Before we were married, we had the opportunity to see a dance performance of 10 adopted Chinese-American girls at a local cultural festival. At that moment, God spoke to both of our hearts and told us that we would have daughters from China.
After our wedding, we began praying about how we should grow our family. Again and again, we felt God leading us to adopt from China. Not knowing if that meant that all of our children would be through adoption or not, we followed God's leading and applied for a Chinese adoption in Spring 2004.
In May 2005, we received a picture of Fu Ai Ye, whom we named Sarah Grace AiYe. We brought her home in July 2005. She is 2 1/2 now and a blessing beyond words to us.
In September 2006, we applied for our 2nd adoption. After much prayer, we decided to fill out an application for a Special Needs Adoption. When researching this, we discovered that there are many children categorized as Special Needs who have a more difficult time being adopted than healthy children. These Special Needs range from minor to more serious medical conditions. Many of these medical problems, while difficult to heal in China, can be easily cared for in U.S. hospitals.
Adoption has profoundly touched our lives. God reminds us that He adopted us into His family unconditionally simply because He loves us. Sarah Grace is a visual reminder to us of what God has done for us. We are passionate about the orphans around the world that God loves to place in families. Psalm 68:6 says, "God sets the lonely in families." We are thankful that God has allowed us the privilege of adoption and that before the beginning of time, He chose Sarah Grace and Caroline for our family. We pray that churches and Christians will be eager to care for orphans and that many will be led to experience the joy of adoption.
1 comments:
When you say that Caroline is lucky to have a big sister like Sarah Grace, you are right! I also think that they are both blessed to have parents like you two! All the best,
Jill
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