Dear Friends and Family,
Many of you know The Lord
has so very clearly called us to expand our family through adoption. We have had many sleepless nights wondering
exactly how this was going to happen.
This is something we can definitely not do on our own, and we have both
really struggled with the idea of fundraising.
So much so that the letter you are reading right now has been written
for the last four months. The Lord has
reminded us time and time again that this is His plan for our family, and we are
going to have to choose whether or not we step out in complete faith and trust
Him.
In February
we fully stepped out of the boat. After
over a year of searching for The Lord’s will and direction this adoption would
take place, we found our little Faith.
Many mountains have been moved over the last several months for her to
be ours.
So where
are we now? We finished up our homestudy
last week, and we are waiting for the final copy. We are working on our dossier (which is
paperwork that is sent over to China) and immigration paperwork.
God has us
in a place where we are completely dependant on Him. An international adoption is VERY expensive. There are a lot of people involved in the
process of bringing a child to a new home, and these people do not work for
free. When you add it all up, including
traveling fees, it’s around $34, 000.
Loans for adoption are pretty much nonexistent, and we quite humbly
admit that we do not have these funds at our disposal. We are doing everything we can to earn extra
money and save ever extra penny we have.
If you would like to help, we have a fundraising site up and running for
anyone who would like to donate directly to our adoption account. (http://www.youcaring.com/adoption-fundraiser/peoples-family-adoption/152274)
Our biggest
dream with this adoption is to get her home and teach her of the love of Jesus,
something she would likely never learn about in China. The passage that comes to mind often when we
think of the journey to get her is
“Suppose
one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open
country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his
shoulders and goes home. Then he calls
his friends and neighbors together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my
lost sheep.’ I tell you that in the same
way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than
over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.”
Luke
15:4-7
We wholeheartedly believe her one little soul means the
world to our heavenly Father. We will do
whatever it takes to follow His Will for us to bring her home. We can’t wait to get to His one little lost
sheep and shower her with the love of a family and the love of Jesus!
Because the
people of China have such poor health coverage, many infants are abandoned by
their birth parents in hopes they will be found and then get the medical help
they need through government ran orphanages and eventually adoption. We believe this is what happened with
Faith. She has several medical needs
that need immediate attention, and we Praise God she had life saving heart
surgery a little over a year ago. She
has several surgeries and medical visits ahead of her, but they will not happen
until she is home in the U.S.
From what
we have been able to share in this letter, we hope we portray the God sized
journey we are on. If you could help us
bring this little girl home with any size donation (every single penny adds
up!), we would never be able to thank you enough. If you can’t at this time, we really do
understand! We covet your prayers just
as much! We need our fellow believers to
lift us up, along with our new addition, any time you think of us.
Thank you
so much for your time and prayers! We
have a website that we will be updating hopefully on a consistent basis. We would love for you to follow along our
faith journey to get Faith! (www.sightrestored.blogspot.com)
Blessings to You and Yours!
Wayne and Crystal Peoples
“Whoever
welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me.”
Mark
9:37
“A
father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families.”
Psalm
68:5-6
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