A Heart for Adoption at Our Church

Some things cannot be explained—they can only be attributed to God.

God gave us a desire to adopt before Isaac was born. His birth was both a gift and a wrinkle in our adoption plans. Now however, we find ourselves well into our adoption process.

As God was working in our hearts over the last couple of years, little did we realize that he was also working in the same way in the hearts of several other families in our church. Some families walk through the adoption journey feeling quite alone, but God has put a bunch of people around us in Paducah, KY who are on the same path.

In fact, there are almost 20 adopted children at our church from the United States, China, Guatemala, Ukraine, El Salvador, and South Korea.

Currently, there are also nine families in our church who are somewhere in the process of adoption. How great it was to get together the other night, eat, share our stories, and pray together. The food was good. The conversation was great. The prayer was sweet—and the kids were all over the place! The more we talked and spent time together, the more obvious it was that we are all a part of a definite God thing.

God is bringing children into our church through parents who have a heart for the fatherless. The Parkhursts and Roarks are adopting from within the United States. The Pecks are headed to China. The Housmans and Durfees are on their way to Korea. The Heavrins are going to Russia. The Stiverses, Moores, and Bradys are adopting from Ethiopia.

Johnny and Laura Roberts are being used mightily by God. How thankful to God we are for them.

In Paducah, KY and throughout the country, God is waking the church up to the responsibility and privilege of James 1:27. Many are getting in on what God is doing...and we are having a blast.

What a great life!