Showers of Blessings!

What a wonderful week this one has been for all of the Dillon Vietnam families! We'd like to congratulate our adoption buddies on NINE sweet children finding their forever families this week! The last count I had was five infant girls, three infant boys, and one sweet boy from the waiting child list.

Now, for those of you who are new to the process or who are doing research on adoption, I'll add that this week has NOT been a typical one for all of us. In fact, the last referrals by our agency that I know about for certain were in late April. So, you can imagine that how glad we were that we had so much to celebrate this Fourth of July week!

(By the way, if you are reading this blog for adoption info, please, please, PLEASE do not choose your agency solely based upon how fast they can add a child to your life. Choose your agency based upon how well they care for the children in the country where you plan to adopt, how committed they are to improving the adoption process, how ethical they are in their decision-making, and how much in love with adoptive countries, families, and children they are. It just matters too much!)

So, anyways, it was great for us to see all these families come together with their new kiddos. It also has made the entire process seem incredibly real for us - this is not some distant dream way down the road, but now all the sudden, we know that our day will be here soon too!

Please pray for all of these families that their paperwork is processed smoothly, and that they will get to hold their little ones soon. Please also pray for the fantastic staff at our agency, that handles all of us with such incredible kindness and grace. This is an exciting and yet very busy time for them, so pray for perseverance, for patience (as we all may try their patience from time to time, I'm sure!), and for health for all of them.

Thanks, again, God, for gracing us with your blessings everyday! Thanks most of all for the gift of nine sweet little ones! :)