Exchange

Well, my dad got married this week. I am so very excited for him. I am also excited for our family because this will be the first time in almost 3 years that it will be just the 4 of us! However God has other plans for us!
I shouldn't be shocked! I had a feeling when we completed our downstairs bedroom that it would never be empty.
Some friends of ours have been "parents" to high school exchange students and asked us last week if we would be willing to have a student come to live with us. If they couldn't place him, he would have to go home. We talked and prayed about it and feel God leading us to take on this challenge.
So, we are expanding our family for a year. Kenneth is from Hong Kong and a junior in high school. We are thrilled that he will be coming into our home. The girls are very excited about having a big brother. (Alaynah has asked for a big brother for years - who knew she would get her way!)
We have never parented a teenager, we have never parented a boy, we have never been to China - so basically, we have no clue what we are doing. Please pray for us as we embark on this journey.
We don't know how much we have to offer him from an educational or relational standpoint but we pray that if nothing else, we will exchange Christ's love with this boy. He has a special place in my heart already and I have never met him. It must be a God thing!!!