The power of prayer

Before I had even seen Oksana's picture a woman named Pat saw her picture and fell in love with her. Pat had 2 children at home with special needs and was not in a position to adopt Oksana but she could pray, and that's just what she did. She signed up to be a prayer warrior through Reece's Rainbow for this little girl in an orphanage in Ukraine who had CP and microcephaly just like her son. After a couple of months of prayer she decided to jump on the Reece's Rainbow's website again and the little girl's picture was gone! She immediately emailed to find out what had happened and learned that she had a family working to adopt her. I know that thrill...the thrill of a child you love finding a family...and Pat was so excited! Shortly after she found our blog and while reading the description of our family she learned that we lived in Little Rock but were originally from St. Peters, MO. Imagine her shock because Pat lives in St. Peters, MO!!! She contacted me to tell me that she had been praying for Oksana and lived in our hometown! She has followed our journey from day one and we have kept in touch on and off through the last 2 years. A week or so ago we decided it was time to meet so we arranged to have lunch at Cracker Barrel. Oh what a wonderful time we had with Pat and her precious son Josh. We immediately clicked and had a wonderful time learning about our families and sharing common experiences of raising children with special needs. This was a true honor for us to meet the woman who had prayed Oksana into our family! We are excited to get together again! Here is a picture of us after our lunch. The look on Oksana's face is the new thing she does when someone has a camera and says "smile". She's a character!

Pat, I know you are reading this and I have to tell you that Oksana made a "finger friend" today and named him Josh :)!