Just thinkin'

It's funny how frequently I hear song lyrics or see an ad depicting a child waiting for a home now that I am in wait for my boys. Perhaps my subconscious seeks out what is meaningful to me or my conscious is just more aware of a topic I feel so deeply about now.

(Appalachian Family Outreach)

We will have our first social work visit this week, and I'm both nervous and super excited. Our psych evaluation reports are completed (thank you Darlene from Oasis Counseling!) and planning for our upcoming fundraiser (the big one) is underway.

We have been blessed with friends and family and a church community that is supportive of our journey and eager to greet Jimmy and Alby when they come home. This past week, I have been blessed with an organized, super-connected friend hopping on board to take the reigns and head up our silent auction (Heather, you do what I am needing most!) I've never been in a situation of asking for money like this . . . it's awkward and uncomfortable . . . and necessary to bring them home.

 (wanna bet Madonna didn't host a spaghetti dinner or have a bake sale to buy bring her baby home?)

Forty pairs of little eyes, Stared into this heart of mine
A memory burned inside my soul, One that never has let go

I’ve looked into the face of me, And the least of these stared back at me
I was unprepared and overwhelmed, With little time and much to tell

In a world away from luxury, Is where I found prosperity
Where greater love laid down his life, For the orphaned and the widowed wife

I found Jesus
he’s living with the poor
I found Jesus
but he’s easy to ignore
Jesus, in the eyes of all his daughters and sons

I found Jesus
He’s standing all alone
I found Jesus
he is young and he is old
I found Jesus
in the eyes of all his daughters and sons
Every single one

                         

- Geoff Moore, Every Single One

   (New York Times)

and Steven Curtis Chapman:

I know you’ve heard the stories
But they all sound too good to be true
You’ve heard about a place called home
But there doesn’t seem to be one for you
So one more night you cry yourself to sleep
And drift off to a distant dream

Where love takes you in and everything changes
A miracle starts with the beat of a heart
When love takes you home and says you belong here
The loneliness ends and a new life begins
When love takes you in

And somewhere while you’re sleeping
Someone else is dreaming too
Counting down the days until
They hold you close and say I love you
And like the rain that falls into the sea
In a moment what has been is lost in what will be

When love takes you in everything changes
A miracle starts with the beat of a heart

And this love will never let you go
There is nothing that could ever
cause this love to lose its hold

When love takes you in everything changes
A miracle starts with the beat of a heart
When love takes you home and says you belong here
The loneliness ends and a new life begins
When love takes you in it takes you in for good
When love takes you in

WOW!