William's Blessing

We have always known that our church family at Southside was a loving group of people, but we got to experience it on Sunday. Our good friends, Stan and Kelly Ferguson, invited the church family to their home for a time of blessing for William.

Kelly's dad, Jim Oldach, who is also one of the shepherds at Southside, shared a story from the life of Jesus Christ with the group and then prayed for us.

It truly was a "momentous event." It was a special celebration recognizing our adoption of William. He is no longer one of 143 million orphans in the world. He is one of 4 siblings in our house. He is no longer a picture of despair. He is a child of hope. Recently I read that when we are adopted into God's family through faith, we know that we will never be alone. The celebration at the Ferguson's house was a reminder to us that William will never again be alone. Not only is he part of our family, he is now part of the family at Southside. God does place the lonely into families (Psalm 68:6).