Angie turned 3 on Wednesday. She had a wonderful time alternating wearing a crown and a party hat. She opened lots of presents and blew out her candles in just 2 tries! You can see more of her birthday pictures on our Flickr page.
Angie's birthdays have yet to be the norm for me. We have been blessed to have spent all 3 of her birthdays with her. I just get so emotional thinking of her and her circumstances on the day she was born. She was wrapped up in warm clothes and a blanket and left out on a public street for her to be found by a stranger or the cold winter elements- whichever may find her first. Did her birthmother care? Does she grieve every year on Angie's birthday? We'll never know about the circumstances that brought her to an orphanage as soon as she was born, but I am so greatful to God that she found her way into our home.
Earlier this week I saw pictures of babies abandoned in China. One was crying on the cold ground lying in a beat up cardboard box. Another that just sent chills down my spine was a (presumably) dead baby laying face down in a puddle of water, with people just walking by. Is life so cheap? To look at those pictures and then look up and see my Angie giggling and chasing Karianne around was just to much for me, because I know she had a similar start to life, but she was saved from death because a stranger found her in time and took her to an orphanage. She got a second chance at life, and was rescued yet again when the Chinese government referred her to us- her forever family. Such an amazing story. Surely God has great things planned for this little girl!
I deeply and strongly believe in the miracle of adoption and God's plan for us to take care of orphans. What your roll is, is for you to decide. Support a family trying to adopt, support a child in an orphanage, or the greatest blessing you can receive, adopting a child yourself. So many children in China have escaped death only to wait in an orphanage for a family, some never do get a family, and I believe every child deserves one.
On that note, we are still anxiously awaiting the news from China that we can come and bring Amy home from China. She was abandoned in a hospital almost 3 years ago and has been waiting all this time to call someone momma and daddy. Adoption is God's special miracle to mend broken hearts and broken lives. Praise God.
Happy Birthday sweet Angie. You are truly a beautiful princess!
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