Moore Family Adoption

I've had visions, seen miracles first hand, seen God's word proved true over and over...but witnessing someone accepting Christ...nothing compares.  I feel like I'm in heaven right now, and I'm in awe right now at the amazing faithfulness of God.  Tonight, Anya accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior.  I made clear to her that praying to accept Christ is not something to do to please Mom or Dad...it was a decision she makes all for herself.  After she prayed, I told her that all of heaven, all the angels, and every person in heaven was celebrating right now.  She asked if it was for everyone who accepted Christ.  I said, it was for her alone, and then told her about John 3:16.  She was amazed. It reminds me very much of my Dad, Edward Moore.  My dad resisted Christ strongly.  But we kept praying for him for 20 years.   It was at my brother Ted's funeral, that my dad wheeled over to Nellie, my wife, and told her, "last night I accepted Jesus ...

We have been sending Samuel and Anya to a therapist for about 6 months now.  Dr. Kelly does play therapy, creating a safe zone for the kids to express their inner frustrations.  Nellie, Zach, myself and Matthias are ready for some play therapy.  I remember something my friend Jeff told me about Misha, a boy he adopted from Russia.  He said 5 years after the adoption, the boy still lies, and blatantly.    The funny thing is that there are days when you really believe you are making progress.  Then reality hits, and you see what was thought of as progress, was merely a calculation, a behavior displayed to yield a desired result.  This stands in stark contrast to any child we have raised previoulsy.  Our biological children at home, are really sick of these manipulative behaviors.  We are sick of them.  Talk about draining. But God has been our miracle worker over and over.  He is the one making progress, and He is not taking ...