The Story Continues

"Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart."    Psalms 34:7

We are thanking and praising the Lord for giving to us the desires of our heart. We are honored and humbled God would allow us to the privilege of bring another precious child into our family. It is with with full hearts and great joy that we introduce the newest member of our family, Katie Kay Dennis. 

Katherine and began praying for her before we left China in the summer of 2010. The summer the Lord blessed us with Kirby. We wanted to wait until we received our official Referral Acceptance (RA) from The Peoples Republic of China before we shared publicly the answer to our prayers. The call came this past Monday,  April 30th from our agency, AWAA. It is only the latest unexpected twist in a story that only God could and continues to write. 

Please join us as I plan on retracing the steps that got us to this point through a series of blog post as we wait and prepare to return to China later this summer to united with Katie Kay and welcome her into our forever family. 

We covet your prayers during these days, especially for the Lord to protect, comfort and provide for Katie Kay's every need as He equips us with everything we will need to raise her into the Godly women we all desire her to be.

In HIS strong love,

David

"With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many I will praise Him." Psalms 109:30

Isn't she beautiful !                                               

Katie Kay Dennis
Photo taken on 4/27/2012

 Katie Kay Dennis
Photo taken of 4/27/2012

 

Celebrating our 1st Gotcha Day !

It's hard to believe it was one year ago today that God poured out His grace and blessing upon us; allow us to become Kirby's parents and forever family.

Kirby loves her bothers and does not hesitate grabbing their hands and pulling them to exactly where she wants them and directing them into what ever activity she wants them to participate in. Even though she can distinguish between her identical twin brothers, James & Nathan, she prefers to just call them "guys". David is actually a jungle gym disguised as a big brother who loves to get in the floor and let Kirby climb and play.

Im not sure who actually loves having a sister more, Laura Sims or Kirby. Kirby actually just calls her Sims and that suits her big sister just fine. One of Kirby's favorite things to do is go into Sims' room and look at all of her "wow" clothes.

As for Katherine and I, every day we are humbled, challenged, amazed, thankful, tired, but more than anything, we are reminded how truly blessed we are to be given the joy of raising Kirby. She has captured our hearts in ways which could only be describe as supernatural and we thank God every day for how He has transformed all of our lives through precious little Kirby.

Washington DC on the 4th

Gotha Day - July 26

Kirby fits right in with America's 1st Family

Visiting the Capitol

Kirby and "Pandalow"

Getting "sugar" from Grandma Ann

Gotha Day dinner at New China

Gotcha Day hug from Mommy

Visiting Andria in DC

playing with Granddad Jimmy

July 26 will have additional significance for our family in the years to come. Today is when we signed our I-800A USCIS petition form requesting the US to grant us permission to adopt another little girl from China. We hope to travel in the next 8-16 months to bring home our daughter and would be so thankful for your prayers as we follow God's call and will be required to make some very crucial decisions in the coming weeks and months.

Blessings -

Enjoying her pool

AWAA Adoption Seminar - What a blessing !!!

Pictures Speak Louder Than Words

I hope the following photos will accurately capture better than my words, the joy and blessing the Lord has graced us with by allowing Kirby to be a part of our forever family.

Kirby's First Birthday

Dedicated to the Lord

Oct 24th the sermon was "Spiritual Adoption"

Born to carry a pocketbook 

Kirby, Katherine and "Mr. Beason" on
the Samford campus

It's my Birthday !

Larry our Veggie Tale Christmas Tree ?

A Christmas portrait - 5yrs in the waiting

A Christmas angel

Kirby talks to Ho-Ho

Happy Girl :)

Spiritual Adoption

Kirby was dedicated to the Lord on Sunday Oct. 24, 2010 during the worship services at 1st Baptist Spartanburg. Dr Wilton preached a powerful sermon from God's word using Kirby's adoption as an analogy of how God does the same for all who accept His son Jesus as their Lord and Savior. He also explains how everyone can experience their own "gotcha day" into God's family.

Our prayer is for everyone who watches the video below, they will clearly see God desires to adopt all of us into His family. The phone numbers you see on the video are open 24/7 and I encourage you to call if you have any questions about your relationship with the Lord or if you have any prayer request.

I invite you to share this site with anyone you believe would be blessed by what you have seen here.

God Bless You