Where hope grows...

Can you imagine finding a baby? Just doing your daily activities and there's a baby?! It's seems so strange to me.  Yet in China, this is quite a common occurrence.

I have never seen a file for a Chinese Child that doesn't include a paragraph of where they were found.

So of course, our little one's story is no different then other children in China. She was also "found."

Then, our girl spent her fist half of her tiny life in an Orphanage.  It was rough, for what ever reason, she was not thriving. She was at death's door. She was as tiny as you can be for a thirteen month old child.

That was when an Angel of Mercy swooped in and gave her HOPE.

Our girl was taken from the orphanage and moved to a Foster Home Facility that was ran by the couple we met in China. (You can read the story of meeting the couple and how we found our girl  here.)This couple has been working so hard to help our girl gain weight.  They've been knocking down the walls that our girl had built up.  They've been teaching our girl what love is. They have been teaching her about Christs love. They were growing hope in that tiny heart.

I'm betting that they pushed and got her file ready. Which is where I come into the story.

19 months old

This was the picture that screamed at me to do something!  The picture that brought back all the emotions of knowing a child, your child, is starving a world away! I wanted to be her HOPE.

We committed to this sweet girl and then we found out about her Foster Family. I felt a relief. She was in good care until she was in my arms.
And She has been in the best of care. She has gained 3 pounds sense this picture was taken.
Three pounds are Huge on her!

At the beginning of this week we received bad news. We found out that the Couple who saved her life is being transferred and It's our girls birthday!

Our girl will stay in the Foster home and she will continue to get good care BUT she's going to experience loss AGAIN! It is not lost on me how Ironic it is that it is happening on her birthday.
My heart cant hardly stand it! My heart is breaking for the sweet couple too. This will be hard on them too.

AS I've Processed this and received other bad news about our paperwork being delayed, I was discouraged.  But as I've prayed, I've been comforted to know that God knew this would happen, all of it,  and he loves this baby girl as much as I do. HE is her Hope. He is everyone's hope.

So when a friend sent me this quote I knew it was the one for our Shirt! It seems very appropriate for our girl. Happy 2nd Birthday sweet girl!

   "Where hope grows, miracles blossom."

^^You can see our shirt by clicking on the Quote above.^^