Dear Family and Friends,
Well, it’s finally all come together. We will be on our way back to Kazakhstan this Sunday, December 26, to adopt our second child! This will be the first of two trips required to accomplish this – the first trip estimated to be 5-6 weeks. We are grateful to be able to spend Christmas with Lily Grace before leaving her in the care of our wonderful family while we’re away. Needless to say, our emotions are mixed due to the separation from her and the anticipation of meeting and bonding with her baby brother.
We thank you all for your prayers and your encouraging words and thoughts – you (and God working through you) continue to sustain us through this journey.
We’ll begin posting regularly once we arrive, and look forward to taking you all along on this great adventure.
Merry Christmas!
Steve & Tonya
The Young Family
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5 comments:
We'll hold all four of you close in our prayers!
How exciting! We look forward to following you on your journey! Merry Christmas!
exciting stuff guys! Sounds hard but wonderful as many of our best memories are. Hang in there and know that tons of prayers are coming your way!!
Tori
Fantastic news! I know it will be tough leaving Lily Grace (we remember all too well with Maddie during our 2nd adoption), but think of the experience you're creating for her and the brother you'll be bringing home to her. Enjoy every minute of this uninterrupted time with your little guy and back in Kaz as it goes so quickly. Looking forward to following along on your journey!
Melanie
Hi Steve & Tonya,
I hope you guys made it there safely and that you're already busy bonding with your little boy. We're thinking and praying for you. Can't wait for an update (and to re-live our adoption experience vicariously through you.
Take care,
Tanya, Ken & Cooper Gerbrandt
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