We want to thank everyone for their loving and generous donations for our adoption. We can't thank you enough! The outpouring of love, support and prayers has shown us the love and care of our Heavenly Father. There have been so many times people from our church family would suggest resources for us to use for Luke; fundraising ideas, adoption funding websites, sign language teachers, speech and hearing centers, etc. All of this shows us God's care for Luke and that we don't need to walk this road alone. So many times, even now, I still ask the Lord if he is sure that he wants us to do adopt this little boy. It is going to be so different and difficult at times. But the Lord always answers me with his reassurance of his deep love and care for the orphans, the least of these. If you want to see the kingdom of God, visit an orphanage, see the despair on their faces, and you will see God.
Recently, there has been a many robberies in the county where we live. It has been so numerous that our sheriff's department called everyone to make them aware of the problem. Now I started thinking about the mission trip that our church recently went on to Ethiopia to bring eyeglasses and shoes to the people in the Amhara region.
They were so grateful, you would have thought they brought them a new flat screen TV. Many of them needed eyeglasses badly and the others had never worn a pair of shoes before. To put things in perspective, I started thinking about the robberies. No one would ever steal my shoes nor my eyeglasses. They would steal the things that we bought because we desired them and not because we needed them.
For the people in Ethiopia, for the orphan, for the people around the world without clean drinking water, etc. their needs are great. We have so much in this country. We can live with less and give more!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Our Dear Pastor, Mark Spansel Writes About Our Adoption
Dear Friend,
One of the core characteristics of God is His Fatherly care over His children. It is no surprise then that James calls caring for the fatherless orphan one of the truest expressions of religion (James 1:27). Whether through hardship, war, abandonment, or death, there are millions of children who will never experience the tangible love of a human father. Thanks to families like the Duryeas, yet one more beautiful child will not only experience that parental love and care, but will be taught of the Heavenly Father’s love and care. I can’t tell you how much I admire David and Laura’s faith to trust God in the leadership of their home. It is nothing short of a divine calling that they have from God and they are simply doing all they can to delightful obey what the Spirit has told them to do.
Please pray for them, partner with them, and support them as God has provided you with the means to do so. In the days we all have remaining here on earth, may we use them with the kind of purposefulness that this family is. Let their example inspire you to greater faith as well!
By Grace,
Mark Spansel
Lead Pastor, Leroy Community Chapel
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