A New Little Sister

As many of you know already, the Krol family is adding another little Chinese princess to our clan!  Lucy Rui Yuan Krol will come home very soon from Heifei City, China...we anticipate travel within a couple of weeks as we just received TA (Travel Approval for those of you unfamiliar with the adoption lingo!).  Unfortunately, the US Consulate has been closed down for a couple of weeks while they relocate offices in Guanzhou so we are unable to make our embassy appointment yet which means we don't know our exact dates of travel.  So close but not quite there yet!  Seems like that is the way this whole adoption has gone, but praise God, it also seems that we have flown ahead of the curve despite all the frequent setbacks. 

Our new daughter is almost five years old (in October) and another adorable sweetheart!  She is described as very sensitive and loving to all the other children in the orphanage.  Although she has spina bifida and hydrocephalus, she appears to be quite healthy and happy.  We are all going to travel to bring her home and can't wait to meet her!!!  We are praying she likes purple like her big sis because the girls now have a VERY purple room :)  We covet your prayers as we prepare to leave the country and embark on another amazing journey as a family to adopt!  We are so grateful to the Lord for His abundant blessings!  Hope to post here often in the days to come to share this wonderful experience with our family and friends...(in all my spare time! LOL)

                                               "Lucy" Rui Yuan

                                               The "purplicious"  room!

 

Big Sis hugging little sis

(sent this picture to her in the orphanage)