What's in a Name?

Way back when we got our referral- we decided on the name "Rachel". We also decided on the middle name "Lee". Rachel's Korean name is "Lee, So Young". "Lee" is her birthmother's last name. So we decided to keep it as her middle name. No we have decided to keep all of her Korean name as her middle name. So her official name is going to be "Rachel Lee So-Young ___". Kind of a mouthful but I think it's important since she is going to be so much older than we thought. The name "So-Young" is all she knows.

...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land... 2 Chron 7:14

Latest Update

We were able to get the MRI films from Korea and have a doctor here look at them. The doctor here agrees there are some abnormalities. But what that means for her future we do not know. It is likely she will have developmental delays. Her pictures look good and we got a video that looks good. So it's hard to believe that she might have "special needs". We had to have a meeting with our agency and it seems like they're trying to talk us out of this. We feel more committed to her than ever actually. We've been waiting 7 months for her to come home. There is a slight chance she could get consideration to come home in December. If not we are now probably looking at January. There were nuclear tests done in North Korea yesterday. That worries me and make it seem even more urgent that she comes home now. She's 13 months old. I feel like I've missed so much.

The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD; he directs it like a watercourse wherever he pleases. Prov 21:1