Bre,
I just had to share with you that Josie and I were looking through some pictures last night and we seen the one of you and her together. I asked her if she remembered when you came to the Children's home and she said yes and smiled. I asked her if she remembered anything that you told her and she said yes the you told her that her mommy was coming to get her and that her mommy and her would be together and go to America. I asked her if it made her happy and she said yes. I just thought that I would share that she remembered you and that she remembered what you said. Thank you, you may not have known it at the time, but you gave a little girl some hope at a time that may have seemed pretty hopeless to her.
As I read this I remembered back to when Andrea and I would talk over IM and before the end of our conversations she would always ask me to do three things for her - to pray over Josephine, to give Josephine hugs for Andrea and tell Josephine how much her mommy, daddy and brothers love her and they are coming to get her and take her back to America. So when I would go to the Children's home I would do just what Andrea asked me to do. During the time Josephine and I spent together one on one when I would talk to her I never was quite sure if she understood what I was saying or even if she was listening. The only time she would talk is when we were playing with the other children but when it was just us two she never spoke a word. When I heard from Andrea that she understood what I told her I knew that this very well could have been one of the reasons the Lord sent me to Liberia, to be the messenger to two adoptive mom's who were waiting to hear about their children. I may never really know the exact reason I was chosen to go over to Liberia and experience what I did but I thank God everyday that he allowed me to experience what I did.
