Church = Family
When God first called us to adopt from Ethiopia, we prayed that God would bring Ethiopian families into our lives. Around the same time a couple started attending our church. They were also adopting from Ethiopia. And our stories and our family's lives began to intertwine. During our wait God took them out of the line for Ethiopia because their children were actually living in Uganda...two little boys. So we were no longer adopting from the same country but we still shared the same heart beat. We have laughed, we have prayed, we have cried, we have screamed - we have lived this journey together. Our journeys different but in many ways the same. And I think that is what bonds our kids together in a way that cannot be explained in words. Our first Sunday home, we wanted so badly to be with our church family but knew that we needed to just stay home. On week two and three, one parent stayed behind with Elie while the rest of the crew went to church. She was not happy abo