Gabrielle

This young lady is Gabrielle, my new niece.

For over two years now, my sister and brother-in-law have been working to adopt a little girl from China. Unless you know someone who has been through this process, it is almost impossible to understand how complicated and, at times, frustrating it can be to go through the foreign adoption process. Not to mention how expensive.

All of that time and effort is about to pay off for Damon and Linda, though, as they were notified that their adoption of little Gabbie has been approved and that they fly to China at this end of this month to pick her up. According to the orphanage where she now lives, Gabbie has been living at the orphanage since she was an infant. She is now a little over three years old. Needless to day, my sister and broth-in-law are thrilled to death and frantically scrambling to get things ready for her arrival in Kansas City.

I am so proud of Linda and Damon for opening their hearts and home to a little one who otherwise would likely have faced a very difficult life. Please pray for all of them as they travel August 28th to China and return to the states with Gabrielle around September 10th.