Today is a VERY special day! One year ago, we brought Carmen home from Guatemala. A year ago we had such hopes and dreams for our little girl. Now we hope that Carmen will feel loved and that we can keep her comfortable. And we hope and pray that Carmen will make a difference in this world and that we can share her with many others.
My mom gave us a CD with a song called “Little Hands, Little Feet”. One line says, “You were created for eternity.” Based on my understanding of the Bible, I believe that Carmen will spend eternity in Heaven. There is one particular passage, 2 Samuel 12:19-23, in which King David grieves after losing his son. He says that the child will not return to him but that he will go to the child. Many scholars believe that this verse points to babies/young children going to Heaven since they never have the ability to make a decision to follow Jesus. This makes sense to me. So I think about God choosing Carmen to have eternal life- how special she must be to Him!
A big thank you to John and Jessie for the TV for Carmen’s room for the nurses and to Bella Tunno for the bibs (www.bellatunno.com). To my Aunt Sally for making dresses for Carmen that snap all the way down the front. And to Rachinee and Tatiana for bringing Lauren home from school. And to Monica for playing card games with Lauren today!
