We were asked to speak at Church about our upcoming adoption from China. It would be a blessing, regardless if they just thought we'd need a tiny piece of time. They only called John to the front, but I went too.
We had this wonderful video to share. And also this poem. I'll add it to the end so that others could read it too.
Our message was that we can't save all the orphans in the world, but it would be a blessing to save one.
Our little Rachel Qin will someday call us all a family. It's taken so long to get all the paperwork gathered, notorized, and processed.
I think our message was heard as many people are now asking us when are we going, what do we need, and how can they help us. What a gift!
Here's the story:
No, we can't save all the orphans....but what if we just were to save one?
The Starfish Story
Author Unknown.
There was a young man walking down a deserted beach just before dawn.
In the distance he saw a frail old man. As he approached the old man,
he saw him picking up stranded starfish and throwing them back into the sea. The young man gazed in wonder as the old man again and again threw the small starfish from the sand to the water. He asked, "Old man, why do you spend so much energy doing what seems to be a waste of time." The old man explained that the stranded starfish would die if left in the morning sun. "But there must be thousands of beaches and millions of starfish!" exclaimed the young man. "How can you make any difference?" The old man looked at the small starfish in his hand and as he threw it to the safety of the sea, he said, "It makes a difference to this one!".
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