One Month Later...

It has been one month since we adopted the boys.

One month since David last slept in an orphanage.

One month since Samuel said goodbye to his loving foster family.

What a difference a month can make!

David then

David now

Samuel then

Samuel now (he's actually waving at the camera hehe :)

We pray as a family. We pray at meals, and we pray at bedtime. Sometimes we even remember to pray together in between (but not often enough). In China, David thought praying was funny. He would giggle every time I folded his little hands in mine and prayed with him. Now, David is initiating prayers at meals. One night last week, Jason was putting Samuel to bed and Josh was in his own room. I started to pray with David, and he stopped me and insisted that Baba, Samuel, and Joshy come and pray too. So we did. When David prays, he folds his little hands and interlaces his fingers. He brings his hands to his chin, and closes his eyes and stays like that until we're done praying. He says, "Amen". At meals, Samuel folds his hands too. When we pray before bed, Samuel smiles and giggles and folds his hands and likes to pray out loud. Out LOUD the whole time along with whoever is saying our evening prayers.

I didn't know Jesus until much later in life, and we want things to be different for our boys. We want them to know Jesus all through their lives. To know He is always with them and that He loves them. That no matter what is going on in our lives, we can find comfort in Him and direction in His word. We pray for this personal relationship with our Lord for each of our boys.

Praising God for the first month of a lifetime together,
chris


Deuteronomy 4:7  What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?

Psalm 145:18  The LORD is near to all who call on him,
to all who call on him in truth.