Three-peat

For the third year in a row we are heading to "our" little orphanage in Fushun, China. The flights are booked and the wait continues. We will be heading out on Tuesday, June 16-27. We are excited to have some familiar faces in the group, but several new faces as well, including my friend Lorrie. I am excited to share this part of the world with her as she has never been to China.


I fell in love with China in 2003, when I went to visit a friend in Hong Kong. Little did I know how that trip would change me. Later that same year, I went to Singapore to work with Chinese students and fell in love all over again. On my 25th birthday, I walked the streets of Singapore and realized that God was showing these people to me. I looked at those beautiful faces and realized that sometimes, I need to use my voice for God, not me.


That led me to feel the call to adopt and God led me to a wonderful man who supported my plan, but then on our first trip together, felt the call himself. It is humbling for me to think about all the blessings that God has allowed me. These trips are hard for me to explain. They are what many people might experience in a lifetime, but God has allowed me to go for many years. It is also humbling to know that God knows my baby girl's name, face and family, and she has not even been born. Will I pass her mother on the street while I am there? Will I see the place where she will be abandoned? These are answers that I will never know, but my God does know and He is in control, even when I feel like my life is not! Thank you God for the peace that only You can bring.