Tuesday, February 26, 2008

A Day Brightener!


I gave my niece, Jenny, a few pictures of Patricia. She saw that her daughters, Corene (5 1/2) and Ava (3 1/2), had one taped up by each of their beds on the wall. When she asked Corene about it, Corene said, "Well, Ava and I were talking, and we thought if we taped them here, then we'd remember to pray for her since she doesn't have a mommy. Well, she does have Aunt Dawn for a mommy, but she doesn't know it yet."

Isn't that sweet? Even better, though, is that Patricia DOES know she has a home and a Mommy and Daddy. A few weeks ago, we had a great opportunity to meet the directors of Patricia's orphanage while they were visiting in Des Moines. Here is Pierre, (the kids call him Papi Pierre)the director and pastor at her orphanage, telling us how Patricia found out about us. (I am the one recording it.)

8 comments:

Jenny said...

We love you :)

Terry said...

That is a precious video to hhave! You must be thrilled! Terry

Katy said...

That is so neat to have that story on video!! Thank you for sharing!

Spirit of Adoption said...

What a PRECIOUS video to have!!!!!

I'm excited to keep in touch! : )

Anonymous said...

It seems every time I check in I get tears in my eyes. This time it was tears of joy for you.
Cristine

Robby, Tonja, Caitlin and Marissa said...

Dawn, That is so wonderful to have this information. I can't wait to see pictures of Patricia with you guys.

The NC Sheltons

Kathy Cassel said...

Sweet!

CG said...

Well that one got my crying. How wonderful!! We're so happy things are moving, albeit slowly, for you guys.
Just curious, Did you have to get special permission to adopt from 2 countries at once?

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