Getting Started

I just thought I would start the blog out today - might as well make use of my time!!! Lord knows there is going to be enough of it before we get to travel. We still don't know anything about travel time. We are really hoping that we can go in March - we are about 2 months behind our friends the Bailey's with our paperwork and they are just getting back today with their new son. We are really ready to bring Emma Home!!!
I am attaching a couple of pictures that we received from Amy Eldridge. She visited Emma in Dingyuan during her last trip for Love Without Boundaries. Emma is in foster care sponsored by Love Without Boundaries. It was really wonderful to finally get a picture where Emma was smiling. She looks like she is either really grumpy or ready to cry in the other pictures we have.

Merry Christmas

From our house to your's Merry Christmas!

Here's the words from Third Day's new song "Merry Christmas"

Merry Christmas

There's a little girl trembling on a cold December morn
Crying for mama's arms
At an orphanage just outside a little China town
Where the forgotten are

But half a world away I hang the stockings by the fire
And dream about the day when I can finally call you mine

It's Christmas time again but you're not home
Your family is here and yet you're somewhere else alone
So tonight I pray that God will come and hold you in His arms
And tell you from my heart
I wish you Merry Christmas

As I hang the tinsel on the tree and watch the twinkling lights
I'm warmed by the fire's glow
Outside the children tumble in a wonderland of white
And make angels in the snow

But half a world away you try you best to fight the tears
And hope that Heaven's Angels come to carry you here

Christmas is the time we celebrate the Holy Child
And we celebrate His perfect gift of love
He came to Earth to give His life and prepare a place for us
So we could have a home with Him above

It's Christmas time again and now you're home
Your family is here so you will never be alone
So tonight before you go to sleep, I'll hold you in my arms
And tell you from my heart
I'll tell you from my heart
I wish you Merry Christmas

The Waiting Child

The Waiting Child
by Debbie Bodie
I saw you meet
your child today
You kissed your
baby joyfully
And as you walked
away with her
I played pretend
you'd chosen me.

I'm happy for the baby,
yet
Inside I"m aching
miserably
I want to plead as
you go by,
``Does no-one want
a child of three?"

I saw you meet
your child today
In love with her
before you met
And as I watched
you take her out
I knew it wasn't
my turn yet.

I recognize you
from last year!
I knew I'd seen your
face before!
But you came for a
second babe.
Does no-one want
a child of four?

I saw you meet
your child today
But this time there was
something new
A nurse came in
and took MY hand
And then she gave
my hand to you.

Can this be true?
I'm almost six!
And there are
infants here you see?
But then you kissed me
and I knew
The child you chose
this time was me.
Poem Copyright
1997
Debbie_Bodie@prodigy.com

Our Journey to Emma began last summer. We saw her picture on the list from FTIA and emailed Maury saying 'What about Si Nian?' Our stats are as follows: LOI 8/30/06, PA 10/31/06, DTC 11/10/06 & LID 12/6/06. Hope to have some more alphabet soup to add to that list soon!!!!