Relentless Love : Sealed With a Kiss

One of the most frequent questions I get when I tell people about our adoption (aside from the #1 question, "When will she be coming home?") is "Are you able to communicate with her?" Sadly, the answer is that communicating across the ocean to an orphan child in third world country is not an easy task and unfortunately doesn't happen very often.

Over the years we have been fortunate to have some friends who have travelled back and forth offer to take care packages from us to our sweet Hope. We also have been able to have some pictures sent to us through these friends and once a month through our current agency. We also have a dear friend who lives in Ethiopia and has helped us tremendously over the years. He has sent us many photos and even a video of Hope as well which has been such a blessing!

As our heart yearns to hold our little girl, the idea of her receiving a gift of love from us brings us so much joy in this waiting "season". We were so thankful to get a text from our friend, Stacy, who just happens to be traveling back to Ethiopia next week and has offered to visit our sweet Hope. Not only does this warm my heart knowing that she will be able to love on her in my absence and give her the hugs and kisses I long to give her each day, but she also will be delivering one last (hopefully!) care package to her. We thought the last one we sent in January was the final care package, but as the wait continues, we were overjoyed to have the opportunity to send our love through our friend once again.

Stacy and Hope: January 2015

Making this care package was a full day event! We made cards, wrote notes, printed photos of what we've been doing lately, shopped for some fun things to send like stickers, colored pencils, notebooks, a couple outfits, and a few other items.