Now we have the opportunity in front of us to love on another child for a long time! So far this has helped me tremendously . . . probably too much! I'm a very ambitious person, so I've already ordered her bedding, drawn out some room floor plans, thought of ideas for paint colors, looked at decorations, and decided on the furniture we will borrow from family. Our exchange student will not come stay with us until August, but I've enjoyed already thinking of the decoration possibilities, influential opportunities, and life alterations. Please be praying for our exchange student: schooling, transition, salvation. We have so much love stored up to give, so we are excited to have an outlet to let it overflow!