Today Jon put the adoption program "downpayment" on our credit cards. We were very happy to hear they still had Adoption Month $1,000 grants left! Little did we know when we started applying in November, that November is Adoption Month, so both our agencies had some money saving offers. Our Wisconsin agency took $200 off of their initial application, and AGCI had the $1000 grant if we had all of our application paperwork and payment in by the end of December. They only had 20 of these grants, with only a few left from what we understood, so we were nervous we wouldn't get the $1000. Like our Aunt told us, "every penny counts," and we are so grateful to have been able to benefit from applying in November! God was watching over us and the timing of this process!
If all of us can only understand what compassion and grace truly mean, this world might be a better place. ~Pastor Dan Montenegro
There is a person I have dreamed of seeing again. I imagine our Tope, ten years older, as a young man, going back to where he was raised the first five years of his life. The walls of his orphanage would take shape and memories would form for Tope, memories that he would both share and keep to himself. We would share our memories too. Memories of when the gate opened and we first saw his face. Memories of the children that surrounded us, watching as he met his Mom & Dad for the first time. Memories of the caretakers that had spent so much time and love on our little boy. And then we would not just see the building, the new children living here, the memories of past and present, but we would see Pastor Dan standing there, standing proud and grinning as he would hold out his arms to embrace our son.
This man. He is kind, gentle, humble. He is a servant …
There is a person I have dreamed of seeing again. I imagine our Tope, ten years older, as a young man, going back to where he was raised the first five years of his life. The walls of his orphanage would take shape and memories would form for Tope, memories that he would both share and keep to himself. We would share our memories too. Memories of when the gate opened and we first saw his face. Memories of the children that surrounded us, watching as he met his Mom & Dad for the first time. Memories of the caretakers that had spent so much time and love on our little boy. And then we would not just see the building, the new children living here, the memories of past and present, but we would see Pastor Dan standing there, standing proud and grinning as he would hold out his arms to embrace our son.
This man. He is kind, gentle, humble. He is a servant …
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