By kristen
The other day when I mentioned our plans to adopt, my friend Missy, emailed me and said, “Get ready, because Satan HATES adoption. He preys on orphans and he’s going to fight you.”
To which I replied:
“Um, we’ve been talking about overcoming lust and pornography in marriage for weeks on my public blog and I’m going to Africa on Tuesday…I think Satan knows my name,” I emailed her back thinking of the week we’d been having.
Her reply: “I bet Satan has wanted pictures of your face all over Hell.”
And that thought, (especially for this good girl) pleased me immensely. And scared me a bit.
I understand that spiritual warfare is real, but for some reason, I’m always slow to see it as that. This past week, all my carefully laid plans fell apart-from childcare for my kiddos to unexpected expenses, to plain old discouragement. I got nasty comments, a few mean emails, and physically, I felt horrible.
I’m not gonna lie, it’s been a tough journey to get to today. And if you must know, I stopped for sweet tea waaayyy more than I should have and thus, I’m traveling in stretchy pants today).
(Even on the way to the airport I ran by Chick Fil A. I figured I needed to start this trip in the right frame of mind).
But, I’m on my way to Minneapolis right now, where I’ll meet up with the Compassion Team: Shaun Groves, Patricia Jones (Team leader and my roommate), Keely Scott (photographer), Chris Giovagnoni (Compassion staff), MckMama, Brad Ruggles, Kent Shaffer, LV Hanson, and Ryan Detzel. We’ll arrive in Amsterdam Wednesday morning for a layover and then on to Nairobi, Kenya, arriving after about 36 hours of travel.
And I’m just giving Satan and Hell fair warning, there are many people praying for this journey and I’ve got an amazing partner (GOD) leading the way.
Would you pray for our team?
Would you pray for me? Because the whole Wanted Poster is sort of new for me.
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