Monday, May 6, 2013

There’s No Place Like Home

We had a WONDERFUL time and enjoyed meeting so many of you.

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We felt so incredibly blessed to be able to take four of our oldest children (Parker, Meribeth, Mattie, and Sawyer), along with two of our family helpers and friends (KJ and Emily).

 

Mattie said the best part of the entire trip was getting to love on Harper (the daughter of Anthony and Adeye). 

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I think everyone from our family felt the same way. Smile

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Adeye asked us to join her panel for her session on Special Needs Adoption-Myths vs. Truth.  We felt quite unworthy of being included.  We were SO happy to see so many people attend the session who have a heart for children with special needs.  I just wish we would have had hours to visit with everyone.

 

One of my favorite sessions was entitled “Ministry is a Family Thing”, led by Mary Beth Chapman (wife to Steven Curtis Chapman) and her daughter, Emily.  They are so humble, so wise, and such an inspiration.

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Steven Curtis Chapman joined them at the end of the session.

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And then he led a concert that night, which brought many tears because he played the song Cinderella as his first song.  This was Chrissie’s last song to dance to on earth, and God used Steven Curtis Chapman to minister personally to our family just three days before Chrissie went to live with Jesus.  Mr. Chapman was instrumental in helping Matt to see that we would survive if Chrissie didn’t. 

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On our last night in Nashville, we met the lead singer of the band Among the Thirsty.  He was our waiter at Cracker Barrel. Smile  His most popular song is entitled “I Need a Savior”, which played often on K-LOVE while Chrissie was in the hospital.

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We arrived home Saturday night.  We missed our other kids greatly, and we’re enjoying being together again as a family.  There’s no place like home!

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