Thursday, April 14, 2011

Home Sweet Home

    Home is a beautiful word.  Our reunion with our children was amazing.  When we arrived at the airport and finally made it to our family and friends....Mike and me were very emotional. 
    Our welcoming committee greeted us with posters and flowers.  Our dear friends, the McDermitts and Mrs. Karen Lim were waiting with big smiles.  Of course, it was after midnight, but love crosses all time zones!  I am so very thankful that God places just the right people in our lives at just the right time. 
    When we arrived home, both David and Peter were so excited.  They ran and found their room.  Our dogs, Riley and Joe, both took to the boys.  They greeted them with lots of love!!  I cannot express the honor that I felt as I watched these boys put their things in their very own room and find their place in our home.  A home full of family, love, dreams, and strength to persevere!  Life is full of ups and downs, but now these boys will have a family to stand behind, beside and under them when they need us.
    Thanks for your prayers!  We have truly felt each one of them.  I will continue to post in this blog....because so many wonderful memories are ahead.  God Bless each of you who have commented.....you have been such an encouragement. 

Love,
Penny

P.S. 
    I am also so very thankful to my sweet friend, Mrs. Cindy Muse, who delivered two large boxes of wonderful clothes for my boys.  I love you....!!  I would also like to thank my beautiful and precious mother who sacrificed a month of her life to keep my children.  Momma, you are my hero!  I could not have traveled so far for so long without your love and support. 







18 comments:

  1. How wonderful! Praying for God's blessings on you all as you transition into everyday life! Peace, Karen Cooper

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  2. We are praising God with you as well! I will never forget the miracles that God has performed in your family. We will be praying for everyone's transition! Lots of love to you all!

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  3. I'm so happy for all of you. Please keep us posted on the boys' progresses in the new culture/family/world/life.
    What an amazing story.
    Wishing you many wonderful and blessed moments.

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  4. Welcome home David & Peter!!! I am so happy for you and so thankful the moment of their arrival has come. God bless you as you journey into a new phase in your family unit. :)

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  5. What a special family. God bless you guys.

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  6. What a joyous time for all of you! Many blessings in the years to come.

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  7. I Take it that Davids name is now David. sounds great!!! I am so excited for you guys that Peter and David finally are home where they Belong. Congrats i am so Excited for you guys!!!

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  8. This post brought tears to my eyes, Penny. So glad y'all are home. God bless all of you!

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  9. How wonderful. Congratulations!

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  10. So glad you're home safely! I can't imagine how emotional it must have been coming home after all that time!! A month is a LONG time!!

    Home Sweet Home!!!

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  11. WELCOME HOME DAVID AND PETER!!!!
    I love these pictures! What a wonderful, wonderful day!!

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  12. Welcome home, Peter and David! I'm so thrilled for all of you!

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  13. o what a wonderful post!!!! i can't tell you how excited i am. so glad you've let us share in your amazing experience!!! i remember coming home with our son from russia and just feeling such a relief that we were HOME!! no one could take him away anymore and now he was HOME where he belonged. i think it's so wonderful that peter an david have each other as well. same past, similar struggles and now similar joys! what an incredible story!!!! so glad you all made it home!!!

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  14. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing the adventure God has you on with strangers like me. I may be a stranger, but my God is your God, so that makes us family :) Holding you all in prayer...

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  15. This post made my day today! I recall how much our family prayed for David, the donation my husband gave even while we were saving for our own adoption, the many tears that I cried when I thought of David's beautiful face and the big disappointment that made him physically ill. All I can do is praise the Lord because he really DOES move mountains! Thank you for sharing, Penny. I pray that God blesses your family beyond your wildest dreams for your faith filled, radical willingness to be His hands and feet!

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  16. Welcome home, Kilgore family! How wonderful to see a happy ending to David's story. Although the story is just beginning really, so glad you're going to keep journaling it here!

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