People often wonder whats motivated us to adopt a little girl from China. There are a couple of things. I did my cross-cultural experience in China in 1989. Since then I have enjoyed learning about China and its history. I also learned at that time about the huge population of girls living in orphanages due to societal preference for male children. I thought at that time it would be wonderful to adopt one of these children. I remember sharing this dream with Charlotte soon after we were married - but I quickly forgot about it. It was not until 4 years ago that Charlotte reminded me of this dream and we began to work through the process of adopting.
In James 1:12 we are admonished to "care for widows and orphans". We cannot help everyone, but we know we can help one child. We were lucky to find Chen Qian Xaio. Hopefully, once she meets us she will feel the same way! We know our family will be enriched by bring Qian Xiao into our lives and we be a good family.
The boys are anticipating Qian Xiao's arrival - but are understandably nervous about having us gone for so long. I think there is a bit of fear that she will not immediately be enamoured with them, but we are talking about the fact that this new relationship between us will take time to grow and one day, all of a sudden, it will be there as if it always was.
We probably will not post any new items until we reach China, so pray for us for safe travel and that our first meeting with Qian Xiao go well.
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