China Lamb
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November 10, 1996 was a crisp fall day. The air was brisk, announcing the coming of winter in the small, wilderness village of Heron, Montana, where I lived. Quiet peace filled my spirit as I took off on my routine morning jog into the village. I prayed, "Thank you Lord for the ability to run, and please protect me from the Grizzly bears" since we lived in the midst of their habitat. The run was easy down to the swollen, picturesque Clark Fork River. The leaves of the trees now wore their spectacular fall colors.
On my return jog, I climbed the steep hill and caught the perfect country scene of old Saw Tooth Mountain, already sporting a white cap. Praise to God flowed out of my mouth, "Thank you Lord for bringing us to live in this beautiful wilderness area."
As I was running, the Spirit of the Lord came upon me. I felt His peaceful presence all around me. Many times while running, I felt His presence of peace with me, but this was different. For example, once while running, I discovered I was being tracked by a Grizzly bear. God told me to stand still until the bear went back into the trees. Because of God's protection, I was able to escape the paw of the bear. Today, in this instance, His presence was so strong; it was as if I were being submerged in a bath of peace. I had an unusual awareness of His sweet closeness.
As I ran, I saw a day vision of a little Chinese girl. I continued to run, and her face became clear and vivid, it seemed that God was engraving her upon my mind. She had crossed eyes, and a wide striking smile that beaconed to me. I was impressed that her smile was especially memorable to me.
Even though her mouth smiled, her eyes reflected deep sadness and pain. Her body was small, fragile, and skinny. I saw two Chinese words before my eyes. Then God spoke the two words aloud to my spirit. They sounded different than the words that I saw written before my eyes. I wondered to myself, "What does this mean?" God broke into my transfixed thoughts with information of her age, as He said, "Five to six years old."
My running slowed as I listened to the small inner voice that grew stronger, "Her parents are in prison for their faith, and will die there." My pace changed to a walk as I heard, "She is in an orphanage in Mainland China." Loudly, and what seemed to be audible at the time, He said, "GO GET HER!"
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About the Book
China Lamb is an inspiring true story, of God's miraculous power and love in the life of a China orphan. Faith, born to persecuted Christians, was nutured by a prison guard, later was in the worse orphanage that could be thought of in China. Prayers were said by a faithful China Christian, and God sent a vision to Sandra Moats. He said "Go get her!"
This book is not only inspiring, but it is informative. The back part of the book is packed with information on the process of a China adoption, agencies that handle them along with grants and loans that are available to help finance adoptions. There are China orphanage, and orphan fact sheets, and a list of excellent works within China that receive donations to help the orphans.
About the Author
Sandra has been married to her husband Ralph since 1962. Together they have four biological children who are grown, and four adopted daughters, and one son from China. Sandra home schools their younger children. She holds a Master's Degree, and is working towards her Doctorate Degree in Biblical Counseling. She is a liscensed Assembly of God minister on Staff of New Hope Assembly of God in Pinehurst, Idaho where Ralph is the Senior Pastor.
Sandra writes historical articles for The Morgan Horse Magazine, and inspirational articles for national magazines such as Women's Touch. For three years she wrote a semi- weekly inspirational column for newspapers called Moats' Musings .
Sandra published The Classic Old Line Morgan Horse, a historical book about The Morgan Horse, in 1999. She continues to update that book, and republish because of the demand.
Sandra writes a monthly newsletter called The Trumpet that has readership to many parts of the world both through e-mail delivery, and snail mail.
Sandra began traveling in China after receiving a vision of Faith on November 10, 1996. During her travels she became involved with the Underground Churches where she taught, counseled, and helped train Christians. She has worked in various China orphanages during the past ten years.
Sandra has led missionary teams into various areas, including China, Iceland, Mexico, and cities in the United States.