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They processed Blaza's ID certificate to make him an under aged teenager. This is a praise seeing he can be adopted with the other 9.

8/16/2016

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Greetings dear Christian friends, I begin with some good news. I heard from Maggie in Beijing that after calling the Civil government to ask about Blaza and the laws concerning him as an adult, they came back by saying they processed his paper work certifying him as a child still. This is good news as he can be adopted with the others. It is still difficult knowing he is over 14 which is the usual cut off for adoption.

The bad news is there is still a rift in the leaders as to whether I can adopt all 10 of the children. I know this is what the 10 want, they want only to be with me. This is clear to anyone who has had contact with them. Although it is encouraging knowing there are leaders who see the need for the children to get back together with me and agree with me adopting them all, there is still at least one leader who doesn't want to see it happen. Please continue to pray they can discuss the issue in light of what do the children desire and seek to meet their desires. I know this is the right thing to do and it is a blessing knowing I have some supporting me. I get the fact there are many reasons they could come up with to be against the children being adopted by me and brought to the US but God will ultimately bring about His will to bless the children. There is no way they could ever be divided and they know my feelings. We discussed all this many times when they were with me and they know I would never give up fighting for them to return to me.

I will be sending another email to Maggie instructing her to encourage the leader to meet the children's desire. It is also best to have the "story go away quietly" by not having it come up in the Chinese press again. I know the leaders do not want the story to be in the news again and especially if it means anything that would cause them to be offended. It is obvious that the children would say things they probably should not say but after all, they are just children. I hope to be able to talk with them, comfort them we are making progress and they don't need to comment to anyone about the last two years.

The leaders can not just lock the kids down for the rest of their childhood and I know God would never allow that to take place. These are Christian children who love the Lord, love me and many others. Knowing the kids have already been under some very trying circumstances, it is time to "move on" for them. It is obvious the best is for them to all leave China and the story goes away. Pray we can make continual progress in that direction.

I have no interest in "stirring up the already muddy waters" but I also don't want the children to suffer anymore. This has been hard on me and grandma and Maggie but we all know it has been hardest on the 10 children. Pray for mercy and pray for grace, in that order.

It is encouraging to know that I have support but there is also resistance. This story is so familiar to us as there are so many stories in the bible, time does not afford me the time to tell all the stories. You know them well anyway. Some of you are reading historical biblical stories right now and God will show you what I am talking about. In all these beautiful stories God delivered and His Name was glorified. This is my prayer, this is your prayer and I know the children understand this as well.

I have not had a peace about filling out the adoption forms as it includes the names and ages of all the kids. I have already been informed by the adoption agency that Blaza could not be adopted as a 19 year old. Now we know Blaza is "a teenager" again. This is amazing as it puts him back as a child with the others. We all know his mental capability is very limited and I believe Blaza will always be "a child" in his life. I love the fact that the Chinese authorities can come up with a very practical way of solving the "adult/child" issue. I am not totally clear as to the motivation of "making him a child" but at least it favors staying with the 10 and helps in the adoption process. Keep praying. This whole saga has been unprecedented and I expect it to continue this way. Glory to God. The Lord Jesus Christ has been magnified, will continue to be magnified and ultimately Jesus will see this blessing all the children.

I return on the 30th of August to Beijing and yet I hope we can see more progress before I go back. I have prayed God will begin to "stream-line" the process form this time forward and I know HE will.

Thank you "Prayer Force One" for your daily petitions to God and support in so many ways.

Ray and Blaza, Hannah, David, James, Rebekah, John John, Joanna, Sarah, Joseph and little Deborah

God has been very serious about the treatment of orphans and widows and even the people of Israel were not exempt from these clear instructions.

"Thus says the Lord, “Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place. 4 For if you men will indeed perform this thing, then kings will enter the gates of this house, sitting in David’s place on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people. 5 But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself,” declares the Lord, “that this house will become a desolation.”’”  Jeremiah 22:3-5

Enclosed is a picture of Rebekah's birthday a few years ago. Birthdays are not allowed for each of the children at the "protection center". This alone would be be very sad for the children knowing I would always prepare a cake, gifts and much love for each child each year. God is teaching them some very tough lessons. Pray for mercy, pray for grace, and in that order.
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Total documentable assets.

