Our sweet Myah is 1 year old!

August 21st, 2010 a baby girl was born in China. This baby girl is our baby Myah.  Last night I looked back on my notes from this past year and found that this day has another great significance!  It was the day that we decided for sure that we were going to adopt from China!  That just gives me chills folks!!!  Some might say that that just happened, but I believe that our Lord Jesus is interested in the little details of our lives!  So last August 21st, as we agreed to follow the call that God had for us to go across the world to adopt a baby girl, our baby girl was born!

I often think about where Myah was born.  Was she born in a hospital?  Did her parents know that she was a girl before she was born?  Was her mom a teen or was she an adult?  Did she have other children?  Did she know that Myah had a cleft lip and palate before she entered the world?  What did she think and feel seeing her daughter for the first time?  While I would love to know the answers to these questions, I likely never will.  What I do know is that when God formed Myah in her mother's womb, and she was fearfully and wonderfully made.  God knew that just a few short days after Myah was born she would be found and would later be placed for adoption.  God knew that she was going to be part of our family!

While I don't have photo's of her from the day she was born, when we are in China, I likely will receive photos from the point that she entered the orphanage.  We are blessed to already have photo's of her that were taken when she was 2 months old.  They were taken by Red Thread Charities, the charity that works with Myah's orphanage. They train the nanny's to provide therapeutically for each of the children's needs!  They take a team of doctor's nurses and therapists each October.  While there, they take pictures of the children.  What a blessing to receive these photo's of Myah when she was so little!



The little photo that her nanny is holding is likely the picture that was used in her finding ad.  The finding ad is placed in the newspaper and includes information about the child, where they were found and any details that they might have.  The hope of the finding ad is that someone would come and claim the child.  After the finding ad has been in the newspaper and no one has come forward to claim the child, they become eligible for adoption.



As I said earlier, I likely will never know any information about Myah's mom and her thoughts and feelings, I know for sure that I can pray for her, and I do.  I pray that God will surround her with His love and reveal Himself to her!  Will you take 30 seconds right now and pray for her too?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY MYAH!  WE LOVE YOU AND ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU BE A PART OF OUR FAMILY!!!