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Our Story
December 2, 2004 .
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The day I (Crystal) will never forget. I had the TV on and
a show was doing a story on “China’s one child policy”. I
had seen these kinds of stories on orphans around the
world a hundred times. I always thought “I’m so glad that
others can help” and my life went on. I had never thought
about adoption before but this day was different. I cried
through the entire show and I could not get this out of my
mind. I called John and through my crying and shallow
breaths all that I said when he answered was “I need
eighteen thousand dollars” and his response “well okay,
what for?” I proceeded to tell him why and I said this
show would replay that night at mid-night and I would
record it so he could watch. The next day John watched the
show and through his tears he turned to me and said “ok”.
We both knew this was next in our journey together. For
the next 72 hours nothing got done. I mean nothing. No one
could pull me from the computer. Through all my research I
found an agency and on there was a picture of our friends
little girl and they were leaving for China in 10 days. I
had no idea what agency they were using.
We told my (Crystal) family at our family Christmas party
a couple weeks later. On Jan 17th 2005 our application was
sent to our agency and the paper-chase began. Our Dossier
was sent to China on May 28th (our wedding anniversary)
and we were logged in on Jun 8th 2005 (LID) with the
“CCAA” (China Center for Adoption Affairs). Then the wait
began, what was suppose to be a six month wait turned into
a year and it was very hard.
Our Heavenly Father has known what He had planned for us
from the start. With Gratitude we thank Him for all our
Blessings and to be able to raise four of His Precious
Children. He continues to bless us Spiritually. So many
have said “how lucky she is” but we feel we are the
luckiest family ever.
Ancient Chinese Belief…
“An invisible red thread connects those that are destined
to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The
thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break.”
We continue to find our red threads in this incredible
journey to bring our new baby girl home to her Forever
Family.
With Love,
John and Crystal |
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