Four months ALREADY!?

I cannot believe that it has already been four months since our family "grew" from 4 to 5! Four months ago a very timid and scared two year old orphan walked into our hotel room and changed our lives forever. In that moment she became a daughter, sister, grand-daughter, cousin, neice and more. She stepped into a family. She had no idea what was about to change for her. And we had no idea what was about to change for us.

How can you love a child you don't even know? I will never be able to explain it, but at that moment, I would have given my life for her. To know Amy is to love her.

I can't even believe the transformation...

Amy and her Daddy (at a Families With Children From China - FCC - picnic last weekend)
Amy - moments after she walked into our lives four months ago

Amazing.

I remember telling Chris about a month ago "I just want her to know I love her and for her to love me back." He said "Isn't that like God? He just wants us to know He loves us and for us to love Him back?" So true. And it's glimpses into the heart of God - like that - that have been the biggest lessons we have learned in the last four months.

And - I think Amy DOES know she's loved and she loves us back...