Comments on: Ethiopia Day Four, Part Two http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/ Blog of Casey and Mary Beth Picker Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dyana Coney http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-11188 Dyana Coney Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:11:10 +0000 http://www.caseypicker.com/?p=988#comment-11188 Wow...with all the wedding things going on, this is the first chance I've gotten to read your blog. It is both heart wrenching and wonderful. What a mighty God we serve! I'm understanding your heart for this country and these children more with each word. You seriously need to write a book about it! Wow…with all the wedding things going on, this is the first chance I’ve gotten to read your blog. It is both heart wrenching and wonderful. What a mighty God we serve! I’m understanding your heart for this country and these children more with each word. You seriously need to write a book about it!

]]> By: emily http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-11152 emily Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:56:51 +0000 http://www.caseypicker.com/?p=988#comment-11152 ok, so we're all crying. :) thank you for sharing this journey with us all. i don't get much time to comment these days, but i love keeping up with your family. i know you are loving these days as a family of four. praise be to God! ok, so we’re all crying. :) thank you for sharing this journey with us all. i don’t get much time to comment these days, but i love keeping up with your family. i know you are loving these days as a family of four. praise be to God!

]]> By: kathryn http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-11147 kathryn Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:48:13 +0000 http://www.caseypicker.com/?p=988#comment-11147 MB- I am so so glad that you guys got to have that experience. It was life changing for us too. J and I were talking the other day about how we still haven't really gone through the video we have our our visit with Adu's first family. It is an experience that I continually process. Congrats on your arrival home and the addition of Josiah Marefu to your family. --K MB- I am so so glad that you guys got to have that experience. It was life changing for us too. J and I were talking the other day about how we still haven’t really gone through the video we have our our visit with Adu’s first family. It is an experience that I continually process. Congrats on your arrival home and the addition of Josiah Marefu to your family.
–K

]]> By: Abby http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-11146 Abby Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:04:21 +0000 http://www.caseypicker.com/?p=988#comment-11146 What an amazing experience and incredible gift to both you and Josiah to be able to meet his birth mother. You did a wonderful job expressing the moment through your words. I'm still wiping away tears. Thank you for sharing it with us all. What an amazing experience and incredible gift to both you and Josiah to be able to meet his birth mother. You did a wonderful job expressing the moment through your words. I’m still wiping away tears. Thank you for sharing it with us all.

]]> By: Grandma Syble and Grandpa Picker http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-11143 Grandma Syble and Grandpa Picker Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:05:24 +0000 http://www.caseypicker.com/?p=988#comment-11143 Mary Beth and Casey, God has so many wonderful plans for your family. We know He smiles on you and the love you have for your boys. May He always help you lead them to the Father. Mary Beth and Casey,

God has so many wonderful plans for your family. We know He smiles on you and the love you have for your boys. May He always help you lead them to the Father.

]]> By: Sarah D http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-11141 Sarah D Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:25:09 +0000 http://www.caseypicker.com/?p=988#comment-11141 That brought tears to my eyes. What an experience that must have been. That brought tears to my eyes. What an experience that must have been.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-11140 Michelle Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:13:35 +0000 http://www.caseypicker.com/?p=988#comment-11140 Well, I cried too. Your mom's right - you did something very courageous. Your pictures reminded me alot of Kenya and Uganda. It's so beautiful that a picture can't even do it justice. So glad you got to make that trip. Well, I cried too. Your mom’s right – you did something very courageous. Your pictures reminded me alot of Kenya and Uganda. It’s so beautiful that a picture can’t even do it justice. So glad you got to make that trip.

]]> By: Mema http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-11139 Mema Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:50:24 +0000 http://www.caseypicker.com/?p=988#comment-11139 I am so touched by your wonderful words, describing this meeting. I, like your mother, would like to take her in my arms and hold her and bring her here to give her love and a better life. Josiah is so fortunate to have a loving mother to give him a chance at a better life and so blessed to have a loving family to be a part of, and one that will love him and raise him to love God. God has blessed him as well as your family. Mary Beth and Casey what a wonderful experience God has give you, I know you will never forget a moment of it. I know Josiah's mother must feel better, just meeting the two of you. I am so touched by your wonderful words, describing this meeting. I, like your mother, would like to take her in my arms and hold her and bring her here to give her love and a better life. Josiah is so fortunate to have a loving mother to give him a chance at a better life and so blessed to have a loving family to be a part of, and one that will love him and raise him to love God. God has blessed him as well as your family.

Mary Beth and Casey what a wonderful experience God has give you, I know you will never forget a moment of it. I know Josiah’s mother must feel better, just meeting the two of you.

]]> By: Meredith http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-11138 Meredith Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:49:32 +0000 http://www.caseypicker.com/?p=988#comment-11138 I too cried when I read this as I thought of your precious little guy (who I can still see smiling that huge smile up at me from his crib in the care center) and also as the memories of our experience in Durame came flooding back. We are so blessed! Thank you for sharing this beautiful post! I too cried when I read this as I thought of your precious little guy (who I can still see smiling that huge smile up at me from his crib in the care center) and also as the memories of our experience in Durame came flooding back. We are so blessed! Thank you for sharing this beautiful post!

]]> By: momma http://www.caseypicker.com/archives/2009/08/28/ethiopia-day-four-part-two/comment-page-1/#comment-11137 momma Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:43:36 +0000 http://www.caseypicker.com/?p=988#comment-11137 I sobbed clear through this. Love like you've described is clearly from God. I ache for this young woman I've never met and wish I could hold her. I wish I could bring her into our home and give her the kind of love Josiah is receiving! I know meeting her was a hard step to take and I'm so proud of you. It would have been so easy to leave her an unknown in the distant fog. You chose courageously! I sobbed clear through this. Love like you’ve described is clearly from God. I ache for this young woman I’ve never met and wish I could hold her. I wish I could bring her into our home and give her the kind of love Josiah is receiving! I know meeting her was a hard step to take and I’m so proud of you. It would have been so easy to leave her an unknown in the distant fog. You chose courageously!

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