Monday, June 23, 2014

Birthday Surprise!

Today is our oldest son's 9th birthday but we woke up to a special present for the whole family!  Here is what we found in our email inbox this morning:


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!


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