Woven Together..

Winter has hit Jo-burg! It is so cold outside! I think it's even colder inside the house..our room is freezing! It's June, why am I wearing sweaters and socks? tanks and flip-flops, please! I would love to have a bonfire and sit under the stars and go swimming the next morning...but I am here for a reason, and even though it is freezing at night, it's going to be ok....haha.

Just completed 3 days of work..wow! The weather is getting to the kids, so they all have runny noses..today they were ALL fussing pretty much non-stop. This is the first day they have been this way. It was tiring.. but I love those babies so much! We have been here 3 weeks and I can't even imagine leaving them! I don't understand how anyone could leave these babies or not want them..it's absolutely crazy..I mean, in the long run I think it will be better. Especially because a lot of them are just here because the parents were not able to care for them, but still. It's wild.

One thing though, is that God definitely wants them! He loves them so much and them being at Door of Hope is all part of His plan for them. Three of them were adopted this week! It is so exciting to see them getting good homes, God is working it all out.

This weekend, Susan and I watched another Louie Giglio DVD..this one is called "Alive." It is one of my favorites...he used the scripture from Psalm 139 (which as always been one of my favorites, just so you know). It reminds us of how we are made, God knows us and knitted us together. He didn't just throw us into a ball and say "ok, that's good enough." He took His time on each one of us to form us EXACTLY the way He wants us..there is nothing about His creation that is a mistake. He created us the way we are. He wants us to look this way, to have these personalities, these senses of humor, beautiful smiles, crazy hair, curvy body...He created everything about us, just for us. It's pretty amazing, huh?

I keep remembering that He created each one of those babies just that way for a reason...there is one boy that screams when he gets excited..I mean like super-high pitched screech that is the cutest/most annoying sound you've ever heard in your life!! Today, all of kids kept crying, but he just kept screeching that excited little joyful squeal! At one point, I just wanted it to stop so that there would be less noise, but then I realized that he was the only happy baby in the room. I just laughed! God gave that chunk of a boy a squeal of excitement, just like he gave me a stupid giggle of joy. He has all of their days numbered, He knows when they will leave DOH and who they will go to. He has it all planned out for them and I am so happy that I get to be a part of that journey....

"For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them." ~Psalm 139:13-16 (NASB)