Why Caleb

Tom here. I have been happy to let Leanne write her blogs to this point, but thought I should share the significance (at least to me) of the name we have chosen for our son. In Numbers 13 we find that Caleb is one of the twelve spies chosen by Moses to scout out the Promise Land. Caleb, along with Joshua, are the only spies that encouraged the people to follow through with God's plan. The other ten spies were afraid of the giants that lived in the land. Caleb and Joshua's faith was based on their belief that the conquest of the Promise Land was dependent on God's power, not their own. No matter how many or how big the giants were, their God was bigger. Because of their faith, they were the only two men of their generation to survive the forty years in the wilderness and enter the Promise Land. In Joshua 14 we find the rest of the story. Forty five years later the giants in the Promise Land still needed to be defeated. At 85 years of age Caleb once again steps up to volunteer to fight the giants. He is still confident that his God is bigger than any giant. His declaration of faith is found in verse 8- 'for my part, I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.'
Caleb, both the companion of Joshua and the little boy in an Ethiopian orphanage, remind me that my God is bigger than any giant I might face. There is no wait long enough, no ocean wide enough, no financial obligation large enough to defeat my God. One day I will hold the son God has promised me and I will know- for my part, I wholeheartedly followed the Lord my God.

WE GOT OUR REFERRAL

Sorry it has taken a couple days to post this but we have been busy celebrating our beautiful little boy that God has blessed us with.

Thursday was the most amazing day. So this is how it all went. I was home from work with some sick kids and my mom and her friend were coming into town to help us get our house ready so we could put it up for sale. My mom arrived at about 11:05 and I started helping her unload all the goodies (baked goods, food, etc. thanks mom we love your cooking.) Well as I'm unloading things my phone rings but I can not get to it in time, they leave a message. When I hear Pat voice from our agency my heart starts to beat faster and my knees start going weak. I hear her say, "Leanne I have some good news for you, we have a little boy for you who is 2 years old." I get off the phone and start crying and screaming, and tell my mom what is going on. I can't believe that I receive this call only 10 minutes after my mom arrives at my house. God timing is so perfect! I then call my husband and he asks for more details and I do not have them because I forgot to call Pat back and get more info. So I call Pat and she emails all the information to us. We get ready and go and get the kids from school and go to get the email together. What an amazing day! A day we will never forget! So we have a beautiful little 2 year old boy who we already love and adore. Hopefully we will be able to travel before the courts close. I can not post any pictures of him until after we pass court and he is legally ours.