No Greater Joy Mom

I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth. 3 John 1:4

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sweet child of mine

So many of you have reached out to ask me how my sweet Hasya is doing. I am so grateful for the love and concern so many have for our precious daughter. Some of you have followed her journey from her painful, unimaginable beginning to where she is now. I am so thankful! I will give a more detailed update soon. But for now, some pictures of our beloved oldest child (who will be eighteen in just a … [Read more...]

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another big milestone

Hasya's looking more and more like a teenager, we think. She's growing every month. Our seventeen-year-old just hit forty-five pounds! It look a little over two years, but Hasya has finally doubled in weight since coming home! Glory hallelujah! According to the doctor's original growth estimates, she has officially hit her maximum growth potential. Okay then. We don't think … [Read more...]

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her redemption, my new life

I will never forget walking with Anthony on a remote beach on the Wild Coast of South Africa in 1997. It was our honeymoon and we were talking about all the things that we wanted for our marriage. A nice home. Financial security. Two perfectly healthy children. Just two. That was my limit. I was that person. I wanted the perfect life. The perfect children. The white picket … [Read more...]

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seventeen

Seventeen years ago, as we were about to celebrate our first year of marriage, a child was born. So precious in His sight is she. VALUABLE. She would spend the first fifteen years of her life abandoned. She would languish. She would starve. She would go unnoticed. Uncared for. Unloved. She would hang on by a thread...never giving up! But her God in heaven had not forsaken … [Read more...]

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so much joy

My beautiful almost seventeen year old. Who thinks it's the funniest thing ever when Cody sits on her lap. Oh, to hear her laugh! Sweet music to our ears. So much joy. God's redeeming love. A precious, precious gift from heaven. My blessed life!   … [Read more...]

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such a love

So many of you have asked me for an update on Hasya. I'll do a detailed update next month as we celebrate her two years home. Can you even believe it's been that long already? Time flies when you're having fun! She is doing so, so well in every way. Absolutely blossoming. Beautiful in every way imaginable. Notice anything different? Look closely. She's a total miracle … [Read more...]

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let me show you my God

They said, "Orphans should stay in their country.  It's unfair to move them to another country."And God said..."He reached down from on high and took hold of me;he drew me out of deep waters.He rescued me from my powerful enemy,from my foes, who were too strong for me.They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the Lord was my support.He brought me out into a spacious … [Read more...]