Testimony

The following testimony is not mine, but was shared by our speaker at this week's community meeting, and was so awesome that I just had to share it!
There is a girl who lived in Haiti when she was little. She and her siblings lived in an orphanage, but they were not orphans; their parents simply couldn't take care of them. They were able to go visit their family, but they were cared for at the orphanage. One day the girl was told that a family had come and they were going to take her to America. Whether because of her age or a language barrier or because someone was hiding the truth, the girl didn't realize that she was being adopted. She thought she was only visiting America, and had to discover over time that she wouldn't be going back. She would never get to see her family again.
I don't know how old she was when she was adopted, but by the time she was in junior high, she had learned to love her new family and ended up going to the youth group that our speaker works with. After the earthquake last year, the girl was devastated. She came to youth group the following week and cried and cried, trying to come to grips with the fact that her family was really gone. She had seen which areas had been affected the worst, and knew that they couldn't have survived. That night at youth group some girls prayed that God would give her peace as she dealt with the loss. One girl bravely spoke, "God, if her family is still alive, show her somehow. Let her know that they're alright." The next morning the youth leader got a call from the girl from Haiti. She was so excited that she hardly made sense, but the youth leader understood, "My family is ok! God took care of them!" She asked how in the world she could possibly know that, since communication out of Haiti was pretty much nonexistent at that time. The girl said, "Have you seen TIME magazine?!" The issue had a special report on the earthquake, and inside was a picture of her family digging through their destroyed home.
How awesome is our God who cares so much for this girl? Having studied the Gospel of John this past week, I'm more convinced than ever that he cares this much for each one of us. His love is so much bigger than we can comprehend. If you're still not convinced, click here and read another testimony that made me cry this week. God is good. ALL the time.