Child of God, raised with hope, love & faith

We are blessed to be a part of a beautiful extended family that includes our church home. During the adoptive process and once we brought Blen home, our church family has embraced Blen and watched her grow in so many ways over the past 10 months. Baptising Blen was never a question, but with such an overwhelming year, timing was our biggest challenge.

During the past year, Wendy has been working with an

amazing young woman, Megan,on her conformation journey. Megan decided she wanted to become a member of Christ's church at the same service Blen was to be baptized. Our friend and pastor, Bill Johnson officiated, Joel and the children's choir sang to begin the service, and our dear friend, BrieAnna Zweip wrote and performed a song about hope for Blen's future in Christ. We dressed Blen in an outfit we purchased while traveling in Ethiopia.

God gave us Blen, we lived on hope during the two years we waited to bring her home, our love for her grows deeper each day, and our faith in the path God has led our family has never been stronger.

Blen will continue to be raised with hope, with love, and with faith. And we continue to thank God for this beautiful child.