5/11 Mother's Day

As I sat in a restaurant this evening, tears rolled down my cheek as I thought about the heart of God and adoption. Beside me a little shoeless girl squatted Chinese style on our seat eating pickles. When she saw that Daddy was crying, she dried my tears with a napkin and said, "Daddy is sad". I told her that I was crying because her little friend would soon meet her mother and father for the first time.

Just minutes before, Jen had prayed for our dinner and asked God to remember her friend as she said "Hello Momma...Hello Daddy" for the first time. What a touching thought to know that half a world away another little girl was being given the priceless gift of adoption.

It is Mother's Day and we dedicated Jen before the church today. A church member from Taiwan helped by translating the pastor's words to Jen. Later she and her husband treated us to lunch and posed for this photo. We appreciate their kindness and her particular ministry to Jen -- reaching out to impact the life of a child for Jesus' sake. She even gave Jen a vase of flowers to give to her mother on her first Mother's day.



No matter what Jen's future holds or where life may lead her, she will always know that she has a mother who loves her dearly.