A chance meeting...Orphan Sunday

While Jason and I were waiting in the Chicago airport (think back...we were delayed for over 6 hours) to get on the plane to China, we met the most amazing couple from the state of Virginia, along with their two girls.  They were not part of our travel group, but they too were on their way to adopt a little girl, their daughter - Anna.  We have kept in touch with them through e-mails and our blogspots since we got home.  They are currently in the process of adopting another girl from China, whom is fourteen, and they are completely ecstatic about going to get her!  I was touched by a post that Shelly wrote over the weekend!      

Shelly was writing about the need for children all over the world that needed to be adopted.  After going to China for Addison I too have seen the need for families to open their heart towards adoption.        

So many children throughout the world need a family that will love and accept them.  If there is a tingle in your heart, or if you have ever thought about the idea of adopting, we strongly encourage you to act upon that feeling, and please strongly consider adoption.  It has changed our lives for the better!  Addison is an amazing young lady, we can't imagine our lives without her.    

Shelly ended her post with this...and I have to second this prayer...  

Lord, thank you for changing my heart during our trip to China.  May I never forget what I saw while I was there.  May I never be caught up in the extravagant life that we enjoy in America.  Help me be a light to others considering adoption.

Ye, Guishu – 10 months ago in Southern China at the Social Welfare Institution.

Addison Guishu – Today, at home with us!

As you go to sleep tonight and every night after say a prayer for all of the Orphans that are out there waiting for a forever family.  Maybe you will get the bug or God will send a sign for you to enter the amazing world of adoption!