Gratituesday: Following in Her Footsteps and Trusting Him to Provide

I did it!  I logged on to type my Gratituesday post, but before I did, I happened to read Amy’s Gratituesday post and I knew it was written to encourage me, to speak to my heart, to move me into action… and it did!  Perhaps her post was not written only for me, but her words were enough to spur me into action.

And so, today, rather than what I had intended to exhort in tongue and cheek thankfulness, I will instead give thanks for the newest addition to our family, our fourth World Vision sponsored child:  Martin in Chile!

Following Amy’s lead, we are sponsoring Martin in honor of my brother, James, who passed away unexpectedly last May.  Martin was born on July 30, 2009, which would have been James’ 34th birthday, and we are truly blessed to welcome him into our family.  Sponsoring Martin will be a stretch for us financially, but we are putting our trust in the Lord to provide for us and to enable us to provide for Martin, as well as our other three sponsored children:  Soorya in Sri Lanka, Henry in Honduras, and Denis in Kenya.  

From now on, July 30, will be a day to give praise to our Lord God for leading us through our tears to this precious child so that we might turn our sorrow into joy over the difference we are able to make in the life of one of His little lambs!  God bless Martin!