the spirit of adoption

Kim and I took the kids to the Steven Curtis Chapman concert tonight, sort of. We are in the process--the LONG process--of adopting a baby girl from China through America World Adoption Agency. We have been playing the waiting game since June of 2006, and we're not projected to travel to China until May or June of 2008. That's a stinkin' long wait.

SCC has a great family story of their involvement with adoption, and tonight's concert was all about raising awareness about how adoption changes lives. We were invited to work the AWAA booth and help with a new project from Shaohannah's Hope that turns our change ($) into changed lives.

I'll post our story another time, but let me tell you how thrilled we were to be part of tonight's concert. We heard some great music (Bethany Dillon, Sanctus Real, and SCC), helped further the message about adoption, and blessed a family from the Williamsport area. At the end of the concert, SCC brought a family in the process of adopting an orphan onto the stage to present them with a gift from tonight's collection of change, matched by a gift from a donor. That family received a check for more than $4000 tonight! They're hoping to travel in early 2008 back to China to go get their second adopted baby girl. Now that's a God story!