Scott and I were able to speak about adoption twice this month. Once was at our adoption agency and we talked about adopting a child with GI disorders. I think we pretty much could have lead the medical conference on many areas of adoption. It reminded me how God had prepared us so well for this journey. I really enjoy being able to help our children with their needs. Our other talk was to our church. We spoke in all four services and were able to share how God had really changed our hearts and our lives through adoption. How we have learned so much about God's love for us as he adopted us into His family. We hope to be able to do that more in both locations. We have also really enjoyed the last 3 months of High School basketball with Joel. It is no mystery to those who know me that I love this sport. My dad was a basketball coach and I lived in a gym and on a school bus. I love the smell of a sweaty gym and the sound of a bouncing basketball could put me to sleep. It used to as my mom said I was a week old when I went to my first game. Anyway, the season is over so my Tuesdays and Fridays are now free. What will I do with all my free time?
We just registered sweet Leah for High School. How in the world can this be? She is precious and will do so great. It won't be at the same school as Joel so next year we will have 5 schools between them. Actually 6 if you include our college boy. We have middle school night for Luke next week. Hmph. I don't like this. It really makes me happy that I love Scott and enjoy him more than ever because in the end it will just be the two of us. He keeps me laughing and we sneak away on dates every chance that we get. As a matter of fact we are slipping off to Kauai in April. I am already dreaming of the beauty. I love that place.
Here is Dr. Seuss, Abraham Lincoln and Mary Cassatt. It was a very fun night hearing from all the 3rd graders about someone great.
This past week Katy had a surgery on her belly. Everything went great and now she is recovering. She is a brave, wonderful girl. We have had her for 1 year now. I cannot tell you how much Katy has blossomed. We were talking about all she has learned this past year. She has learned to speak and read English, do monkey bars, swing, ride a bike and swim. She has been in for 3 medical procedures and visited more specialist than I can remember. She has pouted, cried, hugged, talked and talked some more, made friends, started school in the USA, learned how to share, speak more quietly, eaten more noodles than you can imagine, grown taller, smiled more, loved her family with passion, but most of all she has learned that there is a God who made her, loves her and wants her to know Him. He didn't make a mistake in building her body a little messed up inside. He allowed it so she would make it to our family. I think one day she will be able to help others with her condition. That is just how she is. We can't even imagine what God will do in her life. One thing we are soooo, sooo happy for is that when God asked us to go and bring her home we didn't say, NO. We would have missed this precious girl and she would have been left with so little. God is so Great.
We are looking forward to the warmer weather that is starting to come. Well, anything about 40 feels wonderful. Until I find a moment, probably on Tuesday or Friday, to share more of our lives.
