Christmas is already a magical time of year for us at Beautiful Gate as we prepare to celebrate Jesus’ birthday! The staff looks forward to a change of pace during the holiday break. The children count down the days until they can play on the jumping castles (bounce houses). The volunteers generally enjoy experiencing the holiday in a new culture and context. Each part of the Christmas season feels like little miracles – God’s reminders to us of His unending, faithful love.
This Christmas, however, stands out a bit more than past celebrations. While we happily embraced all of the usual expressions of festivity, this year God seemed to go above and beyond to dazzle us with His good gifts. Not one, not two, but THREE of our precious children were welcomed into their forever families this Christmas season (one opted out of being pictured below). God gives really good gifts each and every day, but for these three children and their families this was undoubtedly a VERY special Christmas full of God’s abundant miracles.
We are so grateful to our Abba Father for allowing us to be witnesses to His perfect timing. What a gift (literally!) to see these children and families receive the BEST Christmas present they could have hoped for. The gift of the Christ child is certainly unbeatable, but this was a pretty phenomenal second. We are grateful, too, for the adoptive families who commit to pursuing, raising, and loving these children. We live in a broken world, and the adoption process is not an easy one in any way, shape, or form. Regardless, we have the privilege of seeing God’s love win out time and time again when families endure the long waits, financial strain, and legal hoops and are finally united with the child(ren) they have fought so hard to welcome into the family. God is SO good!
Join us as we praise God for His incredible faithfulness. He never ceases to go over and above our expectations with His love and generosity. Pray with us, too, for these children and their new families as they return home, make big transitions, and begin the next phase of the amazing journeys God has them on. We cannot help but be encouraged as we close 2019 on such a high. To us it is a reminder from God that He is at work and His work is always good. Here’s to a 2020 filled with more year-round “Christmas” miracles.