The Next Answer to Prayer...

Some of you may know that our son Caleb has been working to save up his money to go to Taiwan with us.  He has cleaned out gutters, picked fruit, weeded gardens, weed-eated yards, mowed, pulled scotch broom, sold cookies, sold brownies, made a lemonade stand, and baby sat during our women's bible study's.  Some of his friends have made lemonade stands for him and gave him the money they earned.  Another of his friends prayed and asked God what they could do, then decided to donate some of their hard-earned money to him.  As you can see, he's been trying to make a way to get there with us.  We really want him to go and when we initially announced that we were adopting again his face lit up.  This is the child that's going to give me lots of grandbabies:O)  He loves little kids, especially babies.

A few days after we mentioned we were going to adopt again, he came to us and told us that he had been praying and believed that he was supposed to go with us.  We told him that he would have to pay for his plane ticket because we were going to be walking in faith for our own.  That's what led him to all of his side-jobs above.  He has really enjoyed showing people his money jar as the number continues to grow.  He had to dip in to it to pay for his passport, but it has made him all the more proud that he is paying for himself.

Today, a sweet friend of mine asked if they could come over and drop something off.  When they got here, her son J handed us an envelope with money in it.  A couple of months ago her son got the Samaritan's Purse catalog and decided that he wanted to raise money to buy a water buffalo for a family in a third-world country.  They cost $400.  My friend cuts hair and advertised that she would do haircuts and all the proceeds would go to buying a water buffalo.  The money added up quickly and they soon had that plus more.  As she prayed she felt the Lord leading them to give us the rest of the money.  She told her son J that Caleb was trying to get enough money to go to Taiwan with us and J decided that he wanted to help him get there.  This little man of hers is 7 years old.  Isn't he precious!!!!!  I love seeing little ones reach out and give, and it was all the more special because it was a direct answer to Caleb's prayer.  Caleb reached in the envelope and pulled out $320!!!  What a precious gift!!!  He was just floored.  Not only did J get his desire fulfilled of helping a family get a water buffalo, God blessed him above and beyond his initial request.  God likes to do those kinds of things:O)  J's prayers were answered, Caleb's prayers were answered, and someone who needs a buffalo will have their prayers answered.  All because of one little boy and his desire to bless others!  I LOVE his heart!!!

As a matter of fact, it was an answer to my prayers also.  I was just talking to God yesterday about Caleb and wondering how we were going to be able to make a way for him to go.  Especially since we still don't know how we are going to get there.  But God already had a plan for Caleb and He has a plan for us.

So now Caleb has around $500.  If you or anyone you know would like some odd jobs done around the house, Caleb is your young man:O)  He really wants to go, and today was just a beautiful confirmation that God wants him to go too.

Lots of Love,
Jenn