Our adoption agency works with a sweet woman in China named Helen who puts together care packages for adoptive families to send to their children during the long adoption wait. We were able to send Emsley a new pair of shoes, a xylophone toy, and a photo album with pictures of our family complete with captions written in Chinese characters. We ordered the package a week ago and it arrived yesterday. The orphanage staff took these pictures and sent them back to Helen that same day! Thank you, Lord, for this special gift.
I can't express the feeling of joy I have at seeing our little girl looking at pictures of her new family. I pray that she has an understanding of what it means to have a family. I pray her nannies will explain things to her in such a way that she will understand that we are coming for her soon and that we love her deeply.
Cade agreed with us that this was a very special birthday present! When I woke him up this morning and told him he had a present from China waiting for him, he jumped out of bed and ran for the computer. We are all just a bit crazy about this little girl!
