One home...Many hearts: Only by HIS hand...

Welcome to our story...

God has richly blessed us with a big, fun family...
We have 10 children... 3 homegrown & 7 born in our hearts!

Blake... our oldest is 25 and has a heart for the Lord. He enjoys; church, family, mission trips, making music, playing guitar & drums at church, and writing.

Brianna Faith... is 21 and has a compassionate & tender heart. She's a wonderful big sister. She began talking to us about adoption when she was 11 yrs old. She is "Faith in motion"

Brent... is 17 - he's an awesome guy! He's in highschool. He has a special heart for family and God. He loves sports! Brent loves to laugh & is full of life!

Bethany Lidia... now 15, joined our family in August 2006 at 9 yrs old. She's from the beautiful country of Guatemala. She started school for the very first time (at 9 yrs old) and is now in 9th grade. Lidia's passion is sports & dancing!

Benjamin Ross... 15 yrs old. We first saw his picture in April 2007 & came home in May '08. Ben is deaf, but his special need is that he needed a family. Ben loves making home-runs & hanging out with family & friends. Ben is from Tianjin, China.

Briella Xiyao... our beautiful 15 yr old daughter from Fujian Province, China. She joined our family in July 2009. She's always wearing a big smile! She has a passion for the deaf & very proficient in sign language. She loves basketball!!

Bellamei Ying... our Inner Mongolian princess. Bellamei is 14 yrs old and held my hand for the first time on July 18, 2011. She has melted into our big family seamlessly and it is truly an honor to be her mommy.

Brinley Grace FuChuan... is 9 years old and joined our family in July 2007. She's from Jiangxi Province, China. She has the most gentle, sweet spirit... she's an angel!

Bayla Shea Chao-Yu... our youngest. She's 9 yrs old, 5 months younger than Brinley. Bayla's from Hunan, China & came home at 11.5 months. She's bright, funny (and spicy!) We can't get enough of her hugs & kisses.

and our caboose... Braxton Emanuel Jordan - 8 yrs old? (see post below) He's from Guangdong Province and is now officially our son!

4/29/11
What a blessed reunion! Ben, Eddie & Chet grew up together in Tianjin. Their large orphanage filled with special needs children. They were the only 3 deaf boys though, all around the same age. Ben joined our family the summer of 2008. Unknown to us, Eddie joined his family the fall of 2009 and we found each other through our mutual deaf contacts and were so thrilled to discover we live only 40 minutes from each other. Chet just came home with his family last night. Chet was adopted by a family that also lives closeby to us. When I traveled to China to get Ben, I spent a day at the deaf school there and met Eddie & Chet. I would have never imagined they'd be together again. Eddie & Chet were adopted just before they aged out of being eligible (14 yrs old). These boys had the BEST TIME seeing each other again. Chet is of course signing in Chinese sign language, and Ben & Eddie seem to be remembering theirs, so they are communicating pretty well. What a privilege to witness God's plan. Simply amazing!!
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6 comments:

Jessica said...: WOW!!! God's plan is so awesome!!! What a blessing for these boys to be reunited!; April 29, 2011 at 10:02 AM
paul-and-lori said...: So Perfect!

Thank you for sharing!; April 29, 2011 at 11:06 AM
Wife of the Pres. said...: Was telling DH about this. He said "the CHANCE of that is impossible, only GOD."

Yes, God's plans are awesome.; April 29, 2011 at 8:15 PM
Love for Lilly Yin said...: BEAUTIFUL!!! I have been waiting to see this!; April 30, 2011 at 6:35 AM
sierrasmom said...: Amazing...simply amazing!!!
Kathie in NY; April 30, 2011 at 8:19 AM
Sharon said...: This just absolutely made my heart SMILE!!! Only by God's hand could three boys from the other side of the world end up together again! What a blessing!!

Sharon
www.ourfamilyourstory.com; May 2, 2011 at 3:27 PM