Reconnecting....It's a beautiful thing!!

She was small....beautiful....amazing!  She was love....hope....joy.....all wrapped into one little bundle.  She was our first!  Our first foster child....our first call to parenting.....our first of God's children to love.

Her name....Cambryn (although we called her "nugget" in social media land)!  She stayed with us only three weeks....but our hearts were forever emblazed with her mark.  She taught us what it meant to love....like God loves (or try to!).  To love unconditionally....to love boldly and with reckless abandon!  She put stretch marks all over our hearts....stretch marks that have never gone away.

We have prayed for her daily.  We've asked God to please assure her safety.   We've prayed that she is loved deeply.  We have prayed that she is being raised in a Christian home where she will know the love of God and be taught to be a beautiful woman of faith.

But since that day.....July 17th, 2012, when Cambryn left our home....there has been a lack of peace.  A concern....a discomfort and uncertainty that has haunted us.  She was picked up and taken away in a flash....just as quickly as the day she was dropped off.  It was painful....probably one of the most painful days of my life.  And even in our joy....as we continued our journey into parenthood....the pain remained!  Where is she?  How is she?  Will we ever know?  Please dear God...let her know love!

WELL.....I can now say....WE KNOW!!  She is safe!  She is loved!  She is being raised to know she is a precious, amazing child of God....a gift that was wonderfully made!

Through the amazing reach of "Facebook Arms"....we have been able to be connected with Cambryn's parents! Through a chance and bizarre crossing of paths.....my cousin discovered that she knows the awesome couple that adopted Cambryn.  She was taken from our home....and placed in their loving arms.  And now...we have been connected!  A connection that can only be God designed... divinely orchestrated! 

Thank you dear heavenly Father....for your love!  Thank you for your promise of a new day.  Thank you for your peace!  May we be pleasing to you as we take up the call to love your children.