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On the adoption front, Team Sublett received a letter from Show Hope, the organization founded by Steven Curtis Chapman to encourage and advocate for adoption. We had hoped that they would help us fund our adoption of Isaac. We missed the deadline for application prior to our trip, but got word that they would be considering our request in November. They considered, and declined to come through with a grant. We’re kind of bummed, but it’s hard to grumble when we’ve seen the Lord come through in so many incredible ways. The grant would have been a huge blessing, but we’re not worried. Where God guides, God provides.
Isaac went to see Dr. Kelly today (our pediatric dentist and all-around great guy.) We learned that Isaac has virtually no enamel on his teeth, which made for a pretty painful tartar scraping. Fortunately, children from China (at least the ones who live in my house) don’t eat much sugar, so he doesn’t have any cavities. I don’t know how much work Dr. Kelly is going to do in Isaac’s mouth. His teeth are pretty bad. When we were in China Isaac offered to open a bottle for me–using his teeth!
More debate on Isaac’s true age: He’s supposed to be 14, but has only 2 of his 12 year molars poking through. Dr. Kelly checked out his growth plates and thinks that they look like the growth plates of a 12 year old. We’re still not sure what we are going to do about his age.
Team Sublett visited J&A Photo studios tonight for some fun family fotos. Joel and Andrea are super, and they did a great job of capturing the goofiness (and beauty) that is Team Sublett. Here are a couple of shots that I snagged with my phone. I’m no photographer, and I expect J&A’s work will make my phone grabs look pretty lame…
1 Comment
Vea · November 29, 2011 at 1:54 pm
I was going through my China adoption blogs and ran across this one. http://meimeimakesfour.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-than-i-ever-could-have-imagined.html
It appears that while you guys had a dissappointment, this family received a blessing and now can bring home their two boys! Their post was a great example of God’s Faithfulness. 🙂