CHI Colombia Program Coordinator

To the lady that gets it all together...and can keep it all together...that blessed woman- THANK YOU! You will never know the power that your words, sweet thoughts, simple acts of kindness have had on so many people. Thank you for being obedient to the calling that our Father has given to you...thank you for hanging in there when things become monotonous and frustrating...thank you for knitting my family together, and being with us through each step...You have had an eternal impact on our lives...and we are forever indebted. May God bless you abundantly, and give you wisdom and strength to endure as He has called you for this purpose this day.

I would like to share with you her comments sent to me in an email when I had stated I wouldn't mind having a cool job like hers:

It is cool. And at the same time it is the hardest job I could ever have. I constantly deal with changes in agency policy, in US governmental agency policies (like changes at CIS or the Hague convention implementation), as well as changes in Colombian laws and policies. Most of my job is administrative, paper shuffling, and translating, punctuated by assignments from time to time and then the rush to get people ready to go. I think my job probably sounds more "glamorous" than it is!

But the bottom line is that this is what God has called me to do. It's not just a job for me. It is a calling. So I do it the very best that I can and ask for his wisdom and assistance in all of it because matching children and families is way over ALL of our heads!

Wow...please pray with me that God strengthen Julie and the team and all those, even within adoption agencies elsewhere to move by His Holy Spirit and to do according to His will and work as it is their calling; please pray that wisdom would abound and favor given where necessary, and that this work not be forgotten and God bless each of them and their families...thanks.

Julie-- YOU ARE AWESOME! WE HOPE TO MEET YOU SOME DAY!!! WE WILL COME TO OREGON...WE WILL MEET! THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN; MAY GOD BLESS YOU!