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We are celebrating that another Elijah has a forever family!  This wonderful family, the Bourkes, is in China right now.  We became connected with them because our Elijah and their Philip both lived at Shepherd’s Field before their adoptions.  We got to meet them in person last summer when we attended the Philip Hayden Foundation reunion.

The incredible thing that I wanted to share is that the Bourkes were empty-nesters.  Twenty-two years after the birth of their first son and only child, they were in China adopting their second son, and this week they are adopting their third son.  How neat is that?!   If you’ve ever thought that you were too old to adopt, please, please think again.

We were also travel mates in 2006 with another incredible couple that had three grown sons and despite being empty-nesters they were in China to adopt Jaden and also returned last year to adopt another daughter.

I am so thankful for the examples of these two couples that went against what our culture said they should be doing as they neared retirement age.  Rather than preparing to kick back and collect shells on the beach, they followed God’s heart and have now given homes and hope to four more children.  God is good!  We love and admire you Bourkes and Murrays!

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