Blessing # 2

I was really glad we met a family who was adopting from China that lived in our neighborhood (see previous post)! They are hoping to adopt a boy...I remember when I told my mom...she said "oh that's wonderful! Maybe that will be her husband!" Good grief....we weren't even LID yet, and my mom had Mattie married!

Would I dare say to the Lord...is knowing 1 family enough? And it is a boy after all... Certainly there are more families somewhere...with a girl? Living in a small town that seems so far from everyone we know...whos idea was this?

We attended our July 4th, 05 firework celebration in our city's downtown, w/ my parents. And since we were knee deep in adoption paperwork at the time, waiting for all the things we ordered like 'original copies of our birth certificates' etc. our adoption was the topic of conversation. The fireworks had a great turn out and we were there a couple of hours when there was some activity off to the left that caught my attention...and there they were; a family with 3 kids and the smallest one...couldn't have been more than 2 yrs old...and she was Asian! The little girl was lying on her back on the ground and daddy was kissing her feet and she giggled and giggled. Oh how I wanted to go talk to them! But, I had heard a lot of talk about families that have adopted not liking to be approached so, I resisted and tried to not look for too long. And what would I say anyway? Mostly, at that moment, I was choking back tears that my Lord was willing to show me His hand, once again, in our lives.

I haven't seen that family again...but their faces are etched in my mind forever....and little do they know that their mere presence at the fireworks display was an answer to prayer.

There is also a program called FCC (Link to Families with Children from China). An organization that connects families with other families that have adopted from China. They typically meet about 45m from us - good to know. And as it turns out it's not a big secret that FCC exists...actually they are quite famous for what they do and there is probably one near you too. I just didn't know about it until we were several months into our paperwork.

I often wonder when I talk with the Lord if I'm like the 3 yr old that asks endless questions and the same ones over and over again. I am grateful for His patience and Love for me.