I looked back in my emails tonight and found a message from sweet Karla whom we have worked with almost exclusively at Lifeline. She had emailed me to say that they had found Evangeline’s file, and had asked us if we were comfortable with her somewhat severe special needs. After praying with Mark and […] Read more…
Matching Grant
It seems like only yesterday that we saw the sweet faces of our newest daughters, their innocent smiles and timid expressions forever captured on a few photographs and videos for all the world to see. We were so drawn by the girl’s precious knowing eyes, so full of memories and stories of which we have […] Read more…
Parting The Waters
By God’s grace, we will travel in about five weeks.
Wow.
When we began this journey to our sweet daughters in China, we had no idea how far it would take us…spiritually. I knew we would travel across the world to bring the girls home, but I had no idea how following God’s call in […] Read more…
Why China?
I began this blog for God’s glory.
It was my intention for it to be a place where I could use the talents God has given me for His glory. I have chosen to be transparent on its pages for one purpose only, and that is to share how God can work miracles amidst […] Read more…
Big Questions
We talked on the phone last night with our agency about what to expect from here to travel. Wow. We are getting close!
Breathe.
When we began this journey, I knew in the deepest part of myself that it would be God who brings these girls home, and that we would only be His hands […] Read more…
Our Evangeline
In an earlier post, I wrote about Eliza’s name. You can read that post here.
I never really officially shared about Evangeline’s name since from the time we got PA until now, our lives have been like a whirl wind. Everything moved so quickly that our heads were spinning. We just sort of threw her name […] Read more…
Here it is!
Some of you have asked me to post my little soliloquy that I spoke in church. We needed to stick to ten minutes, so we had to be brief.
So, here it is. Thank you for your prayers!!!
“As many of you know, we are adopting two young girls from China. We’d like to share briefly […] Read more…
Moonlight
I shared in an earlier post some of the things we came to appreciate about living without electricity. One thing I failed to mention was the moon light.
As I have written before, during our stint with the absence of power we became more aware of the daily rhythms of the days. The sun […] Read more…
Darkness…and Grace
I wrote this last night after everyone fell asleep. We still don’t have electric, but we’re getting closer! 🙂
I sit here in the darkness.
A faint shimmering glow from the candle in the kitchen illuminates my husband and our children, draped like fallen soldiers all over our back to back living rooms. The scorching sun, along […] Read more…
Happy Father’s Day To My Man
Dearest Mark,
Seventeen years ago you became a father.
We were so young and had so much to learn. I’ll never forget the look in your eyes when the nurse placed our first child, a son, in your arms.
You were overwhelmed with emotion. Tears filled those beautiful blue eyes I had grown to love so […] Read more…
