tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691280826512919640.post5185723582071216272..comments2023-05-21T05:02:14.379-04:00Comments on Three Little Bees!: There's No Place Like Home!....A New PerspectiveSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08935757091952994294noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691280826512919640.post-43340441172344335282010-04-05T21:00:55.025-04:002010-04-05T21:00:55.025-04:00Love the garage! Very sweet. As far as making a di...Love the garage! Very sweet. As far as making a difference...As your friend Sue said, you and Shawn have made a difference on how they will look at a child with DS. The happiness they saw in her eyes in your pictures you provided them. I always think on how Tom and I are going to do when we get Bryce and seeing the other children. We have 3 dogs we've rescued, one being 11 at the time b/c Tom said "whose going to adopt a dog at that age" and hence why we now have 3. LOL. Can't imagine seeing children without homes and parents to love on.But you've saved one and something tells me Zoya will not be the only one. Look forward to hearing from you if you get a chance via email, I know you're busy. Kim & Tom Baumann, <br />Adopting Vanya #11Life with an Angel from Abovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00375363444436567363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691280826512919640.post-49788960841213914022010-04-05T14:06:24.016-04:002010-04-05T14:06:24.016-04:00Dear Momma Sarah and Daddy Shawn, You have changed...Dear Momma Sarah and Daddy Shawn, You have changed the world and made it a better place for so many. Your blog has touched many and we have shared ino with even more. It is an avalanch you have started! God bless you both. Wanting to help you in some way, please make a list of what others can do for you and put me on it. I look forward to helping, Debbie NZoyasBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02238314376956658974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691280826512919640.post-46461654314514837552010-04-05T11:42:39.422-04:002010-04-05T11:42:39.422-04:00Just wanted to say that you may have changed many ...Just wanted to say that you may have changed many more things than you will ever know. The citizens of the Ukraine where Zoya is now will forever look at Down Syndrome children differently because of you both. Maybe more children will have brighter futures because you "started the ball rolling" as far as how they are seen. All you can do is hope and pray for that! Take care.<br /><br />Sue MoczulskiZoyasBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02238314376956658974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691280826512919640.post-51763545966162117742010-04-05T07:29:57.688-04:002010-04-05T07:29:57.688-04:00By just going through this heart-wrenching process...By just going through this heart-wrenching process you are changing hearts - making an amazing difference! My husband and I decided to adopt Aaron after following the adoptions of a number of people we knew and also blogs of people we didn't know. I know that our choice to adopt Aaron has already had a huge impact and we haven't had the wonderful pleasure of making the first trip!! (still waiting for our 171H form)... <br />So glad you are home... hope you can get some rest before you go back for the whirlwind second trip!! Will continue to pray for you!Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04814524050417570766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691280826512919640.post-85289039358515607432010-04-04T23:04:01.938-04:002010-04-04T23:04:01.938-04:00Only God knows how He will continue to use your li...Only God knows how He will continue to use your lives for His honor and glory. :) Me thinks He'll use you to bless and encourage (and maybe even challenge the thinking!) of many, many people - just like you're doing now!<br /><br />We'll continue to pray for your sweet family!<br /><br />JTHTLTinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289050178453786267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691280826512919640.post-38121354298668303292010-04-04T20:57:40.218-04:002010-04-04T20:57:40.218-04:00sarah and shawn-
think of what God was able to ac...sarah and shawn-<br /><br />think of what God was able to accomplish with 'just' one person. how much He worked through one person. many of them didn't realize the huge impact they would have on the world...to this day. (one did...but He was He was a bit set apart from the rest.) so while it might not seem or feel like you are changing the world...you are indeed changing zoya's world, changing the perceptions of at least a few people in the ukraine, which can have an amazing impact down the road. (think the ripple effect a stone has on still water.)<br /><br />understandably it is and a bittersweet experience. your lives will be forever changed...and unlike some who have taken foreign mission trips...you get to bring home a daily reminder of that experience. :) <br /><br />that brandon heath song...that is a hefty prayer to pray. it is difficult to grasp what it might be like to see what God sees...and i think our finite minds subconsciously and inadvertently limit God to the way He must see...and then when He answers that prayer...whoa! it is far more eye opening, jaw dropping, gut wrenching than you ever fathomed. <br /><br />as far as travel ideas...have the air blowing on her? (will she fall asleep with some 'fresh' air?) something to suck on for sure...the pressure changes will probably not be too pleasant. benadryl? lol. some good quality 'barney' dvds! lol. (not really...but a movie might buy you some time.) business cards for the other travelers explaining what you are doing? ;) (might elicit some compassion rather than frustration) ummm...fine motor fun stuff? that's all i've got. maybe she'll just sleep??? :)lorraehttp://www.fumblingthroughfaith.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691280826512919640.post-34220536195467994112010-04-04T20:24:54.371-04:002010-04-04T20:24:54.371-04:00I think of that song often and honestly I have pra...I think of that song often and honestly I have prayed for God to take it back. Take His sight back and His hearing back because its too hard. But its not meant to be easy, we arent God. It isnt meant to be easy because then why would we need the Maker of the stars. <br /><br />You may not have changed the world but you changed the world for one child and that is enough. Following God is enough. Be proud of what you did. I know many lives will be changed forever because they have read your blog or will hear your story. Lives that you wont know are changed will be. Paul and I have decided after Faith comes home our next child will be a boy with DS, why...because of you, because of Zoya, because I never knew that I could do it until reading you doing it. Thank you. Thank you so much for opening up about your adoption and thank you for following what God ask of you and Shawn. It wont always be easy but you will always be blessed because you did what was ask.<br /><br />Praying for our babies tonight and every night. Be blessed.Linneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15333442830705285496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-691280826512919640.post-66174881509127517622010-04-04T20:24:52.203-04:002010-04-04T20:24:52.203-04:00Glad you made it back ok! Let me know if I can hel...Glad you made it back ok! Let me know if I can help with anything. I will def. think of what we would do if dominic was on a long plane ride...yikes! we will brainstorm for you! hope to talk to you soon!<br />Heather hZoyasBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02238314376956658974noreply@blogger.com