1. THIS MORNING our sweet friends drove cross-country to meet their precious, long-awaited baby GIRL!!!! Dave and Bethany, we could not be MORE EXCITED!!! They adopted Isaac just a few weeks after we adopted Landrie, and we had their Gotcha Day party together. Read more about their story here!
Landrie and Isaac
Forever a Long and Forever a Rinn...at their combo Gotcha Day party to celebrate the finalizations of their adoptions!
2. EARLY THIS MORNING our other friends, Bill and Kelli met their 13 year old daughter in CHINA and adopted her just days before she "ages out" and is no longer able to be adopted. The series of miracles that lead up to this is astounding! Read their story here. OR, go look at the AMAZING pictures from the Archibald project who traveled with them to photograph this amazing time!
Look at their precious faces as mother and daughter meet for the first time!!
(pictures by the Archibald Project)
Ahhh!!! These stories bring back such memories of the HUGE tidal wave of emotions from when Landrie was born.
We were
excited to finally be parents,
anxious about what to expect as we met our daughter,
THRILLED to hold her for the first time,
heart broken for her birth mother as she said good bye,
and THANKFUL to our AMAZING God for this great gift.
minutes before we went into the hospital!
Please join us in praying for these families, especially over the next few days! Thank you God, for creating beautiful families in so many ways!
3 comments:
Hi, I just hopped over from Jubilant Images and had to leave a comment and say what a sweet family you are! We love adoption too! It's such a miracle! :)
You make me smile!! What sweet stories these are...I would love to follow up on the 13 year old...how amazing!
yes! such an exciting week. adoption is the best thing ever if you ask us.. and noah :) cant wait to meet this little girl!! <3
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