Friday, September 19, 2008

Fate came to dinner

Grammy just called and they had an interesting meal tonight. They are up at Pike Lake and went out for Chinese. The waitress (not Chinese) saw GPK's Beijing hat and asked if they had gone for the Olympics. They said no and told them why they had been in Beijing and when. When they were done eating and just sitting eating their fortune cookies (I have to tell you about Sam and fortune cookies) a nice young couple came over to talk to them. They apologized for listening in on their conversation, but it was a small restaurant with few people in it. They said they were really interested in the conversation because they had been researching adoption and struggling with infertility issues. If you have met my parents, you know they are always happy to talk about China and Elizabeth, so they were more than happy to chat with this nice young couple. She gave the woman my number and my blog. So, Sara(h) if you are reading this, call me! I would love to talk to you.

The woman said it must have been fate that brought them both to the same restaurant at the same time. GPK with his Beijing hat and the nice couple with their questions. It is amazing how God seems to put the right people in out paths at the right times. I hope that my parents were able to be encouraging to this couple and I hope she calls and we can help them too. David and I talk about how we would love to bring home more babies from China, but know that is not possible for so many reasons. Instead we want to be able to help as many other families as we can. Elizabeth is such a joy and blessing to us and I wish the same for others too.

Here are some pictures. They have nothing to do with this post, but I know you readers will be disapointed if I did not post a pic or two. She took her pig tails out in the car (she alwasys does).



Sam is helping her to walk. She is so close to walking and will take several steps (5-6) between me and another willing person. Sam likes to help her practice. In this picture we are at church.

Here is the story about Sam and the fortune cookies that I mentioned above. Last week we were having No #1 Chinese for dinner. So yummy, but not at all like we had in China. Anyway, we were eating our cookies and Sam said, "it seems like a lot of time people in our family get the fourtunes that end with 'in bed'". David and I cracked up laughing. It is a silly joke that we have done for years and I had no idea Sam actually noticed. I should remember that he usually notices everthing.

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