Were this not so serious I wouldn't ask my fellow horn fans and friends to pray for us on this but...
I'm 43 and Mrs. Texas is 41. We've been blessed with two wonderful children of our own, but each of us has felt a call that someday we might have one more child in our family by some type of adoption. My Mom was an adopted child, and this has been especially strong in me for over a decade.
However, these past few months I've really felt an inexplicable compulsion to look at adopting into our family an orphaned and/or foundling child in the former Soviet central Asian republics of either Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan or Tajikistan. (I know we've got some pretty world wise folks here on these bulletin boards, but I linked to a map because these are some nations a lot of Americans haven't even heard of.)
All I'd like is for prayers for God to show me whether this is indeed His will and not some selfish egocentric desire on my part, and to let me know why this is such a strong calling. I wouldn't want to make a decision that would negatively affect a poor, orphaned child halfway across the world that I may never get to know, hold or raise, nor would I want to do the wrong thing for my family. If, however, this is what He wants me (and my wife, who's not felt the central Asian calling but is praying on it with me) to do, I appreciate the prayers to Him for guidance on our behalf.
Thank you all, and God bless.
I'm 43 and Mrs. Texas is 41. We've been blessed with two wonderful children of our own, but each of us has felt a call that someday we might have one more child in our family by some type of adoption. My Mom was an adopted child, and this has been especially strong in me for over a decade.
However, these past few months I've really felt an inexplicable compulsion to look at adopting into our family an orphaned and/or foundling child in the former Soviet central Asian republics of either Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan or Tajikistan. (I know we've got some pretty world wise folks here on these bulletin boards, but I linked to a map because these are some nations a lot of Americans haven't even heard of.)
All I'd like is for prayers for God to show me whether this is indeed His will and not some selfish egocentric desire on my part, and to let me know why this is such a strong calling. I wouldn't want to make a decision that would negatively affect a poor, orphaned child halfway across the world that I may never get to know, hold or raise, nor would I want to do the wrong thing for my family. If, however, this is what He wants me (and my wife, who's not felt the central Asian calling but is praying on it with me) to do, I appreciate the prayers to Him for guidance on our behalf.
Thank you all, and God bless.
