Just the Beginning!

In order to paint a small picture of the work that my Heavenly Father has done I have to start this by explaining events that began about 18 years ago!I am not positive of the year BUT it was very shortly before Bill and I married in 1992. I was diagnosed with Endometriosis and Poly Cystic Ovarian syndrome (PCOS). I was 17 years old at that time and over the following 17 years Bill and I fought the battle of Infertility. During this battle we have encountered the casualties of; one Ectopic Pregnancy (pregnancy/fetus outside the fallopian tube) and one miscarriage. The Lord has grown me and strengthened me SO much through these EXTREMELY difficult battles. He is my ROCK and I KNOW He will get me through ANYTHING!!!That is the short version of my journey. Through a series of events in the beginning of 2007 our battle with Infertility would come to and end!!! I was scheduled for a complete Hysterectomy in April of 2008! I was so relieved....the battle was over...!!!
Two months after my surgery my best friend, Amy Hayward, went on a mission trip to Peru with a group to an Orphanage to minister to their physical and spiritual needs. When she returned and shared the events that took place while she was there, it was all too much for my heart to take! I said, "I could never go there!! My heart could not take it."

WELL…
Over the past several months God has placed a calling on my life to go to this Orphanage this June, and work with these orphans. (More on my blog @ http://www.carolynjohnston.blogspot.com/ beginning with the post titled Extreme Surrender)

A few years back as I continued to struggle with wanting a family I was determined to find God's will for our lives. Was it His will for us to bear our own children? Did God want us to have children at all?
I went to the Word and here is what the Lord gave me:
Isaiah 54:1-3
Isa54:1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
Isa 54:2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
Isa 54:3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

When God showed me this it was like He was saying He is going to give me so many children my house will not be able to contain it.
While I think on this in relation to this trip I wonder if this is not just the beginning of something HUGE in our lives!!!!