Here is how it happened!
No sooner had we returned from China with our precious
Isabelle that I started to ask my husband if he thought we
would adopt again. His response was simply "I haven't
really thought about it." So, I left it at that until one
day, a month or so later that he came to me and said, "If
we do adopt again, I want to name her Sophie." I agreed
with this, even though I thought it strange that he would
come to me with something like that. Chris thinks about
baby names about as often as I think about who might play
in the Super Bowl this year. Chris deployed to Iraq in
August and there was no conversation about adoption as he
was busy there and I was busy at home with 5 children. But
on September 7th I received an email from a small
Christian agency that had a new list of children from
China. The email had 10 pictures on it and one little face
simply captured my heart, right there. To me, she truly
had the face of an angel. I hurried to the website to find
out more about her and was shocked to see that the agency,
which gives American names to the children to protect
their identity, had named her "Sophie". I emailed all her
info to Chris and he replied, "God's amazing, isn't He?".
God's hand was definitely in this as many doors swung open
for this adoption that we can only attribute to Him. CCAA
granted us a 'family size waiver' since we have more than
the maximum number of children at home, our agency allowed
us to complete our LOI and dossier even though we had not
been home one year with Isabelle, our homestudy update was
allowed to take place even though he was deployed, his
physical was completed IN Baghdad, and our 171 was
processed only ONE day after our fingerprints cleared! We
give God all the glory for fueling us emotionally,
spiritually and financially to bring our sweet Sophie
home! |
An invisible red thread
connects those that are destined to meet.
The thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break.
-An ancient Chinese proverb
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