Waiting child

Back in July I saw a little boy on the waiting child list. His picture just kind of jumped out at me. I didn't know which country he was from because the children are listed by region (e.g Asia, Africa, Europe...). I sent a message to our international case worker asking which country he was from and then said a prayer. I said" Lord, if this little boy is for us then please let him be from Ghana." It took a day or two before I heard from our case worker, but when she emailed me she said that he was from Ghana. I was convinced, David was not.

Fast forward a few months to last week, we watched a webinar from Bethany about waiting children. This little boy was on the webinar. While watching, I felt God speak to my heart and tell me that this child is mine. Again, I sent a message to our international worker and asked questions. She sent me a full report on him. I have no doubts now about whether or not this child is meant for us. David is not opposed to him but does not have the same certainty about him that I do.

I understand David's hesitation. This boy is much older than we had said we wanted, but I think this little boy is what God wants for us. Or maybe we are what He wants for this little boy.

We are very close to finishing our home study, but still have to do our dossier and until that is complete, we can't be matched with him. If this boy is meant to be ours than he will still be available when we are ready.

Due to Ghana's privacy policies, I can't give any details about him, yet.
I ask for prayer. Pray that if this child truly is meant to be our son, that all will go smoothly. But if he is not, please pray that God will give him a christian family who will love him with all their hearts.

Blessings,
Melissa