I wanted to share with everyone that we had a wonderful Christmas as a family. Anna Grace had so much fun opening presents and every present she opened came with the same comment in such a heartfelt way "oh my." It was the cutest thing ever. Anna Grace has a wonderful and very generous family. She doesn't have a favorite gift and plays with everything. Our house isn't that big so Steve and I had to do some rearranging and let's just say that Anna Grace will be thrilled when we pull out some toys from the attic!!
Steve had some vacation time over the holiday so we had so much fun together. We did a little after Christmas shopping, played alot, played outside in the snow and generally had a very relaxing time.
Staying in the same spirit, I wanted to pass along a wonderful story and website that I just learned about from Anna Grace's Chongqing Sister, Southern Ava (really her mom Conway). The Gillean family was part of our travel group and they adopted CaraGrace and are now in the process of adopting another little girl from the same orphanage. I remember seeing this sweet little girl while waiting to be called up to receive our Anna Grace and I remember her smiling and being so happy and wanting to be loved. You may need tissues when you read the story, I certainly did. The story brought back so many wonderful memories of our experience. Anyway, Steve and I have made a donation to the Gillean's adoption fund on behalf of Jiang Ning's Chongqing Sisters, Anna Grace, Annalee, Gracie, Shoshannah, Northern Ava, Southern Ava and Jiang Ning's Nanchang Sister, Marie. Please read and pray and give if you can. My heart was touched deeply and I know yours will be too. Here is the website: http://www.gilleanfamily.com/
3 comments:
Steve and Beth,
Thank you for your generous gift.
May God use your gift in a mighty way.
We continue to pray for Ning Ning and her forever family
Beth and Steve,
Thank you from Annalee and the rest of us! We were called fairly early and all I was focused on was Annalee... I wish I had seen little Ning!!!
Your Christmas sounds wonderful! Annalee does a little bit of the "oh my's" and you are certainly right... it is sweetness for the ears! It melts my heart everytime!!!
Hey Guys-
Ditto on the thanks and sharing the story on your sire. I am glad that you noticed Ning Ning that day. As much as you wanted to be at the head of the alphabet that day, you got to witness everyone's joy at the end of the line. What a great gift!
Conway
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