Our journey in faith to adopt this little boy Josiah from China

Josiah, or Yang Heng Hai, was an orphan from China who is a wonderful, patient, sweet, and ingenious little boy who was in need of a family. We felt the Lord calling us to bring this beautiful child into our family, and He provided beautifully. Some people would call Josiah a special needs child. Others, a child with special needs. To us he is just special. Josiah was born without the use of either of his arms and had 2 club feet. However, Josiah has been able to overcome these things and do many amazing things.



Monday, September 27, 2010

Orphan Train

During our PIP classes last week we discussed the history of adoption in this country. One of the things mentioned was the use of orphan trains, used from mid 1800's to the early 1900's, to transport abandoned or poor children from the east to help farmers in the midwest. When I mentioned this to a person at work, they told me that there was an orphan train mural and depot station in Delmar, IA. Well we were in Maquoketa, IA this weekend at Bluff Lake Restaurant and Delmar was on our way home. Below are some pictures from the Delmar Depot.

Brian


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3 comments:

  1. AnnieSeptember 27, 2010 at 10:18 PM

    Wow!

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  2. JuliaSeptember 30, 2010 at 4:12 AM

    I stopped over - thanks for letting me know about Josiah - will definitely be praying and rooting for you guys. Does Josiah have Arthro?? Where do you live?

    Julia - covenantb@yahoo.com

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  3. RachelSeptember 30, 2010 at 9:05 AM

    Hey Julia,

    Thanks for stopping by! I just wanted to let you know that I repsonded to your comment via email. I just wanted to let you know in case it goes into your spam.

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