How Did You Not Bring One Home?

This is a question we have gotten many times since our return from Ethiopia:
"How did you not bring one of those orphans home with you?" And frankly, it
was a question we asked ourselves before going to Zeway.

Certainly there is the fact that a person can't just decide to adopt any
child, even an orphaned child. There is a legal process, inter-country
agreements, immigration details, country laws and regulations-all of which
guarded our hearts somewhat of falling in love with a particular child.

But there is more to it than that as to why we didn't walk away only wanting
to adopt children. God gave us a bigger vision than just our own personal
family growth. He led us down a path of seeing a bigger solution than just
the rescue and adoption of one child. He led us to desire community with
the people of Zeway to grow their hearts and means to be guardians of these
children. We are not sure what this looks like yet. Rarely does God give a
person or team the entire blueprint of his plan. Often He unfolds it slowly
over time. We are not sure exactly what this looks like, but what we do
know is that we don't feel like that was the last trip the people of Grace
are to take to Zeway.