Blessings

"Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 15:5

Remember how I told you how amazing Colorado was and how much God had blessed us during that trip (and that I would fill you in later)? Well, here it goes. We have a numerous amount of friends from college that now live in Colorado. A very special couple to us, Drew and Noelle, moved there after college and we were really hoping to visit them while there. While they were at KU, they went to Grace EPC and Drew and Vince were classmates. When we describe them, it usually consists of: encouragers, full of joy, on fire for Christ, authentic and sincere. We didn't get to spend a lot of time with them while they were at KU, because we had a family and they were very involved in Greek and college life, but we just adored them.
In December, they had called us and said they had some news for us and we quickly asked "Are you pregnant?" (We can't wait for them to have kids!) They said no and that they would just send it in a letter. Well, no letter came, ever. We just thought if it was big enough news, we would have got something, but we were still asking eachother about it every month or so.
Six months later, on our way to Colorado, we called hoping to catch a time we could meet and they were going to be going to Ottawa/Lawrence for a wedding. What timing! So we decided that on our way back we would meet them in Salina, at IHOP for an early morning breakfast. After 6 years, we finally got to see our friends again, and what an encouragement it was to us! They shared with us that Noelle's brother had been adopted and what a huge blessing that was to their family and that her family had started an adoption family foundation...and we were the first recepients of their adoption gift. I can't tell you how much this blessed Vince and I. I cried and they prayed for us and we departed. Some thoughts as I was in the car were: 1) God didn't let them send it in the mail, because we needed this encouragement now, after nearly 2 years of waiting; that God was still providing for us, 2) We needed to bless eachother in person and a letter wouldn't have sufficed and 3) This had to happen before we got Tariku. We were supposed to get him in December and yet, this still hasn't happened. To feel our sisters and brothers in Christ, come alongside us, supporting and praying for us....just overwhelming to me. We felt so loved.