Beijing

The Old City: A Visit to Mrs. Wu's house for tea and culture lesson
The Forbidden City: would have been really cool if wasn't so hot
"I Climbed The Great Wall" and got a T-Shirt to prove it

1 Less = 1 More

Today Guo Jin Yu is an orphan. In 7 days William Isaac will be a son. He has hope and a future and doesn't even know it yet. These thoughts overwhelm me as I consider what adoption is for him and what it is for us. As followers of Jesus Christ, we have been adopted. We were hopeless, dead in our sins and living messes. Then God enabled us through the power of the Holy Spirit to believe in the One He sent and to trust Him as Savior. At that moment, we were adopted. We are now children of God. Not step-children, but we have full access to the God of the Universe who is our loving, sustaining, and gracious Father. That is what we will show our Will. He is given Jared's great-great-grandfather's name for a reason. A family name, to reinforce that he was planed, that he was chosen, that he was grafted into Team Vineyard once and for all. This is God's heart for us!! Wow, this is all so much bigger than us, it is Christ in us- the Hope of Glory! And that's our prayer that He always receives the glory for what we are doing, truly apart from Him we can do nothing!!