I’m in Birmingham with the Bedouins International guys tonight. We had a really great meeting today about everything that is going on and where the group is headed.  These guys stay really busy and have some really great work to show for it. I’ve been asking God to give me more compassion for orphans and the homeless.  He has used this weekend to further break my heart for orphans and the poor.  It’s getting harder and harder for me to ignore poverty.  Yep, I’ve been ignoring poverty. It’s a lot easier to ignore it. My amazing wife brought me to that realization with a pretty simple question….. “want to adopt a child through Compassion International?”  I don’t remember exactly but I’m pretty sure the reaction in my head was no, but of course i said yes.

We got Pavin’s info in the mail a few weeks ago. He is 4, an average student, and lives in India.  All I can think about when I see him is why in the world we didn’t do this sooner.  This little guy is 4, so that means he has needed us for 4 years.  I know you can’t save everyone but you should have heard my delaying with excuses about how I wasn’t able to decide which child to sponsor. Not OK.  So I’m convicted about my lack of action and God is really softening my heart too.  God is changing who I am, and that’s really refreshing.

I’ll post some more info on Pavin later so you can check him out. I think he is a cool kid. You’ll see what I mean.