Mother's Day

I received a wonderful surprise on Mother's Day....40 new pictures and 16 new videos of Leah! Oh, it made my heart so happy! (The other members of our family we're pretty happy too).Typically adoptive parents with our agency receive 5 new pictures and 2 new videos each month. However, on this our first month to receive pictures, we were blessed to receive 5 pictures and 2 videos for each of Leah's eight months. What an incredible gift.

Love those big beautiful eyes!

 

Today we happened to drive past the airport. Just driving past brought tears to my eyes and a lump to my throat as I am longing for the day that we will board a plane and finally be with our sweet girl. We covet your prayers that the process will move quickly. If you would pray specifically for us to receive our paperwork from Taiwan this next week so we can begin the process here on the state side, we would appreciate it so much.

 

She's so unbelievably precious!

 

Thanks for journeying with us!

 

 

~Todd and Angela



9,360 Prayers

780 days x 3 kids x 4 times a day = 9360. That's the approximate number of times that our children have uttered these words as a prayer to their Heavenly Father: "Jesus, if it would be your plan for our family, would you please give us a baby sister?" Just ask anyone who's eaten a meal with us in the last two years and they'll tell you. I seriously don't think Moriah has forgotten one time to pray this prayer in more than two years. She and Joshua began asking God for a baby sister even before Todd and I were quite ready to pursue adopting again. Samuel was praying this prayer along with his brother and sister before he was old enough to understand what he was asking for. What an incredible testimony of faithfulness their little hearts have demonstrated. They knew God would answer them. They never asked "why is it taking so long?" They never doubted.

To give them the good news, we presented each of them with a t-shirt (which they are wearing in the picture below) that said "Big Brother" or "Big Sister" in Chinese and English.

 

God is good. We are blessed.