She is On Her Way....

Years ago Susanna and I became friends.

My children were younger and the oldest of her

ten children were around our boys ages.  

We had a couple of play dates with the kids

but life has a way of getting busy and we became

acquaintances who would chat when we bumped into

each other at the store.  

About two months ago their family walked into

church one morning and Susanna told me that 

they had decided that Sonrise was going to be 

their church home.  I was so thrilled.

We could reconnect.

And we did.

Joe and Susanna, as you might remember from

a prior post are in the process of adopting a little

sweetheart from Bulgaria.  Katie is nine years old

 and has Down Syndrome.  She is a tiny, tiny little

girl....about the size of an 18 month old or two year old.

Anyway, today is the day that Susanna left to go 

to Bulgaria to meet this little darling for the first time.

Warren and I were privileged to drive her to the 

airport and after a hug I walked away, leaving Susanna

at the bag check.  Uggghhh, that was hard.

But as it is a very large

International airport and security is tight

we could only park for three minutes and then we

had to move.

Please pray for Susanna and her family as they 

are separated for the next nine days.  This part 

will be so hard on them.  Also pray that Susanna has

the words to communicate with the director of the 

orphanage in Bulgaria.  She has hopes of discovering

ways that we can help improve conditions for the

children......

In just a couple of hours a plane will leave and fly

over the ocean to Europe.  It will hold many people.

Some happy, some anxious  and at least one who is

just bursting with anticipation at the days set before her.  

She is going to meet her fourth daughter!!!

Amazing!!