John Junkin and his wife Jennifer know the joy and pain of waiting for a child. As pioneers for Lifeline’s Ethiopia program, they…began their adoption process in January of 2011. During the course of their twenty-month journey, the family’s experience included immense difficulty, as well as overwhelming triumph… “We prayed. We cried. We longed for Micah before we know who he was.”
As tough as that was, John and Jennifer committed to seeing the beauty in their wait. “We realized that we were doing something for him that had never been done before.” The reality was that Micah never had someone grieve his absence, approach the Father on his behalf, and be desperate to hold him. “That is the glory of the waiting…”
Taken from Birmingham Christian Family, December 2012
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