8/14/2016

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Greetings dear "Prayer Force One" team,

I begin by rejoicing that I received word that the children have received "hu kou's", which are the household registration certificates needed give official documentation for the children. With this certificate, I can begin to proceed toward adopting them. Please pray. I had Maggie contact the Civil government and they once again said the children have not been moved to the State run orphanage because it is being remodeled. They did tell Maggie of the official certificates and did not mention anything else. I am trusting this is all good news and we are now able to proceed with other forms of paper work.

As you all know from a previous email update, I have many forms to fill out. I have been thinking through the whole process and really need your prayers and support to know how to fill out the forms. My situation is indeed unusual and yet it has been from the very beginning with the rescue and raising of these lovely orphan children. It is a huge victory for me to know the government has gone through much adjusting to not only provide paper work on my kids but also for all orphans across China and even "second" children of families and abandoned children.

It is no mystery that all this has happened since my horrible days of interrogation and media craze from late November of 2014 through the eventual overturning of the original news paper story on May 12th, 2015.  Like that one reporter who sided with me early in December 2014, he entitled his article " Why is Ray being painted black when he has done so much good?" The article made it clear that I not only was not in China when Phoebe was injured, but rather should be thanked for bringing to light the issue of "non existent" orphans and abandoned children who would not have a chance of getting adequate help without documentation. I have yet to meet this reporter, but NOW his article is one of the only articles you can find in Chinese online. All the garbage lies and cropped pictures have since been removed from both of the main search engines in China. It is very obvious to me, they want to "clean up" the story and this is all ok with me. It is quite humorous though to see it go from me being a murderous abuser of an 8 year old orphan girl to one who has done so much good. I am not saying they are exonerating me but at least the story can "blow over" and we can get on to helping the kids. Let's pray these are their thoughts. I am sure it was a big embarrassment to many who chose to buy into the false narratives. I know folks, it is not like it doesn't happen here too but to see how far our prayers and hard work has taken us, it truly is God's grace. Amen?!

I had Maggie call the Civil government again and inform them that I am working on the adoption process. I am at a cross roads as I really need wisdom and grace to fill out the forms. You can see how difficult the questions would be for me to fill out. Pray for me. Most of the questions are easy, it is the "document-able income" part that I struggle with. The strange twist to this is that I have provided for the 11 children for many years with the best of apartments, food, education and the finest of health care with the best of doctors and took them through a total of 16 surgeries. All were successful at that. It is sad that Phoebe died of other complications (at least that is the official cause of death) but now I have to prove I can provide for their needs and qualify for adopting them. WACAP supervisor for foreign adoptions was taken back by my unusual situation but did allow me to proceed with filling out forms. I am not sure how to proceed at this point but I do know they are looking for me to prove I can financially provide for the 10 children's needs. One of the things I chuckle most about is how the protection center director stated to me that they could never provide the huge breakfast meals I used to give the children and also there were other things she told me she could not provide as well. Oh the political correctness of this world and how spiritually incorrect it all is!

On my website this phrase is mentioned by my team of financial advisors and I wanted to highlight it and ask you all to pray God will raise up someone to "step up to the plate" and provide a "home run" for the kids. I don't understand how these forms of giving work but here is the phrase(below). It is mentioned on the website in the "donate" section.

(We would enjoy any opportunity to discuss creative giving to the ME Foundation through your Estate Planning or special gifts such as real estate, life insurance or an annuity. )

I am sure the bottom line of the forms that mention "total assets" is critical in the approval process for me to proceed with adoption and even be approved to purse the 10.  Please pray and do what you can to help.

I am a big lover of eagles in Alaska, after all we have half of the world's eagle population. I am not a big fan of ravens and yet we know that God loves and supplies even for the ravens. We are surely more important than the ravens??!!

"Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?" AKJV

Ray and the 10 as well as many more orphans God will use us to provide for.

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Why do you say, O Ray.

8/12/2016

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"Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel,
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”?    Isaiah 40:27

Hello again dear Christian friends,

As I continue to work toward adopting the 10 Chinese children, it would seem that virtually everything is impossible. Thank you for praying about the questions and forms that I am working on and will be sending them back to WACAP.

God really spoke to me and comforted me through my reading of Isaiah 40:26-31.  Allow me to expound upon how God spoke to me and comforted me through this beautiful passage. It is also a prayer of mine as I continue to do what I can to restore the 10 children to me as their Christian guardian.

