God's Faithfulness

I would like to take time to thank God for all the awesome things He has done on this trip. Christy and I have been praying for a long time that Lily would be loved in the orphanage and be able to receive love when she comes to us. Well, He has answered that prayer in abundance. First of all, He provided volunteers at the orphanage (some being christians) who have been seeing Lily for the past year. One of the volunteers chose to focus on two of the children, one of which was Lily and they prayed regularly for her. They had been praying that God would bring a christian family to love and care for Lily, so it's like she was sandwiched in prayer. Also, Lily was one of the favored children in the orphanage. All the Ayi's seemed to know Ju Ju, everywhere we went there was someone else who knew her and had cared for and loved her. Now, she has begun to really warm up to us, she's coming up to us and giving us big hugs. She's kissing us without having to be told to, it is a blessing to see God's faithfulness in the life of one little child. It shows how  much He cares individually for each one, to the extent that He will move on the heart of a family all the way around the world to come and bring that little one into their home that He has chosen for them. AWSOME!

Secondly, we are traveling with a very nice group of families. Many of which are first time parents, they have been able to ask Christy questions and draw on her experience as a mom. You can just see God's provision for them. Also, we were the only family who had been here before when we were in Nanjing, so it seemed to help the other families when they had questions. It also helped us in not being so intimidated by everything, I think we have been able to enjoy things more since it's not totally foreign to us.

We have also been able to enjoy the Chinese people. We seem like such and oddity to them, these caucasian people walking around with two Chinese girls, but they are always friendly and very nice to us and the girls. Several times I would see a Chinese man or woman give us the "thumbs-up" sign like they are happy to see their chinese daughters getting a family.