In a country where adoption is not a common path to motherhood, you can imagine the honor I felt to be asked to share our family's adoption journey in the Mother's Day edition of a nationally-distributed Albanian women's magazine.
I wrote the article in English and enlisted the assistance of our colleague, Genti, in translation. Knowing that the magazine aims to reach the non-Christian reader, I wanted to present a clear picture of the Gospel message, though the picture of adoption to explain the process in which we join the family of God. Drawing from the struggles and joys we experienced on our adoption journeys, my hope is that the reader can get a glimpse of the Father's love for her and the joy, restoration and healing that comes from being part of a family.
The title of the article is 'Hidden Treasures" from the verse we claimed for our year of preparation in coming to Albania. Isaiah 45:3 (NIV) states: "I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places so that you will know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name."
To be on the cover? Well, that's something I never envisioned in a million years!
Pray for us as we go about sharing our testimony through this magazine. We have lots of specific people in mind we want to share this with! And pray for the individuals we don't know too who will read our story! This magazine is edited and published by American missionaries as an evangelical tool distributed by the church.
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