In China the first 24 hours of your adoption is called the "Harmonious
24 Hours" and it concludes with the finalization of your adoption! At 2 PM
China Time Zone and 3 AM US Central Time
Zone 15 April 2014, Zachary Chase Porter legally became our son in the eyes of
the laws of China and of the United States of America. When our return flight
to the United States touches down in San Francisco he will also be officially a
citizen of the United States of America. This new little man of mine is ours to
steward on behalf of our great God by whose hand this has been made
possible. It is HE who is Zach's true
father and tonight we praise Him.
As we approached the building of the Adoption authorities,
so many emotions race through me - but mostly the emotion of JOY. The kind of
joy that makes it hard to breath, harder
still to look through eyes that fight back tears, and yes harder still not to
scream out our thanks to God who is the giver of every perfect gift.
On our arrival we were asked to pose for a picture, then a
few moments later we went into another room,
we were asked a few question to promise we would care for, nurture and
educate our son. We promised to do so (reminded me very much of a child
dedication ceremony at church with different questions!). We signed our
acceptance of Zach as our son, placed our finger print over the signature. They
added one of Zach's fingerprints, An finally an official proclaimed to us that
he was then our son. Just like that, and he is ours. We are so very blessed. We
took many picture and returned to our hotel. It was a day that will be etched
in my mind and on my heart- FOREVER.
Rejoice with us! Tomorrow we will visit his
orphanage and the place where he was abandoned. This will be a hard thing to
do.
1 comment:
SO EXCITED for you guys! I'm praising God and rejoicing with you! What a beautiful son God has given you! Can't wait to meet him when you guys get back - already practicing my Chinese! :) ~Melissa
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