We saw our son's face on the waiting child page of our agency's website. We fell in love with him instantly and were eager to ask for his information. However, when we asked the next day, we were told there was already a family who had asked about him and the agency thought the other family would move forward to adopt him.
About a week later, we got an email from our waiting child department and attached to it was this precious face and all the information they had about him. We knew the first time we read through it that he was meant to be our son and were so happy to say yes to being his family.
We actually connected with the family who had been reviewing his file before we received it. They told us they wanted to say yes to him but every time they prayed about it, they felt God was saying "This is not your son." They eventually returned his file and were blessed to be matched with their sweet daughter the next day! And we were overjoyed to be matched with our sweet boy.
We named him Derek after my brothers (David and Eric), who were my best friends growing up. As our family moved from place to place, we were each other's constant and they have long been two of my favorite people. Now we are grown up and don't see each other as much as we would like, but those two grown up brothers are dear to my heart. Norman is my mother's maiden name. I don't have enough words to tell how important my mother and my maternal grandparents are to me. They are who made me, me.
Derek's Chinese name is Zhao Chen Hao and he is currently living in Nanyang, Henan, China. He is from the same province as Laura, but is in a different city and orphanage. He will be three years old on March 18.We are now working through the paperwork required to bring him home. We are hoping to travel in June and are so excited that Robert might get to travel this time too! We cannot wait to have Derek home with our family.
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