Category Archives: Ella Grace’s Adoption
Fourth Anniversary of Gotcha Day
We “got her” on August 22, 2005…four years later it’s still a very special day for us as a family. She always wants to go to Kabuki Japanese Restaurant where they “have fire”. We had spent the day in the pool out at the farm so we were all pink! Yuan Yuan has come a …
First Anniversary of "Gotcha Day"
It was one year ago on Hainan Island in the South China Sea that Frank and I waited for a timid little girl in the Social Welfare Office. When she walked in, all I wanted was to grab her and hold her and tell her she was safe and I would always take care of …
June 8, 2005…June 8, 2006
On June 8, 2005 Allison from America World Adoption Agency called me. It was around 11 am and I was getting ready to go somewhere and as soon as I heard who it was, I knew she was calling to tell me she may have found Ella Grace. In all the world, the child she …
Happenings
Anne Louise got braces this week! When we fixed her up for the school play she suddenly looked 5 years older-yikes! Here she is with her best friend Mimi. American Girls After all this time, we finally met Clay Crosse-he was doing a men’s conference at a church a block from our house so we …
Anniversary
Yesterday, February 12, 2006, was the anniversary of the date that my daughter was found outside the gate of the orphanage where she spent the first 2 1/2 years of her little life. A passerby saw her and reported her to the police who took her in to the Haikou Social Welfare Institute. So, while …
An old Chinese proverb worth sharing -
An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck. One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water. At the end of the long walk from the stream …
Faith Radio Interview for Adoption Seminar-AWAA
Frank and Robin’s Interview with Faith Radio—AWAA
Alabama Associates for America World Adoption Association
We were honored to be asked this past week to represent AWAA, our adoption agency, in Alabama by hosting seminars around the state and leading adoptive families in regular bible studies. If you are interested in having an adoption seminar at your church, keep us in mind and we’ll set it up as soon as …