Our New Son

We arrived in Rwanda on April 29th and met our son. He is 7 months old with a jovial personality. We are naming him John Elliot Yezakuzwe Bowers. We are sorry to have not been blogging as we have been busy taking the steps we needed to take in order to adopt our son (we still have a couple of pieces of paper needed for travel). We have been soaking in time with him and the beauty of Rwanda.

We left 3 days earlier than we planned as he was sick. We are thankful to let you know that he is doing much better now. God has certainly been using this time to grow our heart for orphans and we are confident that this son is not the end of what He is doing in us to love vulnerable children, though we do not know what our next steps will be toward that. We do know that we are looking forward to being home with Maddie and Nate and the 5 of us being able to bond as a family.

"Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord." Psalm 127