Over the years I have heard about and experienced a number of Divine appointments ~ “chance” encounters clearly engineered God. When I heard my new friend’s story, it completely blew me away!

Linda and her husband adopted 2 children (a boy and a girl) from Haiti. In 2000, while awaiting the adoption of their daughter, Linda had a “chance” encounter with a fellow customer in a grocery store in their small Iowa town. One thing in the conversation led to another and it was discovered the woman had done mission work at the very orphanage in Haiti where their daughter had been dropped off by her birth father, This woman had taken a group photo that included their future daughter’s birth father!

That’s not all ~ the lady and her husband had themselves transported the little girl to the Maranatha Children’s Home in Port-au-Prince which led to her being adopted by my friends.

The next year they adopted a little boy from the same organization. The year following his adoption, Linda just “happened” to be visiting a thrift store in their hometown in Iowa when she and another customer struck up a conversation. One thing in the conversation led to another and it was discovered this second woman also had done mission work at the same orphanage where Linda’s son had been dropped off and she had a picture of him and his birth father together! She had been there that very day!

Unbelievable!

Linda tells me she could spend all night telling stories of God’s intervention and provision during the long, arduous process of adopting from another country.

Both she and her husband know God was intimately involved in the entire process and they give Him the glory.

I would encourage you today to trust Him with the details of your life. He can do amazing things!