Dear Postcard Recipient: (Consider This a P.S.)

Giving writers only a few inches on the back of a postcard to express their gratitude to people who have changed their lives is cruel and unusual punishment.

Here is what didn't fit on the back of your card:

You received a card from us because you have made the last 27 months more bearable. Thank you for your influence, your encouragement, your friendship, and your prayers.

2 Corinthians 1:4 encourages us to comfort others with the comfort we have received. This book is our attempt to fulfill (at least in part) that exhortation.

Any and every effort you make to support this book is something we appreciate and want to acknowledge. Please let us know if you post something on Facebook or encourage someone to read it. To us, every kindness is a gift.

Additionally, we have set up an e-mail address that we encourage you to share with anyone who is experiencing the difficult task of waiting if in any way we can be an encouragement to them. LukeandTrishaPriebe[at]gmail.com

More coming soon.

We pray God blesses you for blessing us--
Luke and Trisha

And So It Began

When we first discussed writing a book, we considered writing about adoption.

There is such an urgent need for Christians to consider adopting a child/children. Likewise, adoption has played a critical role in our lives and family already.

But the writing path changed for us when--during the 14th month of our own adoption wait--we decided to look for some resources on waiting correctly. Though there were a few good (old) books on the topic of waiting, current resources--we felt--were lacking. Good theologians have said good things about waiting for centuries, but there was a curious lack of books dedicated to the topic.

And so we began collecting wise words on waiting.

When we signed the contract in June for Trust Hope Pray, we believed we were about 4 months away from bringing our child home from overseas.

Little did we know that our book was going to be a first-hand account of some of the most difficult days of our lives.

God is good.