Another family adopted Seth. We had known about it for weeks but waited to see what would happen before we posted about it. In our children's country , a child is not held for a family, as families sometimes back out at the last moment and then the child has wasted months being held and has less of a chance for adoption. This is hard for adoptive parents but it really is in the child's best interest. So until you are in country after your appointment, is really the only time you can truly know that child is saved for you.
So while it was very sad for us, our family cried together because we love him and had imagined how it would be to have him in our family. But we rest in the assurance that god is in control of this situation. We pray for him and his family the very best.
Medically he is very fragile and perhaps he needed a family to be there quicker than we could come (still waiting on our travel date any day now) They have been there for some weeks giving him attention and love.
In the big scheme of things, isn't it wonderful that he has two families that loved him enough to do a paper chase and go halfway around the world to get him! God NEVER forgot Seth and has provided for him!!!!!!
So what about us? We are expecting our travel date any day and we can't wait to go and get Sarah! We were given some info on another little girl....TWO girls???? What a change for us! We are seriously considering this second girl who we will name Selah Johannah if she becomes our daughter
God has given us a peace about the whole situation. He is the One who led us to adopt and we are just walking in the path He has for us! We were heartbroken at first. the day I found out, I cried so much that my eyes were swollen the next day but in my heart I had such a peace. Believe me that did not come from me! But we've had some time to adjust to the whole thing
So please keep us in prayer that God will order our steps and pray for Seth that God is with them in their travels and gives him the most wonderful happy life! He deserves much happiness and love and we just pray he gets a ton of it:)
Also pray that we will know if we are to add this second girl to our family and that the path is clear. Pray for their health and their hearts that they are prepared for us. thank you all!
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You don't know me but I have followed your blog for a while. I am sorry to hear your news but you are so right that God has a plan for Seth. Praying for your family and what God has in store for you. We are also hoping to travel in the near future. We submitted on March 1.
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Thank you! Love to chat with you sometime, email me at theclanton5@aol.com and I'll send yu our phone number:)
DeleteOh, Yvonne...I'm so very sorry to hear about Seth, but as you said, God does have a plan. We'll be praying for the Lord to give you wisdom and discernment about the second little girl. She would have such a beautiful name! Love to you and your family during this difficult time.
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ReplyDeleteI hope they are able to give him everything he needs, and how great that he is out already! Have you been in contact with them at all? They may not know about Peterson's anomaly or your doctor....
Hopefully you will have a travel date to bring home Sarah (and any other children God may have planned for you in "1") very soon.
I have passed on all of the info about our wonderful Dr Aquevella who is willing to try and see if anything coudl be done for him. I have not had any contact with them but maybe one day they will contact us. I pray that they will get him to Dr A, I doubt maany doctors would even try to help him. We have a friend who adopted a child from china whose eye looked as bad and thick as his. And no other doctor would help her but Dr A did and the little girl has a measure of sight!!! so we pray that they will be able to get him some help. It really helps a child who is delayed to be able to see a little more. We saw such a change in our son after that surgery. Hope he will get that same surgery!!!
DeleteI am so sorry for you. I know you loved him. Thankful that God has filled you with HIS PEACE. I'm thankful two that another child will get out through this sorrow. Oh I want to know who it is!! Not fair. You need to spill the beans!!!
ReplyDeleteWe love that little guy, so glad he is being taken care of, even if we have tears in our eyes. He has been thru so much in his little life.
DeleteI will tell you she is a beautiful little girl. I will post her picture in the next few days but I wanted to wait. Seth can never be replaced in our hearts but we are looking forward to meeting these sweet girls! I can hardly imagine having one girl much less two!! It will be different for us:) We are such a male family, even my hubby's family is all boys so they will be some spoilt little girls! I do have an adoreable teenaged neice but she has been the girl for all of us:) Now we will be adding some more girls! I have started buying matching outfits I have to confess!!!! I already have a matching dress set for them for our first formal family shot. Of course now there is some fear that something will go wrong before we get there but we are trusting God.
Oh wow! So glad I came to check in on your adoption. How bittersweet for Dmitri. I am so excited to see where the Lord is leading. :)
DeleteI don't know if I ever commented before, but I've been reading your blog since you started the adoption process. I'm sorry about Seth, I know you really loved him, but I'm glad the Lord has given you peace, and that the little guy has a family. God has a plan, and I know any child will be very blessed to be in your family! And you will have lots of fun dressing your beautiful girls in pretty clothes ;) I'm praying for you
ReplyDeleteWow, what a surprising development! ...I am glad that sweet little boy has a family, but also glad you were on the journey to go and bring him home. I know it is not wasted. And God will bring good things to you, and to Sarah, and to Seth.
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ReplyDeleteI am so sorry for your loss, but excited for all that is to come!
I came across your blog on RR and was so, so excited to see that Genesis/Sarah had found a family. I have been praying for her for a long time now. She reminds me of April, a little girl I worked with in India. Anyways, so incredibly happy for you!
Nikki
www.madebynikki.blogspot.com - blog design to support special needs orphans in India
Oh Yvonne I'm soo sorry to hear this. Bittersweet news indeed. At least you know that he is loved. I hope his family chooses to make contact with you guys!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to find out who Selah Johannah is! He name is beautiful!
so sorry to hear this. What a great perspective you all have. I just wanted to say that you're family is an inspiration. My husband and i just got married and down the road I would love to adopt. What a blessing you all are, your blog is so encouraging! I have my own business and would love to try and help you with some fundraising if I could? You can email me at siobhan.f.koch@gmail.com
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