Top 13 for Adoptive Parents!!

Saw this on one of the Hope families blogs...thought it was cute! For those adopting-you will so relate!!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE AN ADOPTIVE PARENT WHEN...
1.The fact that there are 143 million children without a parent to kiss them goodnight has made you lose sleep.
2. You realize DNA has nothing to do with love and family.
3. You can't watch Adoption Stories on TLC without sobbing.
4. The fact that, if 7% of the population adopted 1 child there would be no orphans in the world, is convincing to you.
5. You spend free time surfing blogs about families who have experienced the blessing of adoption.
6. It drives you crazy when people ask you about your adopted child's "real" parents.
7. You had no idea how you would afford to adopt but stepped out in faith anyway, knowing where God calls you He will provide.
8. You have never taken an airplane ride half-way around the world with a child you just met.
9. You believe God's heart is for adoption.
10. You realize that welcoming a child into your heart and family is one of the most important legacies you could ever leave on this earth.
11. You know what the word "Dossier" means, and you can actually pronounce it!
12. You have welcomed a social worker into the most private parts of your life.
13. You shudder when people say your child is so lucky that you adopted them, knowing full well you are the blessed one to have him or her in your life.
-Author Unknown

October Update...

No new major news on the kids! One of our fellow Hope families who is adopting a little girl from Bethel is traveling to Ethiopia on November 1st to meet her! She was nice enough to take a package to the kids for us! Since she lives in Germany-we sent the package out last week to be sure it gets there in time! We sent both Daniel and Yordanos an album wiht updated pictures from our trip in July! It was so neat to make an album for both of them with all pictures of the four of us! Also sent a few other things-doll, pencils, books-lots of fun stuff! We can't wait to get some updated pictures and information from her visit! Hopefully we'll have some good paperwork/court news by then too!

Ona sad note, one of our Hope families who recenbtly brought their 2 boys home from Ethiopia suffered a major tragedy this past weekend. Their youngest son Samuel is very critically injured. We met them while we were in Ethiopia in July.
This is from their blog:
Samuel was injured today in an accident involving the tractor. He was airlifted from the park behind our house to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee. We need prayers.
Currently he is still in surgery and will need many, many more. He has lost one leg below-the-knee and the other they are trying to save to the ankle. One arm is broken near the shoulder but the elbow is more critical - open fractures with tissue damage/missing.
His pelvis is also fractured on one side. His buttocks and back are injured and he needs a colostomy. If he continues to do well in surgery tonight that will be performed now.
His vitals are good. He was awake up until surgery where we were able to kiss him.They have set up a website where you can stay updated if you would like:http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/samuelphillipson
Please join us in praying for this family and for Samuel. Samuel's picture is above.