With love and joy we announce the referral
of our daughter, Isabelle!
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OUR TRAVEL DATES: December 8 - 24, 2006
Chinese Name: Jin Hong Lin Birth Date: December 6, 2005 Birth Place: Ruijin, Jiangxi DTC: August 9, 2005 LID: August 24, 2005 Referral: November 3, 2006 Travel Dates: December 8 - 24 Agency: CCAI
Isabelle
Dear Sweet Daughter,
As a girl I had a common dream,
to be a Mom someday.
My baby would have eyes of blue
and hair the hue of hay.
But now my dreams have been transformed.
New visions fill my head.
Now the tresses that I long to stroke
are raven black instead.
And in my dreams those eyes are not
so big or blue or round.
Now in my dreams they're almond
shaped and colored cocoa brown.
And in my dreams my arms can stretch
across enormous seas.
They reach half-way around the world
and hold you close to me.
As you grow in your mother's womb,
carefully knit together, you're also growing
in my heart, where you will stay forever.
And in my dreams the moment that your
mother says good-bye,
I'll be right there to comfort you
and hold you as you cry.
Our features may not look alike;
we're different as can be.
But still I know the Father
has created you for me.
And though I've not yet seen your face,
or held your tiny hands,
and though we're half a world
apart in very different lands,
I'll be right there to get you just as soon as
God allows. But 'til He says the time
is right I give to you this vow.
I'll pray for your protection
every day on bended knee.
For God to hold you in His arms,
until you're here with me.
written by: Gayle Leubecker
Labor Of My Heart
I would have given anything
to be the one to know
the pain of bringing you into this world
but it couldn't be ...
Though I did not bring you here
still I labored in my tears
through the long nights I prayed
you would come to me ...
You are the labor of my heart Child,
you are the labor of my heart
with all my strength I prayed
till they laid you in my arms Child,
you are the labor of my heart ...
Blessed be the maker
of bone of other bone.
He made flesh of my desire
and today I take you home...
You are the labor of my heart Child,
you are the labor of my heart
with all my strength I prayed
till they laid you in my arms Child,
you are the labor of my heart Child,
you are the labor of my heart... Author -- Steve and Annie Chapman
Do not be afraid, for I am with you, I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west.
Isaiah 43:5
