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We are Kristie and Scott Olges and this is our testimony of the path that lead us to our daughter that God had planned for us all along. We had been blessed with two biological sons, but always felt our family was not yet complete. On December 20, 2004 I felt this incredible calling from God that somewhere in this world we did indeed have a daughter that was destine to become part of our family. I shared this feeling with my husband and was overjoyed when he felt the same way I did. We researched different countries very little because I felt God’s hand directing us towards China. Soon after emailing adoption agencies A Helping Hand called us back and their small family like agency seemed to be the perfect match for us. Due to my age of 29 and China’s law that you must be 30, we knew we had a long wait ahead of us, but never in our wildest dreams did we think it would take years. Our minds were set and we knew we were going down the right road towards our daughter. Time surprisingly went fast for the first year that we had to wait for me to turn 30. Most women dread during 30, but not me it could not get here fast enough. During this time A Helping Hand kept us very involved by inviting us to adoption events and helped us establish friendships with other adopting families. In December 2005 we finally were able to get started on our paper work and home studies. June 09, 2006 our dossier was mailed off to China, one week before my 30th birthday. A Few weeks later we were happy to find out our official Log In Date of our dossier was June 20, 2006. This officially began our wait in China’s eye and unfortunately so did China’s huge backlog. July, August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March, April, May and June. One year later and really no progress had been made. People would say maybe you should switch to another country. “No she is there” I would reply. The months kept passing and our hearts were aching. “Please God give me a sign, are we on the right road?” Without a doubt God knew she was there we had to keep our faith. Then one Sunday in church my eyes were full of tears moved by one of my favorite song’s I felt his words touch my heart “Special Needs is where she’ll be”. Once again I shared this with Scott and without blinking an eye he replied “Then that’s where we will find her”. We discussed our news with our family and everyone was very happy and supportive… On March 28, 2008 at 11:23 am we got the call from A Helping Hand announcing our daughter Chen Xiaomeng (A.K.A “Angelina” with A Helping Hand). This is a moment I will never forget as long as I live. Our daughter Jenna Leigh Xiaomeng was born June 13, 2005, she had truly been there waiting for us our entire journey. She has a repaired heart condition. The same sick heart that she was born with placing her in the special needs program became the miracle that healed our hearts. One June 29, 2008 at 4:00 pm a tiny 19 pound angel held the hand of her nanny and walked through the hotel doors in Henan China and at the moment I saw that God had not lead us down the smooth straight road to just any little girl in China, he cleared a hidden path with bumps, curves and beautiful meaning that opened these hotel lobby doors to the child he knew all along to be our daughter... Jenna is a beautiful, free spirited, healthy little girl. There is not a day that goes by that I do not get tears in my eyes when I think about God’s plan for her and our family. God leads you in his direction, not yours. It may not be the smooth straight path you thought you would take, but sometimes the harder hidden path is what he has planned. At the end of our path was an angel who is more than worth it all and God knew who her from the beginning. God had a plan long ago to bring you both to me. And sometimes it’s hard to understand what only he cane see. At times the wait seemed so endless as disappointments always came. But he knew me from the beginning and he even knew my name. Sometimes your heart felt so heavy and your tears would fall like rain. But he has the power and wisdom to ease your fear and pain. Momma and Babba please hurry and take me home where I belong. Then we can start our life together as he’s known me all a long. Written by Nana 03/28/08 If you have questions please contact me at KOlges@AOL.com Or call (502) 966-8434.
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