Our Biggest Leap Thus Far

So.... deciding to adopt and get involved in Orphan Ministry and going to China to get Collins were all LEAPS OF FAITH, but we've just taken the biggest one yet. Carl has resigned from 25 years of church ministry to be the Executive Director of Orbie for Orphans. This is a 501-c-3, non-profit ministry that started out of a wonderful company called Oodles World, which is in the process of making an animated movie, children's Bible Studies and Vacation Bible School curriculum. You can check it out at oodlesworld.com. Our part will be to design and lead Orbie for Orphans to have a significant impact in the battle for children who have lost just about everything, because they have lost their families. We have so many exciting things up our sleeve, but all with the goal of raising awareness and engaging churches to be a part of the rescue process. There is such a TREMENDOUS need to get the light of Christ and the truth of His Word to these hopeless children. The big leap of faith for us is not changing ministries and career paths because this is our passion. This is the most natural thing in the world for us to be doing for the rest of our lives. We can't NOT do it! The step into the deep for us is that we will be raising support for the organization and for our living expenses for the next few years. We recently went to a seminar on support raising. One of the things we looked at was a verse in Luke 8 where is says that as Jesus and His disciples were doing their ministry, they were supported by the provision of others. Jesus who had all the wealth in the world at His disposal chose to live this way. As I sat at this seminar, I wrote down, "Lord, how ludicrous that our fear of this one thing - fundraising- would keep us from the biggest call you have ever put on us. How silly that fear of this one thing would keep us from our passion and our purpose." Risky? Yes, but Carl and I don't want to live with regret. We're diving in!