Today, Dana, Sophie & I welcomed a new family member! After years of waiting and wrestling with when and how to host a foreign exchange student - we are finally welcoming our first. Her name is Niki, and she is a 15 year old girl from Greece. We've e-mailed for months now and talked on the phone last week. It is an amazing responsibility and privilege to be watching over someone else's child for almost a whole year. It will be an exciting time.
I'm realizing that raising Sophia, the child God has entrusted to us, is like us watching over Niki. Sophie is His child, and He has given her to us to watch over for as long as He wills. I can't imagine sending her to a foreign land for a whole year. Niki's parents have trust and confidence in her -- and in us. May we be worthy of that trust. Please pray for us and for Niki as she makes the transition to American life.
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