God reminded me from verse 26 that I just need to go out in the night sky and see the stars and know that just as HE leads, names and cares for each star, His greatness and strength of His power is sufficient and He would never leave these 10 lovely orphans to be continually oppressed and persecuted.



"Lift up your eyes on high
And see who has created these stars,
The One who leads forth their host by number,
He calls them all by name;
Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power,
Not one of them is missing."

Moving on to verse 27, God rebuked me by having me put my name and the names of others doubting in this effort. Allow me to take liberty to replace the names of Jacob and Israel for you and me.


"Why do you say, O Ray, and assert, O Ray supporters,
“My way is hidden from the Lord,
And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God”?

Our loving God sees the injustice, He sees the kids tears, HE sees our hearts desires and it is only His timing that leaves questions unanswered.

Verse 28 reminds us of His word, His promises and His caring heart and that He is not indifferent or weary of helping us. His understanding is 

enigmatic, mysterious, unreadable, inexplicable, unexplainable, incomprehensible, impenetrable, unfathomable, and unknowable; and yet HE reveals His will to us through His word and prayer. Keep up the prayer and be sure to spend quality time in God's word.

"Do you not know? Have you not heard?
The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth
Does not become weary or tired.
His understanding is inscrutable."

Verses 29 through 31 are my prayers for Blaza, Hannah, David, James, Rebekah, John John, Joanna, Sarah, Joseph and Deborah. They need strength to continue to hope, they (like me) are weary and tired at times and we all stumble badly, yet as the eagles I regularly observe in my days in Alaska,  mount up with renewed strength and soar to God's glory.


"He gives strength to the weary,
And to him who lacks might He increases power.
30 Though youths grow weary and tired,
And vigorous young men stumble badly,
31 Yet those who wait for the Lord
Will gain new strength;
They will mount up with wings like eagles,
They will run and not get tired,
They will walk and not become weary."

I talked with Samuel and he told me that grandma Guo is doing what I asked her to do and has continued to visit the gate to keep getting word to the kids that uncle Ray is working on getting them back. Maggie also called the Civil government and she told me the reason the kids have not been moved to the State run orphanage is that the facility is being "remodeled". The leaders are  working on the hu kou's (
household registry certificate) for the kids and this is the first step in adoption as the children need some form of identification papers to get the process going. Pray for me as I am working on the WACAP forms and questions.

 Pray the leaders will follow through with their promises to me.


Thank you again for your support and prayers.  Enclosed is a picture of grandma Guo at the gate (my backpack is hanging on the sign and I am taking the picture). Pray for her to have strength and blessing in helping get word to the children.
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All 16 children are now successfully out of the hospital and all praise to Jesus Christ.

7/21/2016

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Greetings Prayer Force One, I am back in the US,

Be sure to keep all the orphans in constant prayer as I work on plans to bring the 10 children to the States. There is much to do and I wanted to share how Psalm 126 spoke to all of the needs of the children.


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Inalienable rights.

7/10/2016

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Greetings and Happy 4th of July to all my dear Christian friends,

My prayer for all of you is that God will help you to pray and appreciate all God has done for you through blessing us in this great land we call America.

I want to share how important the word "inalienable" is to us and how we need to understand it's meaning. Here is a list of ways to properly understand what our founding fathers really meant.

Its most famous use is in the Declaration of Independence, which says people have unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

To understand the origin of the word unalienable, we can look at the root, alien, which comes from the Latin alienus, meaning "of or belonging to another."

The prefix un or "not," and the suffix -able providing the idea of capability. Therefore, we understand it to mean “not able to be denied", or as the adjective "inalienable" to mean incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another.

"Unalienable" or "inalienable are interchangeable in meaning.

These are absolute rights which can only be given to us from an Absolute Creator and could never be given, nor taken, by man under any circumstances. These rights are non-negotiable, can never be transferred to another, and are intrinsic to each individual. This is what our Founding Fathers meant for themselves and for future generations. Praise God for their amazing wisdom and intellect to pen such profound words. Amen?!

