2 years home today!

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Wow!  I just realized I haven’t updated this blog in a LONG time!  Today marks 2 years since Muaysai joined our family! (on the Thailand side) I can hardly believe it!  God has been so faithful and good I can’t even begin to explain it, but I will try. 

Muaysai has already navigated both kinder and first grade.  She is loving summer and like most kids, doesn’t want to go back to school and start second grade just yet. She is speaking, reading and writing (with help) in English! She is spunky and a great advocate for herself.  The girls (Emery and Muaysai) and I just recently got back from a trip to Maryland to visit her best friend from Thailand, Ratchanok who was also adopted at the same time.  This was a very sweet time for them to rekindle their friendship and hopefully space to grieve together the trauma and loss that is international adoption.  Just like our lives, I pray that God is able to build something better for them out of this suffering.  

I recently went to a training on TBRI (trust-based relational intervention) and was struck again with the beauty in healing through connection. This connection for all of us with those we trust helps us to create healthy attachments.  All it takes? Intentional time and patience… this is exactly what God does for us! He pursues us and made a way through Jesus for us to connect with Him.  The more I pray and delve into Scripture, the more I find myself connected to Him and challenged to live a life that glorifies Him.  This connection to God and my trust in His inherent goodness brings me closer to Him in relationship.  This is exactly why TBRI works! It’s modeling what God through Christ does for us… the only problem is, I’m not perfect like Jesus … so it’s hard! :) I am so thankful for His mercy and the gift of reconciliation!!! 

Highlights/ Praises  2024-2025

- Muaysai’s recovery from surgery March 2024 (she was in a chair for 3 months… that was tough)

- Our 5 national parks adventure in Utah July 2024… including moderate hikes at all parks! (So thankful for her awesome new prosthesis and recovery to be able to participate!)

- 2025 New Years celebration in Disney with close friends to celebrate the last step in making the adoption final on the Thai side. (We had to travel to the Thai Embassy in LA (Hollywood area)… our appointment was the day before the fires started!) God is good all the time!

- June 2025 visit with girls to Maryland (and a day to DC) to visit Muaysai’s friend from the orphanage in Thailand who was adopted the same time as her. (Boys were able to take a fun fishing trip on the Snake River)





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