Round Two!!

Well......I'm sure this will seem fast to many of you, maybe even extreme, probably not something that many will even understand, but we are adopting again from China.  We have felt for several months that we would love to go back to China and bring home another sweet child.  We didn't expect it to be a girl!  We thought we would bring home another little boy, about Jack's age, and our family would be complete.  We have read hundreds of bios on children in the last 11 months, inquired about a few, but never felt any of them were "the one".  A couple of weeks ago I opened the Holt file and saw this sweet face; this head of dark hair; those piercing dark eyes, and I knew.  I just knew.  We inquired about her and had her file reviewed by our sweet pediatrician and our wonderful plastic surgeon.  While we haven't heard from Dr. Jiang, Dr. Sauer did respond back quickly and told us some of the things that we may be faced with when bringing her home.  She is vey small, less than 20 pounds, and three years old.  She still doesn't walk on her own.  She can crawl and walk in the walker.  She has pretty much the same type and degree of open palate that Jack had. She has had her lip repaired.  There are many unanswered questions surrounding her inabilitiy to walk.  But we love her already, and we will face her medical unknowns armed with a team of physicians that we know and trust with her sweet and precious life.  We are going to be able to use some of the paperwork from our adoption of Jack, and so we were told to expect this adoption to go much faster.  We don't feel led to make this adoption as "community" as the last one.  We feel that there are so many amazing families in our wonderful church that are exploring adoption and fostering that we want to join in their time of excitement and newness, and not be in the spotlight with Sophie.  We know the drill now, and we feel that God has already covered this adoption's costs and answered the questions that we don't have answers to.  If you know me (Leslie) at all, you know that "at peace" is not a feeling I am known for.  Anxious, restless, sleepless, worried, and over- all stressed...?  YES!  But I can't even explain the peace that I have about bringing Sophie home and all that adding to our family entails.  She really needs to be home....she is fragile and not thriving in any way.  Please pray with us that everything she is fed will supernaturally nourish her body and mind.  Please pray that God will heal her sweet body.  Please pray that God will rain down the rest of the money that we need to bring her home.  We chose the name Sophia.  It is a family name, and it means "wisdom".  Please ask God to continue to give us wisdom and guidance on this journey to bring her home.  Who knew God would bless us with another beautiful angel from China???  Who knew that God would allow us the pleasure and priveledge of another of HIS amazing children?  We are so blessed.  We thank you in advance for supporting us as we set out to travel to a very remote area of China, desolate and poor, to bring home this treasure that God has for us. 
In Him,
Chris, Leslie, Evan, Grace, Cate, Jack and soon to be Sophie Fuller