Dear Family & Friends,
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ. For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love. He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will – to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight. Ephesians 1:3-8
We see God’s great love for us in this passage. He chose to adopt us into His family. Paul says that this pleased Him, even though the cost of our adoption was the life of His only son. That was the most costly adoption of all. We need to be grateful for our adoption daily by telling others of God’s desire to adopt them as well.
Thank you for praying for Holly. She is much better. They are not certain what caused all of her pain, but she was having gallbladder issue with what was probably a migraine headache. Please pray that she be able to get enough rest to stay healthy.
We spent the weekend with the Bogard and Smith families, two adoptive families from His Hands. Both of these families will be having their visa interviews with the US government this Thursday. Please pray that all goes well.
Sadie’s paperwork has not come through yet. Please pray that her case will be settled soon so she can go to live with her forever family.
Thank you for praying for John. He is getting better each day. He still has some numbness in his hand and arm as well as pain, but both are better. He has to be careful how much he does with his right arm. Please keep praying.
We continue to pray for men & women of peace to begin new participative Bible study groups. We hope to start a new group in our community this fall.
Thank you for your prayers.
God Bless,
John & Cheryl
1. Praise God for adopting us as His children.
2. Praise God for Holly’s healing.
3. Please pray for the visa interviews for the Bogard & Smith families.
4. Please pray for Sadie’s case to be finished soon.
5. Praise God for the progress John is making.
6. Please pray that we find men & women of peace.
Posted on September 20th, 2012 by dunns
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