Our New Daughter, Eva Hiwot Gary

We arrived in Fort Worth, Texas Friday night and met our daughter, Eva, first thing Saturday morning! We are in love with her! She is such a sweetheart!

It's Official... we have a daughter!

This has been a very busy summer for our family... we just returned from a medical mission trip to Guatemala and Honduras this past Monday. It was an amazing trip and such a blessing to see God at work there. While there, we received via email the news we had been waiting for... all of our documents were signed and we were officially accepted to adopt our daughter!

Our daughter is 13 years old and currently living in Texas, but is from Ethiopia. We are adopting her out of the foster care system. Yesterday we were able to talk with her on the phone and it was so precious! I just wanted to reach through the phone and hug her! At the end of our conversation we were able to exchange phone numbers, so last night we texted each other 'good night'. My heart melted this morning when I received a text saying, "good morning mom!". I just can't wait to bring her home!

We are flying down to spend the weekend with her next weekend and then she will be brought up to her new home in Michigan a few days after that... we are thrilled and thanking God for His goodness!!