there's a new kid on my fridge

Anyone who knows me well knows I don't like clutter, especially on my refrigerator. My sister is shaking her head in agreement right now as she reads this because she knows it's true. If you go to her house you will find hers filled with a lot of different stuff. I am pretty sure it's a control thing. When my purse or house is out of control I feel out of control. All this to say, I will only put something on my fridge if it's super important to me.

I'm only telling you about this because it's a part of my story for this year. I print my blog at the end of the year and I definitely want to remember this date. I'm not sharing it with you because I want any kind of credit, so don't even go there.

My sister and I went to Grand Rapids last Thursday to see, The Story Tour. To say I enjoyed it more than her is an understatement. Satan could have gotten ahold of me as a result, but once again God proved Himself to be much bigger. I think God orchestrated that meeting for several reasons, but most importantly for me to meet this little 11 year-old boy named Jean. My husband and I had talked about sponsoring a child and when I saw the tables with the many packets with all of those kids faces on it, The Holy Spirit made me choose one immediately. I'm not completely sure how we found Jean, but his cute face (Linc loves how he has his top button done!), his birth year (the year Linc and I got married), the fact that his name might mean John in English and I could pronounce his last name were just a few of the reasons. Also, I think Naze picked his packet up first and I wanted to let her be a part of it.

You wouldn't believe how Satan has been trying to sneak in here to steal my Joy about it. I could list several ways, but I don't want to give any thought or energy to such evilness. For a mere $35.00 per month we get to add another family member? Why did we wait so long?! I pray God invades this little guy's life through us. My Christmas gift is the new kid on my fridge and I look forward to getting to know him.

ALL Praise and Glory go to the One who made this possible.
Smiles,
xoxo

p.s. Listen to the song that brought me to tears so many times when my son John was born: "The Greatest Discovery" by Elton John. I remember it like it was yesterday.

"They have made for you a friend...
This is your brand new brother."