Daughters by Design: The Miracle Adoption of Two Cambodian Orphans - Tapa blanda

Paula's mind raced: Adoption is not happening! I'm too old. I'm comfortable-an empty nester! I'm busy teaching. A nine-year-old? Why me? Desiring to do God's will, Paula searched in John Piper's A Hunger for God and wept when she read Isaiah 58:6-8 on giving shelter and food to the needy. Five weeks later, God led her to mother not just one, but two Cambodian orphans. "We had no idea how rough our road would be for the next four years . . . But Paul and I were willing to obey the Lord's clear direction . . . without ever asking a few obvious questions . . . " ". . . be inspired . . . they share their agonizing roadblocks . . . prayers . . . faith . . . challenges . . . As adoptive parents ourselves, we highly recommend this book!" -Authors Josh and Dottie McDowell ". . . wild and holy . . . a heartbreaking, impossible adventure . . . their extraordinary faithfulness calls me to dream . . . beyond my capacity . . ." -Dan B. Allender, Ph.D., Professor and Founding President of Mars Hill Graduate School and Author of The Wounded Heart and Leading with a Limp "It's an amazing and barely conceivable story of international adoption challenges to build a 'second' family. I couldn't put it down. But keep a box of tissue handy-the persistent hope and love shown here will grab your heart and shake you to the core!" -Penny Lent, contributing author in Max Lucado's bestseller It's Not About Me, Teen Edition ". . . trace God's hand . . . celebrate His watchful care over two special orphans and . . . two unsuspecting but willing parents . . . they gave us the courage to move forward with our adoption . . ." -Matthew and Molly Veldt, adoptive parents of international children