This time last year we were returning from Ethiopia to bring our son's home to the US. These were days of rejocing, pain, newness, friendship, sleepless nights, sickness and life. The Lord had promised me years before that He would allow me to be a joyful mother of children (ps113) and on Aug. 3, 2009-i truly became that mother. The first few moments with our boy's were unlike any other moment in our lives. The sweet presence of the Lord was near and His mercies reached to the deepest parts of our souls.
The daily scene outside our guesthouse. 
Moments before leaving to get our babies
Holding one of my gift's from the Lord...
The first smile from our baby boy.
Finally Daddy arrivedHubs was on a later flight, his first moments with his little ones.
Sugars from Daddy
P.R.E.C.I.O.U.S
US
Peacefully sleeping...meeting your family at 14 months can be pretty overwhelming
love this face
Mimi praising the Lord that our babies were finally -HOME
Pops was beaming
This pretty much sums up our time in Ethiopia-we were all four sick and adjusting to life as a family of four was very tiring, but of course...WONDERFUL
Seeing how it was going to work carrying two little one's. I love being their mommy!!
I love this.
My husband's heart for this land is inspiring. He loves the people, grieves over their heartache and longs for their restoration.
The Lord has poured out His tender mercies in abundance by giving us our two son's. I have learned so much about myself, the Lord's perfect love and of His eternal promises through the lives of our children. They are such example's to me of how to live in the strong arms of our Heavenly Father. We will never stop proclaiming His praises and goodness. His plans are truly beyond our comprehension.
4 comments:
yes, i love seeing the pics and hearing about gotcha day. great memories and days to think about and remember. i made the post, too!!!! hope you are doing well....keep in touch about what is going on with your family.
Such a great memory! It's so neat how last year when you posted some of these pics your boys didn't look "familiar"...yet after a year of blog posts and facebook profiles I look at these same pictures and think, "Of COURSE those are the Lowe boys!" What a fantastic year...and what a great year to come! We can't WAIT to meet your boys soon!
Congrats on the 1-year anniversary of your "gotcha day!" Such precious memories. I love all the pics of your boys.
Happy Gotcha Day Anniverary!! The pics made me teary. Such a sweet time, indeed!! I know your last year has been made up of innumerable joys. Love you and your crew, friend!!
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