He gives and takes away.. blessed be the name of the Lord

Last week I posted this to the yahoo group I am part of. These families are also in the process of bringing children home from New Life Link in Haiti. I want to share the post and also some of the responses we have received. God has been faithful and just.

"I pray that as I share this you will be able to join with us in praising our God
who knows the plans HE has for us, plans to bless us and bring us to an eternity
of worship with Him.

Last night we learned that one of our little twins died. He had a lump that
turned into a wound, the NLL staff took him to the pediatrician and were
treating him with medication, but the Lord released him to Himself at 8 pm last
night.

We rejoice in the time we had him as our son, my oldest son and I had a
wonderful week loving him last month. Our family is grieving but we are walking
in the truth that Jesus calls us to worship Him in the valleys and on the
mountain tops. God is good all the time. Pray we will grow deeper in our love
for each other through this.

We also learned today that our dossier came out of IBESR yesterday.. who knew? We
didn't even know it had gone in.

At this point we are re-committing to our belief that God is calling us to have a home for children (rather than wanting us to have a child for our home.. ) and we are trusting Dr. Bernard, as we always have, to make the right choice for our remaining twin .

Please pray for wisdom and for the hard transition we have to make from grief of loss to hope for those God has for us to love. We can never replace Jesley.. he was one adorable bundle of pure love, energy and joy! We can but be faithful to our call to teach and train the children in our home to worship through the storms.

If we are to bring another child home as well we pray for favor in the system and speed. We need our little son home so he can start to heal from his loss."

We have chosen to be open to another child and while this does not take away the grief of loss, it does open a door for joy and hope. Children are a blessing.. in every country, in every way!