Prayer Request

Chuck's brother, John has been in Mexico for about three years now helping in an orphanage. When he first visited that orphanage, three little boys worked their way right into his heart. He has felt a bond with those three boys, Marcos, Sergio and Alfredo. The bond has been so strong that for a couple of years now, Andy (the oldest Lambert brother) and his wife Betsy have been trying to adopt the boys to make them a part of our family. It has been a long, confusing, drawn out process with a lot of ups and downs along the way.

About three weeks ago, the orphanage was shut down because of some accusations made against the director. This meant that all the children there were taken away from the orphanage and distributed to many different places. This has been a very trying time for John as he's had to stay around there and try to pick up the pieces and provide answers that he wasn't even sure of himself. He has remained faithful through it all but would sure appreciate prayers for wisdom, peace and patience as all of this is being investigated and hopefully resolved over the next few weeks.

An immediate prayer request that we have is for the adoptions that were in progress. Our good friends, Todd and Lillian (from Sterling) have been granted custody from the Mexican government of a sweet little boy named Moises. They do have custody, but have been waiting for paperwork to be completed for more than a year. Since all of the problems happened with the orphanage, it appears that they want to try to speed up any adoptions that were in progress. This would include Todd and Lillian and possibly Andy and Betsy. They are all on their way to Mexico to meet with the Mexican authorities and were told they could possibly be given custody, and for Todd and Lillian, be even closer to bringing him home!

Please join with us in prayer that:

*First of all God would be glorified!

*That HIS will would be done.

*That these two families would be granted favor from the Mexican government (the meetings begin Wed. July 16 at 10AM.)

*That they would be able to bring these four sweet boys out of the danger and uncertainty of the environments they are in now to live with their new loving parents.

*That He would guard the hearts of those involved.

Thank you. We know that the only way these adoptions will go through is if God would intervene. We know He is able...we are praying that He will.