Thanks so much for visiting us during our journey, Todd, Michelle, Austin, Cole and Claire Kathryn!
With love and joy we announce the referral of our daughter....Claire Kathryn Mei! Please bookmark us and follow our journey!
OUR TRAVEL DATES:
March 28 - April 12, 2006
Chinese Name: Zhao Hong Mei Birth Date: February 14, 2005 Birth Place: Hunan DTC: April 1, 2005 LID: May 18, 2005 Referral Date: February 28, 2006 Travel Dates: March 28 - April 12 Agency: CASI
Claire
Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37:4 NIV
You are a gift sent from the Lord,
more precious than gold or treasures explored.
Your small dark eyes and obvious charms,
we've never seen or held with our arms.
Still, this one fact remains very clear,
that you, our daughter, have always been here.
You are in the laughter that fills our heart,
the sweet little thought that never departs.
And as we now consider our case,
of how much we love you without seeing your face.
It takes us back to a love greater still,
of a savior that died on a wind-swept hill.
For Jesus did not come to die in vain,
But for the purpose of adoption, if I might explain.
The love that has placed you into our family,
is but a small picture of the love that has adopted me.
For adoption has always been in the heart of our Lord,
more precious than gold, or treasures explored.
And through your days should you stumble or fall,
Remember dear daughter, you are loved through it all. Altered Version/Written by Steven Cornish
For this child I prayed, and the Lord has given me my petition which I asked of Him.
So I have also dedicated her to the Lord; as long as she liveth she is dedicated to the Lord. I Samuel 1:27 - 28
