my new baby!

Ok, so I know a lot of you are dying to know the story behind this sweet baby girl! Her name is Genesis, which means "new beginning." Before I moved back to Honduras, many people asked me if I want to get married and have my own kids someday. I told them I would rather just keep taking in kids as teenagers--I'm not really into babies. But God continues to teach me that His plan is always greater than MY plan.

[Genesis]

I never really thought much about it the first day I met her. I just held her until she fell asleep in my arms and I began praying over her. At that point, I just thought she was a cute baby. I didn't know her story...I didn't know that her mom was only 16 years old...I didn't know that she had been abandoned and left with her mom's aunt to take care of her...I didn't know that nobody even knows who her dad is...I didn't know that she has never known the love of a mother. And I definitely wasn't ready to be that for her.

[with my sweet baby girl]

A few weeks later, I was running errands with some of the girls in Los Pinos and decided to take Genesis with me for the day to give the aunt a break. As we rode the bus all over town getting school pictures taken, eating lunch, and buying groceries, I began praying for her. She was sitting on my lap on the bus just tapping the window and minding her own business and the moment I began praying for her, she leaned in to hug me. That happened three different times throughout the day. I don't think it was a coincidence.

[Luis giving her a bottle before bed]

Two weeks ago, she came out to the property on a Saturday night with my teenage girls. We were all in the kitchen cooking and Genesis was walking around playing with the cat not bothering anyone, just minding her own business. I began praying for her again and asking God for more confirmation. I told God that if I am supposed to take her in, she would come over and hug my legs. She hadn't done that to anyone before--she wasn't even paying any attention to any of us. Four times in the next ten minutes she came over and buried her face between my knees and hugged my legs. At that point I knew, and I knew it was from the Lord.

[Genesis & Luis]
Honestly, I was terrified. I had no idea what to do or who to talk to about it. I wasn't ready for a baby. And besides, I already have a 14-year-old. He was one of the main reasons I moved back here. So that night, I decided to talk to Luis about it. I told him what had happened in the kitchen and all he could say was "WOW." He was completely supportive because he knew it was from God. He is so compassionate and GREAT with kids. He LOVES others so much. 

So here we are...our new little family!! :-)

Please pray for God's favor during this process. I need to make sure I do everything in the proper order so that I don't risk having her taken away from me. Pray for strength and wisdom in raising these kids as I am now a single mother of two! Please pray that the Lord will send me a husband (soon!) that is ready to help provide and care for our little family!!