The Gift

This evening we had a jaw dropping experience and I am not even joking about that. We were visiting with our friends Joel and Laura and Joel's younger brother Jesse. We had recently finished sharing a meal and were sitting around chatting, which we were very excited to do because it is one of the many benefits of having them live in Laramie now. I started visiting with Laura about a receipt I had from shopping earlier in the day, and how we could possibly use pursue a few different routes to help with the cost of the adoption travel. As we were discussing options, Jesse asked us if we had money set aside fo the adoption. We explained to him that we had been saving up some money, and we have a good start, but we definitely don't have all of the money that will be needed to fund the entire adoption process. Jesse then began explaining to us how he had been in a really bad car accident the previous summer. As a result of the car accident and a long battle with the insurance companies, he received a decent sum of money. He made the decision early on that he did not need or want this money and would gift it to an organization. Throughout the year he has struggled to find the organization/persons that he felt the money should go toward. Up to this point we were both listening, and I don't know if either one of us knew what was coming next. Jesse then stated that he would like to gift us with a sum of money from his car accident, because he just felt that it was the right thing to do. We sat in shock for what seemed like an eternity. Once we could pick our jaws up off the ground, we quickly reminded Jesse that he had only known us for 6 days! Why would he possibly want to do this for us? His reply, without any hesitation, was because he just felt that it was the right thing to do and that he wants to help us with this process, he wanted to help bring this child home.
I don't know if many people have experiences like this one, but it is truly a blessing. We have felt confirmation and provision in ways that we least expected to. We asked ourselves many times, "How could we be so fortunate?" and "Did this really just happen to us?"
Needless to say, we feel so blessed and feel that without a doubt this is the journey we should be taking right now. We are eager to share with others the story of this gift and hope to someday provide an amazing gift in return.