For me in working with the lives of the dear orphan children of China, these words have a special meaning as life is mentioned first and shows the godly wisdom our Founding Fathers. They understood that without life, there could never be liberty nor the pursuit of happiness. Praise God for this God given privilege. Amen?! As I reflect on this beautiful documents meaning to all of us, I am reminded of what has been accomplished this last year with the success of all 16 very difficult open heart surgeries on the children. Even Jiang Jia Yi can now check out of the hospital, as she has improved to where she does not need medical assistance. She will continue to recover and can do this at home with her lovely parents. Praise God to be a part of what God does to show us His great love and concern for us and values us eternally, not only with health in this life but also blesses us with the opportunity to live with Him for eternity through Jesus Christ.

Please continue to pray for me and the process of adoption and that those involved officially will continue to allow the children to come to the US. There is much to do on this side of the globe and yet I need to see those in China continue to work toward doing what the children want for their lives. The inalienable rights of these 10 lovely orphans must be honored. Thank you for praying.

Enclosed is a picture of my favorite hand written sign at the "Pro-Life" rally in Washington DC this last January.

"It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
It is not for kings to drink wine,
Or for rulers to desire strong drink,
 For they will drink and forget what is decreed,
And pervert the rights of all the afflicted."    Proverbs 31:4,5

Ray and the 10, "Da Boys" who really need our prayer and also the "Gold kids" and many more orphans to come.

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God's ways are often hard to understand but I would never question His goodness toward us, especially Christian orphan Children

7/4/2016

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Greetings dear Christian friends,

I am going to wait until I get the US to share some of my thoughts today. Grandma and I  did go to the "protection" center gate and made good contacts. I am convinced that David knew we were there and the kids would be greatly blessed to know I have not left yet. The kids do know my schedule though and that I would just shorten my trip to the US so as to come back sooner. Pray about my US plans, there will be much to do with HOLT and if I need to work with a "go between" entity also, I will need to work on that. Pray for me. I have often believed that God has put me in situations where HE wants to use me to do things that are not normally done. The Holy Spirit is fully capable of doing many great things through us as His children and I am trusting in HIM to direct me. It will no doubt be yet another "re-inventing the wheel" situation. Keep me in prayer and pray for the leaders to stay focused on doing what is right. Pray for those leaders who are "fighting" with other leaders who know what is best for the kids. I praise God that the initial leaders see that if the kids only want to be with me, then they are willing to allow me to pursue avenues to get the kids to the US.   I know this can be a huge pride thing for them, pray for grace to overcome all that.

"Show me a sign for good,
That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed,
Because You, O Lord, have helped me and comforted me."  Psalm 86:17

Please pray that God will make it clear with the process, approvals, important people involved and most important that Jesus Christ would be glorified.

I will share more when I get in the US.       Ray and Blaza, Hannah, David, James, Rebekah, John John, Joanna, Sarah, Joseph and little princess Deborah.    Pray about all the other orphans too, and I will share something soon on the Sierra Leone orphans plans.

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My David will be 13 years old tomorrow. Pray for all the kids to know this and celebrate knowing I want to be with them too

6/30/2016

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Greetings Prayer Force One,

We truly do have much to pray about. It has been a horrible few days of Satanic attacks on all my Christian friends. Some have even been "sent home" for you know what. Others are sitting on a "time bomb" and may have to leave as well. God has protected me but the "teachers" and "leaders" of the place where "Da Boys" are at have attacked all 5 boys and told them they are not allowed to see any of us, read the bible and even threatened the 16 year old boy with "prosecution" for him and my buddy Samuel. These are all signs this culture is melting down. Like I have said, you just have to do some historical studies on the waning months of Romania and you know where all this is going. Nothing could be worse than to attack Christians who are helping orphans, doing surgeries on orphans and doing nothing but good for this country's society.

I will let this go for now but I will share more later. There is also a great possibility that I am being monitored, that is great. They need to hear from me so they can get some real wisdom and knowledge on how to treat orphans, severely handicapped children and what is needed to show genuine love, joy and peace to their own people, not to mention it saves them money, "hassles" and I have to be honest with you, they are not very good at any of this either. We all know it is because as Christians, we do it for the LORD, His glory and love of out neighbor. Amen?!

I can sure tell I am getting ready to leave. For those of you who have followed me over the years, this is typical from the devil as he is trying to take advantage of my absence to do as much damage as he can. Please Lord protect your people, especially the Christians orphans.

