Thank You, Lord for Blessing us....

Adoption Day 2006
September 2008

Today, September 17th is our 2 year Forever Family Day Celebration with Shoshannah. Two years ago, in Chongqing, China we were handed this precious baby girl that God had ordained would be our little girl.

Our journey began 11 years ago in Bremerton WA when God planted the seed of adoption in my heart. However it took 8 years for God to bring Craig and I together on this journey. We began the journey together in December of 2004. In June 2005 all of our paper work was sent to China and then we waited and waited and waited some more. Then on August 1, 2006 we received that phone call...You have a daughter. In September 2006 we boarded that jet plane for China. And on September 17th we became a family of 7. IT was a long journey full of many tears, lots of prayers and crying out to God, and then the sweetest joy.

The baby we were given that day has blossomed into this beautiful, full of life 3 year old. She loves life to its fullest in every way. It seems like she has to pull everything in at a fast neck pace. She has blessed and grown our family. God is using her to teach me more about His Mercy and Grace. How it must flow from us each minute of the day if we are to be more like Him. Shoshannah brings a joy and liveliness that just makes each day new and exciting and tiring!I can never find the words to tell anyone what having this answer to prayer in my life means. I will use another blog to tell you how much she has changed and what she has taught our family.

Thank you God, for Shoshannah and may she bless you all the days of her life. To our family and friends thank you for your love and prayers. And to our travel mates who are now wonderful friends, we love ya'll and we are so glad to be sharing this journey with you. Give each of the girls a kiss from us and an extra squeeze from Shoshannah! To Shoshannah's birth family may you find peace in knowing that your little baby is safe, happy, and loved beyond belief. To the Nannies of Chongqing Children's Home, thank you for the care you gave Lanjiang for the first 13 months of her life. To the Chinese government thank you for honoring our request and letting us adopt this beautiful baby. To Bethany Christian Services thank you for all that you did in making this adoption happen, Special thank you to Jeanne, Shiyan, Joy and Michael you are amazing people.