Announcing the New Family Members

Dear friends and family,

Many of you know that our family has been waiting to adopt 

for over a year. In the last year and a half we have learned 

much about God's power and love. We have also learned 

that His plans are often quite different from our own. We 

thought we would birth a fourth child, instead He showed 

us adoption. We thought we would adopt domestically, and 

after much waiting, He gently nudged us toward Uganda. We 

thought we were surely supposed to adopt just one, and He 

placed two boys on our hearts.

After seeing these two boys' picture a few months ago, we 

couldn't stop thinking and praying about them. Even when 

we don't understand God's ways, He is beautifully relentless, 

and we are very thankful that He has again withheld no good 

thing.

We have also learned that we can do nothing in our own strength. 

God's hand in this adoption is evident, but we need you as well! 

Would you pray for us? We need prayer for our travels, for raising 

the rest of the money and for bringing two very different children

 into our family. We are excited and scared and in wonder all at the 

same time.

If you would like to help us raise the $19,000 that we have yet to

 raise, you can easily go to Lifesong for Orphans and donate using 

our family account number: #2961.

Thank you so much for reading and supporting our family over

 these years of waiting. I can't wait until we're on the other side of 

this adoption and I'm typing about how wonderful it is that our Oster 

Five are our five children!

Blessings!