Why am I going on the World Race?
I’d like to learn more about orphanages and ministries working with orphans, street kids, child slaves, and foster children…as well as figuring out what it looks like to start projects that can teach men and women skills to start their own self-sustainable businesses. Will every country be working with a ministry like this? Probably not. But, I do think the World Race is better preparing me for the future.
What does an Adoption Movement look like? I think God is slowly revealing the puzzle pieces. What I have been hearing is that I’m supposed to start a non-profit….possibly before the race. This makes Zero sense. So I’m waiting…to see what God says next. Filling paperwork perhaps? Getting ducks lined up? Not sure.
Why adoption? We’ve all felt alone or unwanted at times…singled out, not chosen. Imagine kids that wake up each day thinking…I’ve been abandoned. I’m unlovable. WOW. That must hurt. What if we found christians that were willing to take in one more child. To receive quality education to learn how to help their child suceed who has most likely been abused, broken, hurt in many different ways.
Why Wisconsin? Maybe its just me…but I don’t feel I know a lot about what Wisconsin is doing about raising awareness about adoption and fostering children….and since I was born and raised here…Why not?
Non-Profit Name? God is still revealing this to me. I did have a vision once…and the small bit that I will share is there was a little girl named Iris. A beautiful, brave, dark-skinned girl with a bit of sass. She held my hand and marched me up the steps of a courthouse. A judge banged his gavel and she unabashedly said, “This lady is going to be my mommy”. I don’t recall much else…but I knew I had to look up the name Iris to find out its meaning…and it meant Rainbow…which of course makes me think of biblical times and God’s promise to Noah in a rainbow. It was beautiful…and I know it is with that heart that this ministry will begin some day. There are many more children out there boldly hanging onto a thread of hope that someone will claim them, want them, love them for always…and for me I want nothing more than to help them find that day as soon as possible. So please pray with me…that God will continue to reveal His plan in His time…and that I would continue to be obedient to Him and trust His ways as best…that I don’t jump ahead and just wait in His love.
