Lessons from a Bike Ride

As I mentioned earlier on, I started this blog after reading those of other families adopting from Guatemala. Two of my favorites are:
hudsonsstory.blogspot.com
adventuresinadoption.blogspot.com
Each of these have posted video of trips to visit their children they are waiting to bring home that are especially moving. I am so excited to meet Ellie and bring her into our family, but these blogs remind me that we will have to go through some tough stuff in order to do that. I am almost relieved that we are only waiting for a referral not waiting to bring a little one home. However, as I told Austin on our bike ride today, life is not always easy and sometimes you have to do the harder things to be challenged to get better. For Austin, those harder things are hills and skinned elbows and for Daniel and I, it will be leaving our daughter in another country (among many others). Austin will gain confidence and independence in riding a two-wheeler, and we will gain a daughter, to be forever part of our family, closeness to each other, and greater depth and maturity in our walk with the Lord.