we flew across the rainbow,
    hoping our dreams would come true,
          looking for a gift from God,
              and that's where we found you.

The Verne's Adoption Story

**RAINBOW DREAMS**
For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted my petition made to Him. - 1 Samuel 1:27
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Another birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALYSSA!
Today is Alyssa's 6th birthday, the third since we met her. Another milestone we have missed all because of Russian bureaucracy. We went into this to adopt 2 girls between the ages of 2 and 5; now we have only one waiting and she is 6; we have missed so much of her life. We have no way to contact her and wish her a happy birthday. We don't even know if they celebrate birthdays in the orphanage.