One Year Ago Today...

One year ago today... April 12, 2010... was a Monday.

According to our calendar we started the day with Seminary students over breakfast, and ended the day hosting our adoptive families group. Ellie was home all day because she had Mondays off from pre-school.  Her friends, Chloe and Essie came over to spend the afternoon with her.

The night before, our friends (and former cabinet members) Billy and Joanna Coppedge shared at Global Cafe` with our student group about their lives and ministry in Uganda.

We went to bed on Monday having no idea as we drifted off to sleep that the next day an important e-mail would arrive.  We just knew that we had our weekly lunch in the cafeteria with our cabinet members and later that evening I was to do an engagement shoot for two students who had gone on missions trips with us.

Over Tuesday's lunch in the cafeteria my phone would flash that familiar green light indicating the arrival of a new message. A message that would change everything.  Forever.

"Cydil,

We recently received the following information.  I thought I would just 
share the information with you.  Please let me know if you have any 
interest in this child.


We have received a special referral from Albania. We have one month to 
find this baby a family. At that point he will be given to other agencies 
in Albania.

Child: Reni

Country: Albania ..."