Whereby we found ourselves in the newspaper...

Last week I eluded to a message left by a reporter from the newspaper. And today it appeared. So, here's how that happened and then why this happened:

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2012/may/08/faith-motivates-couples-quest-to-adopt-creativity/


Week of Chatty Crafty: I get an email from Holly, a reporter from the Times Free Press.  She wants a quote about our involvement in the handmade crafting movement that is very much active in Chattanooga. "How did you get into your craft?" she asks. Hmmm, that's kind of an involved question for us. But nonetheless, I started into my lengthy answer. A moment later she stops me and says "to be quite honest..." and I'm a little concerned what she's going to be honest about, honestly. She says she doesn't want to just use a one-line quote in this article on us but she'd actually like to do a profile story on our family. Uhh, what? Ummm, ok. Sure, we could do that. She'll call back next week.  We went on about Chatty Crafty thinking this was pretty cool but not sure if it was really going to happen, y'know. 


Last Monday, sure enough, Ms. Holly calls back ready to schedule us to come in for an interview. A little shocked, a bit uncertain we made arrangements and showed up Thursday at 8am.  We shared and trusted the Lord, and trusted Holly to represent our God and our purpose.  


We still don't know exactly why the Lord wants that article in the newspaper. We know that many, many families in Chattanooga are in the adoption process, why us? Its not really anything fantastic, its just what He's called and is equipping us to do.  Our prayer has been that many would be encouraged and provoked to considering the Father's plan for all these 147 million orphans in the world. YOU ARE THE PLAN....WE ARE THE PLAN!

"Now all glory to God, who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think."  Ephesians 3:20