It's so hard to believe 11 months ago today we were waiting so nervously in a hotel room in Lanzhou, Gansu, China to meet, touch, hold, and to finally see in person the amazing little boy God was leading us to- our determined, funny, indecisive, snugly son. As we approach the one year mark of having Luke, we've been diligently working towards our 1 yr post placement paperwork. It's been nostalgic to see how much he has changed, the girls have changed, and our family all together. As I sat at Alaina's soccer game watching her play this morning.. with her daddy coaching her, the girls, my mom, and Luke and I watching... All of the memories of last year came back to me.. we were only weeks from leaving for a country I never knew would become so special to my heart, to meet our son and to begin life- as a family God started orchestrating back in October of 2010
(when I began feeling a tugging on my heart from The Lord to adopt-a son, and the very month Luke would be born to a mother who would make a decision that God Sovreignly used to lead us to him).
Oh how thankful we are that His ways are higher than ours! In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. (Psalm 33:21-22 NIV)
Happy 11months with your "mama" and "baba," Luke O'Neil Perry! We ❤️ You!
