Kopinski 6 +1: New Year's Eve

If you had told us one year ago that we would have a 6 year old boy join our family from China by then end of this year, we would have all laughed! But, as it is, our plans are not always the way would foresee them. This year has not been easy, with many life changes taking place and spending a considerable amount of time with the adoption planning. But through it all we have been able to rely on God's strength, timing, and grace as He has mercifully seen us through each bump of this journey. All the times I wanted to run away from the adoption, God convicted us to keep going. Each time we got frustrated through the process or after we picked up Jesse, God gave us the encouragement and peace to keep going. This has not been an easy journey, nor do we expect the coming days, months, and years to be easy, but 'easy' is not what we 'signed up' for either. When we place our faith in Christ, our live no longer belong to us and what we want. Living for Him is not always easy, but it is satisfying to know that we are following His will and He will not leave us during this journey. Afterall, it is not about us, but about Him!

We are all well rested now, and have had an enjoyable time just playing and hanging out at our home! We are loving the home cooked meals brought in by amazing friends! We are avoiding the freezing cold weather and trace of snow by staying in our comfy house. We are learning how to be a family of 7 now.

Jesse is a builder and loves to explore how everything is put together and how it works. Can we say …engineer! He enjoys playing with a marble works toy, cars, and some large Legos. He has found our thinking putty and loves that. He loves to wrestle and have tickle wars. He expects every egg that he pulls out of the refrigerator to be hard boiled, so we really need to make sure only the hardboiled ones are in the fridge door! He is ever so eager to help with anything we are doing around the house. He's a pretty neat kid with a heart to please .. most of the time. :) There are times of blatant disobedience that we are working through, but he is a 6 year old boy after all.