Psalm 82 has always been special to me and the kids. Please read through the entire Psalm of 8 verses. I share two verses that speak volumes for who I am and what the Lord has done through me for orphans.

3 "Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
4 Rescue the weak and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked."

This has been my hearts battle, this is why I have needed "Prayer Force One" and now we need to look to the Lord to apply verses like Exodus 14:14



"The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace."  Exodus 14:14

Ray and the 10 and "Da Boys" and many other orphans "standing on the shore edge of the Red Sea" looking for God's intervention.

Enclosed are two pictures. One picture is of "The Boss" David and the other is of me holding Jiang Jia Yi. She can check out of the hospital (She looks great right?). Doctor Li said she will continue to improve and doesn't need to be in the hospital anymore. One big problem though. 370,000 RMB bill has to be paid before she can check out. We are also "standing on the shore line of that Red Sea problem too". Oh and by the way, it isn't the Egyptian army coming upon me, these guys are wearing "Red".

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The Father of the fatherless

6/28/2016

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Greetings dear Christian friends,

Thank you for keeping me and the 10 kids in prayer. I am not sure what God's plan is for when I get to see and talk with them again but at least there is movement in the right direction toward getting them back. Keep praying.

If you get a chance listen to Mark Levin on his Podcast. He had a great segment about the disaster of the Supreme Court liberals once again voting for death to our American people through atrocious abortion. 


https://audioboom.com/boos/4755356-6-27-16-mark-levin-audio-rewind?t=0

http://cdn47.castfire.com/audio/550/3618/26026/2826513/2826513_2016-06-27-211213-8210-0-273-0.32k.mp3?cdn_id=47&uuid=0a81a5cf437710056616f86917a4fe6d


"A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
6 God makes a home for the lonely;
He leads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land."   Psalm 68:5,6

Ray and the 10 wonderful witnesses for Christ and working on helping many more orphans. I will share soon the plans for Sierra Leone West Africa.

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Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice. Psalm 55:17

6/27/2016

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Hello dear Christian prayer partners,

Thank you for praying about the 10 children, their future, my contact with them and the plans to get to the US. There is so much to do and I need prayer for wisdom. As you can expect, I have never done this before and our situation is very unique and will require some real wisdom and unusual planning. I am almost completely in the dark but I do know the Civil government is willing to allow me to adopt them if things are done right. I will need both Holt International and also some other sort of entity to work with them to bring them to the US. Pray for me to know where to go next. I know I will need to talk with someone from Holt International. It is good I have received 3 solid references that HOLT is very professional and has good "connections" here.

In the mean time, I want to see the kids. This is really getting ridiculous. I just keep crying out to the Lord. It is amazing to me how the "church" and "Christendom" has their own "political correct Christian language". I praise God for the bible and how it is so helpful with knowing how to pray to God and what is right and proper to say in prayer language. Let me try this on for size with anyone out there who thinks they are very biblical in their understanding of a proper prayer and yet would very quickly be identified from this Psalm as erroneously "politically correct" but not true to God's word.

If Ray Wigdal stood up on a Sunday night and said the following words as a testimony to petition people to pray, I am sure they would tell me I am "bitter" or "angry" or "in need of serious counsel" and for sure "not right with God" because I would be lacking in trust and love and would seem emotionally unstable.

Look at the True words of Psalm 55, God is showing us how to pray, especially when times are extremely challenging.

Ray Wigdal says this to the local church on a Sunday night prayer and testimony time and I quote, " I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted".
"For they bring down trouble upon me
And in anger they bear a grudge against me."

"Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur,"
"For they are many who strive with me."     Psalm 55 verses 2,3,17and 18 respectively.

I can just hear the "Christianity Today" counselor saying, "Ray, you are bitter toward too many people, with your confusion it is obvious you are not trusting God, you act like everyone is against you and want revenge when you should just forgive everybody. We all see this has gone on for a long time and unless you quit your complaining and striving, it will only get worse.

I will close with asking you all to pray and please consider my idea of using the Psalms to direct you specifically in how and what we should say in our prayers. Amen?!

Ray and the 10 and many more orphans to help as the Lord tarries.

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I am getting word here that I should go through Holt and also work with another entity to bring the kids to the US.

