Trip to China
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Friday, November 16, 2007 HOME SWEET HOME We are packed and all ready to go. Our flight leaves Guangzhou at 8:00 p.m. tonight. As much as I am ready to come home, I am heart broken as we leave China. We are leaving Ella’s birth country, birth language and birth culture. We are taking her to a place different from anything she has ever known. As I pray tonight, I ask for comfort to come to Ella’s birth parents, especially her birth mother and thank the Lord for the courage she had in giving Ella up so that she could live. Ella was not abandoned until she was 5 ½ months old which is unusual here in China-most babies are given up at a day/week old. We have been told by many people here in China that Ella’s parents probably wanted to keep her, but did not have the money to pay for her heart surgery. Ella’s birth parent’s probably got scared and made the decision to abandon her. I can not even imagine leaving my own children at 5 ½ months in a government building with a note attached to them and walking away. I understand the logic behind the decision, but a mother’s heart is forever broken. I hope Ella’s birth mother has peace in knowing that her precious little girl’s heart is healthy and she is going to a home with a family that will spoil her rotten with love. This adoption has been a miracle and I think back on the times that it was so hard to continue to go forward. As a watch Ella sleep next to me, I think- so what that this adoption cost a fortune, so what that the waiting was hard, so what that I had to travel half way around the world, I would do it again in a heart beat, even knowing all that I now know, for this little girl to become a part of our forever family. Wish us safe travels and we will see you on the flipside =)

 



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