Before I begin, please know that we are oddly at peace with this new bump in the road. "God is good all the time; all the time, God is good." this was told to us by one of the older orphan boys, Roberto, today...
As with any good fairy tale, there seems to come a time for a villan...today, out of nowhere, Grandma raised a great oppossition. She called the orphanage to say that she would be taking Stas on a trip until the 1st of Sept. Fortunately, we had God and all his forces on our side...The director of the orphanage said that he liked "Stas's American parents very much." His caretaker and the assistant to the director called Stas in and told him that although Grandma wants to all the sudden be a part of his life-that the parents in America far offered him the best care and opportunity. Stas will ultimately have to make a simple choice his american family or unattentive grandma... still a tough choice for an 11 year old boy. We are very fortunate to be working w/ THIS orphanage-not many orphanages would support us in this way.
I will say, that it was a time of great stress and tension, as all the Russian speaking people raised their voices and expressed their feelings...many closed door meetings, our intrepretor calling grandma, our higher ups, etc. (Russians always sound assertive in their normal conversations, so to see things "heated" w/out knowing what they were saying was certainly alarming!!)
We are heading to the orphanage all day tomorow. Grandma should be appearing. Sadly, the bulk of the decision will lie on our just turned 11, sweet boy, Stas. Facing Grandma, who is also raising Stas's sister, he must confront her and say he wants to go to America. Today, he said it without hesitation. We also have one of Dave's followers in the orphangae, Elli (the older boy) also telling him to go to America.
This is where we certainly seek your prayers. God's will...We just pray that God would make it very clear to Stas that he was always born to be our son...although his very sad circumstances has taken him here, that it is God's desire for him to be with us...
We covet your prayers as we rest in His will ...
with so much love and appreciation-
darcy and dave
Oh my, I will be praying and so will hundreds of other people.....such a tough decision for a little guy to make......It IS God's will that he become your son.....and God will make that happen.....God has been with you every step of the way......especially these past two weeks. GOD WILL see this through...keep us posted...I pray that God will give you peace......am anxious to hear what happens tomorrow....love you.....
ReplyDeletePraying . . . and I will get our church on it too.
ReplyDeleteDarci and Dave,
ReplyDeleteWe will most definitely pray for you, Stas and this most recent development. EPHESIANS 3:14-19- "For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith - that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."
Brett & Jamie