REST and WAIT

Hello all,
It has been a long time since Art and I have had a day to kick back and rest. We hardly know how to handle this forced break in the routine. While I type and Art reads to me from Gary Thomas' book, "Sacred Marriage," the boys are assembling a battery operated gear game. Benjamin (Tai Tai) sings in Chinese as Christian chatters in English. They have been batting a beach ball around all afternoon and wrestling on the beds. You would have thought they'd known each other for a lifetime. How could this be? The answered prayers for this child, his brother and humbled parents are so boldly evident.

The plan for Monday is to travel with our guide and hired driver to Prince of Peace Foster Center where Benjamin had been raised for the past four years. We have so looked forward to meeting the staff and the 100 children with severe disabilities residing there. Here we hope to hear about our little boy's past and possibly visit his school.

Today we are being served up some unsolicited hugs and kisses by Benjamin. All these extra perks are warming our hearts to the brim. He enjoys eating most anything and is offering us some of the food off his plate as well. These are all good signs that healthy bonding is beginning to take place. We continue to be amazed as he sleeps through the night and is the last one up in the AM. He seems so at peace with his new surroundings and family of complete strangers.
Please know that I can only access my email and not my blog or Facebook here in China. My precious children back home are cutting and pasting the days events for me. Thank you for following this adventure and supporting us in prayer over the next two weeks. We feel so blessed to share this sacred time with you.

- Love Art, Wendy, Christian, and Benjamin

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11