Jesus Prom

Tonight I went ahead with my plans to cure the adoption funk by serving. Plans changed a bit, and Jack couldn't go due to a birthday thing we forgot about, but the plans got better. Late this afternoon, I found myself all dressed up headed to church with this man, also dressed up riding along. As we crossed the bridge over the river by my house, it dawned on me...I was on a date with my husband. Yes, he and I went to the Jesus Prom to be paparazzi for the 300 guests. God had quite a few surprises for us today. First, I was approached by a young couple at church who have found God leading them to adoption. I cheerfully shared everything abut our orphanage and prayed for them as they work through their discernment. I remember trying to work through that and it was such an amazing time in our lives. My husband and I got to reminisce about that on our way to the dance.

When we got there, we found many of our church family and friends both old and new. We all got to stand on the sides of the red carpet as many special needs individuals filed in. The women who were aged 7 or 8 all the way to their 50's or 60's. They wore beautiful gowns, and some were sitting with our hair and makeup team getting all ready. On the carpet we had an interviewer who stopped them as they walked through the sea of photographers and asked them questions about dancing and if they were ready to have fun. From there they were escorted to their formal pictures and into the room. Many of the men were in tuxes and some of them spun around showing off their best moves. One of the gentleman did a mean Michael Jackson imitation. From there, they were served dinner, then our very own Tracey Tolley and his band played awesome music! The dance floor was packed. I think the best was watching the teens of our church escorting guests down the red carpet and serving the dinner and dancing with all our guests. I swear we had the longest conga line ever. In all, just seeing all the joy from the guests and all of us there really did cure the adoption funk.

In the end, I got a nice meal out with my husband and some friends, which made for a wonderful evening. I think I just may be able to face another week in the wait. Besides, our rockin praise band started the service today with my song..."Strength will rise as we wait upon the Lord....you are the everlasting God."