Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Finding Joy

Or perhaps Joy found us?

Can you imagine a family of eleven agreeing on a name?

White board lists, searching the Bible, prayerful consideration, saying all the kid's names to see if one would "fit"...

Thank goodness we only had to come up with a first name.
 
Bob finally chose Joy MeiNi Peterson.

Isn't she sweet? 

We received these pictures from China in May with an update of sorts.

Joy is five years old with an October birthday. 

Our paperwork is enroute to the National Visa Center, then back to China for an Article 5. The Travel Approval from the Chinese government will come shortly after.

There is lots I could say about the process this time but I will save that for another day. 

Welcome Miss Joy. We love you already.

9 comments:

  1. She's beautiful! I'm sure she'll bring much joy to your family. And the joy you bring her will be immeasurable. Congratulations!!!

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  2. How sweet! Congrats!

    I laughed at the "saying all the kid's names to see if one would "fit"..." because you gotta be able to rattle those all off to properly call the kids in for dinner, right! LOL!

    Peace :)De

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  3. Ahhhhhhh!!!! I had no idea you were that close to her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHH!!! DUDE! You are going to China!!! Are you ready???? Are you packed???!! Are you frozen with anticipation like last time??!! Ha! SO, SO excited for you!!!!!!!!

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  4. AWESOME!!!! Joy is our Sarah's middle name! LOVE IT!!!!!! She is of course ADORABLE!!!! So excited you are that far along and can't wait to hear more! Oh the joys of the journey? :)

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  5. Wow! You're getting close. Joy is beautiful! Can't wait to follow your China journey.

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  6. She is just lovely. What is the translation for her Chinese/middle name??

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  7. Oh My- such cute pictures!! Can't wait to follow you to China for your precious JOY!!

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  8. Beautiful! It shouldn't be too much longer now.

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  9. Awesome! She is adorable. Can't wait to hear how the Lord works out the details!!!

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