Hello

Well, I have finally gotten this blog created! I just hope that we will be able to access while we are in China. This blog is keep everyone updated on our adventures as we travel to get our son, Matthew. This journey began 3 years ago when God placed on our hearts a desire to adopt a child from another country. At the time, we thought we wanted a healthy, girl, as young as possible. Wow, how that changed! God used our time waiting to open our hearts to the special needs children who are waiting in China. He also showed us that we should trust him to decide if a boy or girl was meant for our family.

On December 22, 2009, we were traveling home from visiting Bill's parents in Florida. We got a call from our social worker who told us we had been matched with a 2 1/2 year old little boy who was born with a cleft lip/palate. Both have been repaired already. We were so excited and amazed at how God works. Since then we have filling out more paperwork and waiting on China to send us our travel dates. We leave on April 7th and will be in China until April 24th. We will continue to update this blog as our travels begin.