Our God is Greater...My Miracle

Memorial Box Mondays has been created by my friend Linny at A Place Called Simplicity where she shares stories of God's faithfulness and puts special items in a Memorial Box to remind her and her family of God's grace and love.  I can't figure out how to get her little picture link thingy on here, I guess that will come later.  Here is my Memorial Box post:O)

It truly is a Memorial Day Monday for me in more ways than one.  I'm truly thankful for all of the soldiers who have given their lives for my freedom and I just want to say thank you to all of those out there for their sacrifices.

But my Memorial Day is marked forever as the day that we met our beautiful Kazakh daughter, Alealani. Two years ago today she was placed in our arms and our lives will never be the same.

I can't believe how quickly time has flown, and yet it feels just like yesterday.  Those first early months without her still throw me.  I feel like she is nine months younger than she really is.  In my heart she was brand new the day I brought her home forever, but in reality she was nine months old.

I am so very thankful to God for allowing us the privilege of adopting one of His sweet ones.  He holds them in his hands and gives them as a special gift to those of us who seek to find them.  I can only say that meeting my daughter for the first time was the most incredible and powerful experience I have ever had.  Birthing my boys was equally incredible and unique, but different.  I knew they were mine, I had bonded with them for nine months.  But meeting my daughter, a complete stranger, and knowing instantly that she was ours was nothing less than a miracle.

To witness a miracle from God is the most moving experience that I have ever had the privilege to be part of.  And believe you me, it is nothing less than a miracle!!  Our creator God, moved heaven and earth to unite one child to a forever family from clear across the world.  Alea is uniquely ours.  There are things that God has planned for her life that she couldn't do or be without our family.  There are things in our lives that we would never do or be without her.

Finding Alea wasn't easy.  We were given two faulty "Letters of Invitation" to the country of Kazakhstan.  The story of how it all happened and turned out is written here.  It's way too long to type out again, so I'll just give you the link and try to keep this all short:O)  Just when we thought we had found her, I got kidney stones and was unable to go to the Baby House to meet her.  Obviously we were able to finally go.  If you go back and read my post titled"Thank You" you'll see the fight it was to get her.  It truly is a story of how God showed up and made a way where there was no way.  Isn't that His specialty???  I love how He loves us and longs to show us that love in the same way that earthly Fathers enjoy showing love to their children.  He truly holds us in the Palm of His hands.

This is my Memorial Box Monday post and I believe that I will be putting a copy of our "Letter of Invitation" in there to forever remind me that God is stronger than the "Powers that Be."