On Wednesday at 6:00 pm. We got a message from our agency saying that our Baby Girl E in Ethiopia, (the little girl we are adopting,) was in the hospital with the flu. We were devastated with the news and began to cry, pray and ask everyone to pray. We received an update on Thursday that it was normal for orphanages to take children to the hospital to quarantine them from the other children and get them basic medical help. At 3:00 pm on Friday we got news that our our little girl does not have a the flu but a very serious bacterial infection and she is in critical condition. Several of the other babies in the orphanage have already died. Our hearts ached for her. We desperately pleaded to God to help and asked even more people to pray for her. We know God alone is the Healer, Protector, and Comforter. He can do in an instant what we can not do in a life time. We need Him!
Praise God on Saturday we got word that she is now in stable condition. We are thankful for this news and we are praying for her body to get the nutrients it needs to heal and that she would not get a secondary infection. Please continue to pray for our sweet Baby Girl E and that God would be glorified in all this. Right now we think her brother, our our little Boy E is fine and has not gotten sick. We praise God for His protection and we are asking for it to continue.
I feel like He is teaching us so much through this:
1. It draws us to our daughter even more. We loved her already but this sickness has made us long for her and her brother even more. We can not get to them fast enough.
2. I feel like it has confirmed in our hearts that death is GAIN for those who are in Christ and yes for babies who have yet to know Him. We have talked to our kids about our Baby Girl E being sick and told them the Bible is clear that babies go to heaven if they die. 2 Samuel 12:22-23 So we are sitting out on our driveway having a picnic dinner on Friday and I am still crying. Braden says, "Daddy, all babies go to heaven! So Baby E will go to heaven if she dies and that is better." Amen, Braden. Yes, it is Gain! Kennedy says, "Baby E would get to learn about Jesus from Jesus! How cool would that be." I start laughing at the sweetness of it and Kennedy says, "Look mommy is laughing and crying at the same time."
3. It is teaching us to trust more in God and not in human resources. Being 8,344 miles from our daughter just confirms how helpless we are as humans. We need God to work and move on our behalf for the sake of His glory. Some trust in doctors and some trust in medicine, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. Don't get me wrong. We love TCH, doctors, medicine and IVs but they are not our Hope or our Refuge. He is.
4. It is making us pray more fervently. I praise God that He hears and cares. When we got the good news about Baby Girl E, Braden said, "God heard us and He is healing her." I love that!
5. Even from Jay's lesson today from Psalm 34, he is teaching us to taste and see that He is good. We have no promise that He will heal our little girl. We say with David and Joel, "Who knows whether the Lord may be gracious to me..." 2 Samuel 12:22, Joel 2:14 But we do have the promise of Romans 8:31-32, "What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?" He is for us! He will not spare giving us one good thing.
We love you, Father. Thank you for being for us. Please heal, protect and comfort our Baby Girl E tonight. Please continue to protect our Little Boy E. Be Glorified in all!
Jesus is the All-Satisfying Treasure!
Ashley
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