Church in China!

What a day! Though I have been to China twice before, I have never been permitted to openly worship in a Christian church with Chinese believers. Today, I had that opportunity.

Oh my, just walking in the place made me feel like I was on Holy Ground. My brothers and sisters in China were there. My dad was there. My sister in the Lord, Sara, was there. And for the first time ever, I held my child in the House of the Lord.

The singing was beautiful and the words spoken were very moving. They sang "God Will Make a Way". The words say, "God will make a way, when there seems to be no way. He works in ways we cannot see. He will make a way for me. He will be my Guide, hold me closely to His side. With strength and love for each new day, He will make a way...He will make a way."

I began to weep as I thought about Amelia and her life thus far. Born to parents who must have felt there was "no way;" left as a tiny baby at five days old in front of a store; found by a worker and turned into the police; taken to an orphanage where she was assigned to a foster family; reared with love by that family until she was handed to me, a stranger, and taken away from her homeland forever.

Yet, in all of this, God HAS made a way for Amelia. He made a way for her to live. He made a way for her to be loved and cared for during the past 2 years. He made a way for me to come to China and become a mother - something I never could have fathomed. He made a way for this little child to come to this country and have a permanent family who loves her, opportuntities she might never have had, and most importantly, He made a way for her to know Him.

My precious child, God has made a way when there seemed to be no way. He has done it for me in the past, and I have no doubt He will do it again. This is the God we serve - the God who loves you, who intends for you a future and a hope.