6/27/2016

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Greetings dear Christian friends,          (Enclosed is an older picture of young Blaza with a Down Syndromes friend)

I had a great meeting with Miss Jin and Grandma and Maggie and we discussed the best way to get the kids to the US. Miss Jin feels I should work with Holt and also work with some other entity who can bring the kids as a group to the US. I am leaning toward approaching "Shepherds" in Wisconsin.  (http://www.shepherdsministries.org) Due to the fact that Blaza, who is now 19 years old and mentally challenged, will need special educational and special vocational training, as well as professional supervision. I really like the idea of all them going to Alaska but the Lord may be leading me to settle them in Wisconsin. I only just today through discussions with Miss Jin came to this thought. I will be the first to admit I have no idea what the LORD has planned as for how I can get them to the US but with professional help, I know God will direct me. Pray for me and if you have any advice, please send it my way. As for the other 9, they would also be cared for in a home setting with me and or others who will assist me.

I know the kids want to be with me and I want them to remain a family too. Pray for wisdom, God has a master plan and all we need to do is see Him direct us in His ways. I am only making these comments as thoughts and suggestions but Miss Jin informed me that the way the regulations and laws go, I could never be allowed to adopt all 10 and even Holt would have a hard time approving me of this. I think this is sad in some ways because I know I have done a good job in raising them and the kids have not only done well but are a godly, loving family together with me. Pray for me and the kids. Miss Jin also believes I can eventually have them all adopted but I need the method to get them to the US first. Originally I thought Alaska would be the most logical plan but it seems to be looking more like Wisconsin or some other State where I can bring them in as a group with some other entity. Holt will work quickly if I have the right entity to do this. I don't even know what I call an "entity" as this point. Miss Jin couldn't come up with the right words either but I will check again with her. I think she is talking a foster home or some kind of a place to get them to the US as a group. I am not fond of the whole "institutional" idea, but if it is needed as a "stepping stone", I could work with it. God knows what is best. Pray for HIM to lead me and the kids.

Grandma is also getting "cold feet" on the whole idea of traveling to the US.  I just thought it would make things easier for the kids to adjust to the US. All these things can seem so confusing but I know God is working. Even though that leader was nasty to Maggie, there are still leaders that will be open to something they can approve or at least resemble something they are used to.

After Church, I went with grandma to the "protection" center again to try to get word into the kids. They don't like this but I am quite pleased that the kids were stirred up and know I am working on getting them back. I can't stand the thought of them oppressed with no information on me. They would be over joyed to know I am still fighting for them and I will continue to do so. This all seems like an impossible "balancing act" but I am letting the Lord lead through my thoughts and prayers daily. Pray also the leader will follow through with their promises about seeing the kids if they get moved to an orphanage to start paper work. All these promises are worthless if God doesn't "cause the flow of water" to go in "our" direction. (Proverbs 21:1)

I had a great study with "Da Boys" again and they are already looking kind of down knowing I am going to leave for a while. I encouraged them to stay in contact with Samuel and we are setting up cell phones to talk on Skype. This is the best way to keep encouraging them and to show them continual love. It's a beautiful thing to see orphans receive love, appreciate it and to look to receive more. Amen?!  I also encouraged them to stay in the word, we are all one big joyous family now and nothing will be able to separate us from the love of Christ. I will see them one more time next week.

Jiang Jia Yi continues to improve and it is such a blessing to know she is seeing now! Think of how far she has come. Think of God's grace on her life. Knowing God has done this for Jiang Jia Yi and her parents, I know the 10 are in safe Hands too. Amen?! It is heart breaking though to no be able to see my lovely 10 babies for this long. For those of you who can remember your children from infancy, you know my attachment is great, raising 10 of them from just days old. My heart also still aches with the loss of Phoebe and I want so bad to talk with the 10 about that situation. What is God's plan? Will I see them before I leave? I keep asking, knocking and seeking His will. My prayer the last two days has still been from Psalm 40:17

"Since I am afflicted and needy,
Let the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God."

I hold out hope of them getting moved early next week and that the leaders will allow me to see them. David's 13th birthday is on Friday July 1st. I leave on the 2nd. 

Ray and the faithful 10, "Da Boys" who are also growing and learning more about the whereabouts of the "Gold kids", more on that later.
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    And then I heard the voice of the Master:
    "Whom shall I send?
    Who will go for us?"
    I spoke up,
    "I'll go.
    Send me!"
    (Message) Isaiah 6:8

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