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From Beholding His Glory, “Real faith…put to the ultimate test,” (http://jmhans.wordpress.com):
“Good Morning America just aired an exclusive interview with the Steven Curtis Chapman family on the loss of their youngest daughter, Maria Sue. Maria was struck by the family vehicle in the driveway.
Robin, from GMA, asked the family how they could get through such a difficult loss. Their answer: faith! They live with an unwavering hope. They still have questions, but they do not question their faith!
They still grieve the loss of little Maria, but they know that God has made her whole. They are certain they will see her again one day in heaven!
Continue to pray for the Chapman family during this trial in their lives.”
What a hope!!
Maria’s adoption into the Chapman family is not very far from the reality of the believer being adopted into God’s family. We are born separated from God’s family, but because of the work of Christ, we are adopted into His family as His children!
What an awesome picture!
Another picture from Maria’s spiritual adoption is the hope for her future. Her eternity is secure in Christ! As sinful people, there is nothing we can do to gain our salvation & their is nothing we can do to lose it! It is all God’s power from beginning to end!!
Praise the Lord!
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On July 31st, we officially reached our 18th month of waiting!!
Our adoption agency recently hosted a “Waiting Families” Conference Call. Check back for details on the call….
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The Event Log page has been updated (as of 6/22/08).
We will continue to keep you posted!
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We recently received an email from Living Hope that the CCAA (China Center of Adoption Affairs) has reviewed all dossiers through January 31, 2007. This is our log-in date!!
We are still in the long waiting process, but this is one more landmark event that gets us closer to picking up our china doll!
Continue to pray for us…that we would trust in God’s perfect timing & patiently wait on Him to provide!
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We have been blessed through our adoption agency to “meet” the other families in our travel group. (Travel group = when we go to China, we will travel with several other families, who are also adopting children from China.) We are now able to communicate through email with these families. This provides us an opportunity to get to know them before we even start traveling.
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It has been 1 year since we received our log-in date (January 31, 2007)!
We are very excited, as we know the time until we receive our referral is not too far away. 
Thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers!
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We would appreciate it if you would keep our family and the adoption process in your prayers!
We will keep you posted as we come across different needs over the next few months.
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As the wait time is definitely one of the hardest aspects of the process (approx. 16 months), we would ask you to pray for patience and strength. Anxiety and stress are almost certain to be temptations as we wait for our referral….
12/18/07
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