April 30th...
Abby's Gotcha Day!
It is so hard to believe that just four years ago, we stepped out of an orphanage in Kazakhstan with the precious and perfect child our Lord and Creator had chosen for us.
We'd gone to court the night before and presented our case, we were granted permission to become her parents. Our life changed in that moment.
As we walked around the the room where Abby had stayed most of her time in the baby house, we were shown her little bed by the window. The vision of her lying there night after night, waiting for us, moved me to tears. How I wanted that precious little bed.
We were also shown another room where she spent a lot of her time, the chamber pot room. It was the size of a large closet and off the main room and the sides of the walls were lined with little pots where the children would sit until they went to the bathroom... orphanages can not afford diapers. When they opened the door, there were a couple faces peering back at us... squatted down and waiting.
These precious memories are so special. The knowledge that God had His holy hand upon her, from the moment she was born, the day she was left in a cafe in her car seat, the day she arrived at the baby house.... oh.... and the days I stomped my foot in the bathroom as tears rolled down my face for the twentieth time as I held a "negative" pregnancy test in my hand... OH PRAISE YOU GOD for your SOVEREIGN and HOLY and perfect and precious plans... THANK YOU... THANK YOU... THANK YOU.
My eyes are still wet after reading your honest and heart felt Gotcha Day post! Isn't it amazing that you and Don were chosen to lead such a remarkable life?!?!? I beliebe that our girls are the reason that we were put on this Earth.
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