Our first day together

Good morning all,

Thank you so much for all of your posts and emails. We have enjoyed so much your comments and encouragement. Yesterday I was pretty busy so as you could tell Scott stole the blog from me. He shared with you most of our day. It was an amazing experience at the child center with all of the children and then seeing Hope Anjali finally in person. She was dressed up to a T with her nails painted, jewelry on, and pretty little dress. It was quite emotional all day for many reasons. God was so good in the midst of it all to show us so much of His compassion, love, strength, and peace. We could see His presence with us all day. The care workers were wonderful as well and the foster family was so kind and loved Anjali. It was pretty hard for them to say goodbye. We were so grateful to all of them for taking such good care of Hope. They have all taken such good care of us too and we are so overwhelmed by God's grace.

When we returned to the hotel, it was pretty tough for a little while until Hope fell asleep in my arms. She then slept over 12 hours!! She was tired. This morning she woke up happy and seemed pretty calm. Again God answered specific prayers of yours and ours as she slept. Today we have had a fun day getting to know her. She likes bubbles and for us to read her books so far.

We decided to get out a little while from the room and we went to another part of the city recommended by the hotel staff, to a mall. The mall was very nice and had pretty much all that we have back home. We had fun shopping for Hope, seeing what she liked, and shopping for West. We discovered that she and West will have a lot in common. She pointed straight to a hot wheels car and has carried it around all day. While at the mall, we ran into a girl from our church who is here on a mission trip with Baylor students. We visited with her and her friends and heard how many decisions to follow Christ have happened over the last week. It was great to see her and again hear how God is working in this city. It wasn't a coincidence we ran into her. Isn't God so good?

We've had a fun day and thank God for what he is doing. Tomorrow we will leave to travel to New Delhi early in the morning. Once we arrive we will go for Hope's medical exam and then hang out the rest of the day probably at our hotel.

We have enjoyed Bangalore so much and we hope to be able to come back and visit again one day. I am attaching some pics from today. Please continue to pray for us as we travel, for Hope's medical exam, for our love and patience, and for her comfort and peace.

We love yall,

Kathy