Author Archives: admin Today was more than I could have hoped for–and I’m in awe as I get ready to go to bed after our first night with Zeke how perfect today has been. It has been tear free–although naturally it took awhile for our sweet boy to warm up. We took lots of time and didn’t rush […]  oh my. this update might be short–but not because we didn’t have a full day…but because momma is tired and needs to rest up for a BIG day tomorrow! sooo….our day today started at 4am. (seriously?) too early for this momma! we had to pack up and rearrange our luggage to be under 40 pounds […]  DON’T WORRY. We did not skin a cat–nor did we eat one. But we DID “climb” the Great Wall today. Kind of. Today was a national holiday in China and every body and their mother was out of work today and spending time with their child. Most moms work in China–while the grandparents care for […] I am so excited for you!! It is four years ago TODAY (1st June) that we met our daughter Lydia Hope in Yunan when she was 14 months old at the time. It was such a wonderful experience!! Just two weeks ago we returned from Uganda after a three month stay whilst adopting two more children, Mercy and Elijah! I can honestly say that adopting from China was so much easier than Uganda, haha!! AND we had to wait five years for our little China princess! I look forward to seeing pictures of Zeke!! I have been following ever since you went to ET and we started the process to adopt from Ug the same time you started your journey to China, AND we lost our baby son Jude at 18 weeks pregnant along the way too! Amazing how much you ministered to me as our paths and trials were so similar!! Praying for you!! It is so much fun reading about your adventures. Looks like your kids are doing so well with the traveling. What a tremendously exciting time for your family. Looking forward to hearing about your first meeting of Zeke and seeing photos of you together! Blessings! My family and I are so excited for you and we check your blog every day for updates! It is so close! Praying for your first meeting and sending lots of love and prayers to you all! We can’t wait to see the first pictures of Zeke! Wow! Wow! Wow! From a distance the Great Wall looks like a long snake! Rest well for this next leg of the journey. I’m so thankful you blog and am so excited to watch the celebration about to happen. The Lord bless you and your family in China these days! What great adventures you’re having in these days before you get your sweet little one! (Oh, I forgot to say on the last post that I’m praying you are able to connect again with your informal ‘guide’ you got – fun to see God’s used connections like that in the past and I’m sure He’ll continue to do so!) Can’t believe how crazy crowded the Great Wall is – WOW! I just love that you’re doing things a mix of the local way and the non-traditional way! Taking the subways as much as you can, but then doing the lift on the way up and the fun ride on the way down 🙂 Glad you got time with your friend and can’t wait to continue to pray for you guys and travel vicariously thanks to your great travelogues on here!  Oh my glory. It’s 3:30pm and we have ALREADY been to Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City AND Summer Palace. We WERE going to go to the Great Wall today–but I think we’ll save that for tomorrow along with Silk Alley, the Pearl Market and rickshaw rides in the older parts of Beijing. We also have […] This makes me so unbelievably happy! how cool that your oldest kids are there with you, what an experience for them to have at such a young age! Can’t wait to see you with your little guy in your arms!! So beautiful! Perfect way to start my day! Praying for you and soooo excited! Keep the updates coming 🙂 “Trust Him for your story!”…..ahhhh, I just love that! We have seen God write His PERFECT story for our family in the past week, and truly my heart is overwhelmed by His goodness and sovereignty! Can’t even talk about it without crying! So excited that ya’ll are THERE about to meet your sweet boy! Praise God! I love all these cute pics!!!! I am so much enjoying all that you are sharing, Andrea. Thank you. Oh, Andrea, Chase and I are loving your pics. What an awesome adventure for Laney and Parker!!!! Right decision to bring them!! Take care, be safe, and keep the blogs and pics comming. Love you. LOVE seeing these pictures. And love China so very much. It’s making me want to go back! Praise the Lord for His good plans! Loving getting to read about your experiences and adventures! And I love that you’re experiencing China as the locals do! (That’s totally my style, too! Admittedly I laughed about your breakfast adventure and being up for things too early (and the homeschooling comment, too!) Hope your bodies get on your current time zone quickly 🙂 Sounds like the kids are being great sports with the photos/hair bit. That happens a lot when I’ve been in the Arabian Gulf with friends – only it’s not just photos and touching hair, but it’s often offering food/sweets/random things (even to young babies). Talk about having to really keep your eyes on things! Then again, traveling with my best friend back almost 15 years ago, when her hair was much more red then, we discovered red hair also prompts great fascinating in many places – and they’ll do the same thing to adults as typically only happens with kids! Poor girl had never been overseas before that. I thought she’d never go again. Then she met her husband overseas on that trip – oh God and His crazy sense of humor! 🙂  We made it safely to Beijing!! We have been up for more than 30 hours…so we are about to CRASH! It’s night time here–so we are going down for the count so we are rested up for our big day on the town tomorrow! P and Loo are doing great. Loo got sick on the […] So so excited for you all! Reading your blog is bringing back lots of memories for me. I took my 7yr old daughter with me when we went to get little brother last year from Henan 🙂 Lots of prayers for you all! |
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Sitting on the bench at an amusement park with tears in my eyes. So moved by your description of his first day with you…So thankful to be part of God’s incredible miracle of adoption!
Oh the goodness of God is evident all over your update and photos! Yay, God!
Continuing to pray!
Oh my, HOW BEAUTIFUL is your son, Zeke?! Congratulations!!! Thank you for sharing your journey with the world. 😉 I’ve been waiting and waiting for THIS post, and I almost shouted out loud when I saw that your blog had been updated today. I’m SO thrilled to see your baby in your arms… of course I cried as I watched the slideshow, and now I just have a big ol’ grin plastered on my face. LOVE your family! Thank you for allowing so many folks to witness GOD IN ACTION. Our family will be praying for the Youngs, now a party of SEVEN – woohoo!!! 🙂
Wonderful news! So happy for you all! Enjoy!
So wonderful to see your family now complete and you heart start to fill with Zeke. And each hour you grow together. This has been the ever best thing I have ever done, went through, or been apart of in my whole life so far! I think so much of you and your family as we get ready to leave GZ and the Garden Hotel tom. Knowing that you will be here the next day. It has been wonderful and the hotel is wonderful ( not sure your staying here) but a little warning if you are….the area you have to go out to get meals is very rough. I felt like I didn’t need to have my son out after dark here. “street woman” trying to touch him and homeless men that crawl on the streets grabbed two of the boys in our group. So just be careful and on guard of those things. I wasn’t. God bless yall….we will fly back to Shanghai tom and back home thurs morning. I’ll be thinking of yall and checking in. God Bless LaKasha mother of two finally !
YAY!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!! So excited and happy for ya’ll! Yes, great is His FAITHFULNESS indeed!!! 🙂
How wonderful!!! I am so happy for you and your family!!!
The pure joy on your face is beautiful! Congratulations and so exciting to finally have Zeke in your family. Praise God for the glory you are bringing Him by caring for another orphan. A blessed boy.