Care Package Received

We found out that our care package was received at the orphanage! Thank you, Lord! It is such a blessing to know that Joy probably has the special things that we sent her. I say "probably" because there is no guarantee that she was given everything, but that is in God's hands. A very special lady at Blessed Kids helped us to make sure that our package arrived safe and sound.

Here are the items that we sent:

hand made blanket (made by Mia and Mommy on her birthday on February 17th)

book called "All the Ways I Love You" with our voices recorded reading the story to Joy (This was an hilarious evening as we attempted to say hello to Joy in our best Mandarin and to introduce ourselves and tell her that we love her. . . only to find out that the language is probably more likely Cantonese in the region where she lives! Oh well, we pray that she will at least smile when she hears our voices. :)

photo album of several pictures of us . . . we pray that she will think that we look somewhat familiar when we meet her.

A panda bear for Joy and goodies for the orphanage were also included along with a letter translated into Chinese for the orphanage workers to understand the contents of the package. The letter also offered our gratitude to the special "angels" who are taking care of our daughter until we can go and get her.

Whether or not Joy comes to us with these items is hard to predict. We just pray that they may offer comfort to her now and familiarity to her when we are united. I actually slept with the blanket for a few nights before we sent it. I just wanted to hug and cuddle it, and I prayed that just maybe my scent would linger long enough for her to have a sense of Mommy.