Monday, March 20, 2006

Hannah is finally home! She is adjusting to her new home and people have been stopping by to see her. We got home Thursday night and stopped at Chili's in Tampa to celebrate being back. We've been resting up the last two days and today Hannah went to church with us. Introducing her to our church family was the final step in our journey home with Hannah. Our church is our spiritual family and our spiritual home. Hannah was all dressed up in her blue dress with white polka dots which matched Kaitlyn's dress and the drummer on the worship team's tie.

I preached on the spirit of adoption today. God has given us such a revelation of how great His love is for us through our experience with Hannah. It's hard to comprehend that God loves us more than we even love her. Amazing.

You'll see pictures of us getting off the plane in Chicago with Hannah and then on to Tampa. There is another picture where Hannah and I fell asleep together on the couch.

The first few nights we were up a lot with her. She is still on China time. Last night she woke up at 3:00 am and Pam and I laid on the couch together while Hannah played, laughed, screamed and fought sleep.

It seems like she has always been ours. It's hard to imagine life without her. Kristin has to go back to college tomorrow. Hannah will miss her. I have to go back to work. We've already had several ministry appointments. Now life will return to normal and Hannah will be a big part of that. Everywhere we go Hannah brightens up the room with her smile. She is a very special girl and we feel privileged to raise her.

Jeff