More Than "I" Can Handle: One Family's Story of Trusting God Through the Impossible

"More Than 'I' Can Handle" poignantly tells the inspiring story of the Mestas family, Eileen and Jerry, and their three biological and five adopted children. Living an adoption journey filled with God's miracles and His mighty power, Eileen and her family have stepped out in faith, trusting God through the impossible. A public speaker, homeschool mom, and passionate Adoption and Orphan Care advocate, Eileen writes with an honest and conversational tone. You will laugh and cry as this amazing family follows the whispers of the Lord, faithfully obeying in joy and sorrow, and giving Him the glory. Filled with anecdotes and Scripture, this book assures us that when life seems more than we can handle on our own, our heavenly Father arms us with strength in the Holy Spirit to accomplish His will. The author speaks truth straight from the Word of God, and challenges the world to accept the command found in James 1:27. Eileen Mestas is blessed with her precious family and friends, and prays her story will awaken all who read it to the orphan crisis and the call of the Lord upon their lives.

Eileen Mestas and her husband, Jerry, have been married for thirty-three years and live in Wake Forest, North Carolina. They had three biological children and were living the American dream, headed toward the empty nest, until God radically transformed their lives by awakening their hearts to the orphan crisis. They have since adopted five children, both domestic and international. They served in ministry to the Kolfe Boys Orphanage in Ethiopia, which resulted in another unofficially adopted son who came to the USA as an international student. Eileen is a public speaker and a passionate Adoption and Orphan Care advocate. She spends most of her days homeschooling their children and juggling the duties of being a privileged wife, stay-at-home mom, and grandmother to her three grandchildren, as well as caring for her mom who lives with them. Most importantly, she is a born-again Christian who loves the Lord Jesus and desires to serve Him with her life.