God's Timing

Ever since Brighton went home to be with his heavenly father - we felt a massive shift in our lives. We really felt the truth in His Word and started trying to live our life a little more like this here:

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world."

I mean - it's in His word. James 1:27. Right there - in black and white.

So we started praying a LOT about what God wanted us to do. Like... why did He give us Brighton? What were we supposed to do with that? We were just still and listened for Him. It took a while.

Eventually we knew we wanted to make a more lasting impression. But man - satan was there at every turn. Those who know us well and were close to this story from the get go know all about it. Pain, suffering, greed, lies, lost friendships, deflated dreams, discouragement and satan, satan, satan...

But this blog post isn't about that or him. Nope, it's about this.

Today - on my way in the house after work I grabbed the mail and excitedly rushed in to the house to show Laura the envelope from the IRS. This was after I had called her this morning and asked her to call them today and pester them about our status. We ripped into the envelope and saw this:


We got it - the coveted 501(c)(3) approval letter. We've been waiting a while for this. And honestly - it doesn't mean a TON to our supporters who aren't giving based on what they get out of it - but for me - it was like final confirmation from God that the decisions we had made - terribly tough, hard, decisions that we cried and prayed over - that they were right. And it also drove home to me that His timing is always right...

We were back where we were supposed to be. An organization recognized by the federal government as a public charity trying to do good work in His name.


Even Meron was pumped and she didn't even know why! But that girl has been one of our biggest supporters and one of the biggest reasons we do what we do.

She can tell you all about babies in Africa who need to be fed, all about her brother Brighton who is hanging out with Jesus - AND she prays almost every night for "the babies in Africa without a family - that they will get a family."

So to all of our supporters, friends, families, mules and fellow fighters in this battle - THANKS FOR STANDING WITH US! We're super excited about what the future may bring for Brighton Their World and are humbled to have you guys walking with us!

Let's feed and cover babies and make a lot of noise...