Delayed Progress

The story of our travels.

When I said in my last post I loved Nanning, I didn't mean this much. Our short little 1 hour jaunt to Guangzhou, turned into a 6 hour delay. Our flight was supposed to be at 5:50 pm. It left at 12:45 am. We finally got into the hotel at 3:00am. Really do I need to say anymore?

So onto the more important thing: PROGRESS
Our daughter is amazing. We watched this frightened and lifeless child be transformed before our very eyes. Where 2 days ago, we had seen 1/2 of a smile- she now doesn't stop. Where we hadn't heard her little voice, she is now saying a few words and giggling. Where she would hardly look at a toy, she can't get enough of her family photo album. Constantly pointing to each family member and making us say each name over and over. And where she would only look at us with her head down, eyes peering up, she now looks up for me to kiss her constantly.

I absolutely can't believe what the Lord can do in the life of the lifeless in 24 hours. I'm beyond overwhelmed.
I have so many verses running through my head, I can't write them all down.

He leads us beside still waters and restores our soul
We are a new creation in Christ- the old is gone and the new has come
He has come so that we may have life and have it more abundantly!!!!!

How amazing that these words look completely different to me now. This is the heart of adoption. This is life in Christ.

I'm dying for you to meet our precious, Mamie "Joy". We never knew when naming her, but God knew :)




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Our travel friends and our guide David at the airport. A very long day at the airport.






Doesn't she look different?! And this at 12:30 am. She NEVER slept (or fussed!) until we got on the plane. Apparently she had stored up her energy for several days for this very moment. Totally content and playing the entire time!



This morning at the medical checkup. Oh boy can she eat. And looking at the family pictures.





And she is so tall, she didn't fit on the baby measuring table. Her feet jammed into the end of it.

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