Tonight as I was snuggling Eli, getting him to sleep, I couldn't help but lay there thinking about how awesome this is. Adoption is truly an amazing thing. Eight days ago Eli, and the other 7 adopted kids in our travel group didn't have families. They didn't have sisters, brothers, mothers or fathers, or a loving home, and now they do. They are all loved so much now. They are learning to trust us, knowing we will keep them safe and fed and give them the human touch all children crave.  Of course this is going to take time but we can already see him attaching to us and learning to trust that we will come back when we step out of his view and that we will always provide him with food so he doesn't ever have to go hungry again. When I look at this sweet little boy I am in awe at how awesome our God is to orchestrate this. From the first time He stirred my heart with thoughts of adoption until we had him in our arms, God was working to put all the pieces together, because we never could have made it this far, to the other side of the world, to get our son without Him.

We are so thankful God has surrounded us with a great group of friends who have been so supportive to us, in His perfect timing Sam's parents were able to relocate to Georgia and take care of our kids while we were here, our adoption paperwork all went through flawlessly, we were financially able to complete the adoption and we have safely made it to our healthy baby boy all the way in China. Each of these things alone might not seem like a big deal, but knowing that so many details all came together for this to happen could only be God's doing. 

God calls us all to take care of orphans, not all of us to adopt necessarily, but all of us to help. That could be through advocating for orphans, financially supporting adoption ministries, emotionally or financially supporting those around you who are adopting or providing foster care or actually adopting a child. We are so thankful to be able to provide a home for Eli and we are so thankful for what he is giving to us. I would love to share more about adoption if anyone wants more info!