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"For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of Him." -

It is with immense gratitude, praise and thanksgiving to our Lord, Jesus Christ, that we announce our new son!! Name: Adrian Wen "Kai" Bombardier A few of you know that we had lost a referral (from Belarus) to a beautiful little boy we had name Kai. We have been in this process for almost 3 years now. This past weekend (Dec. 9, 2005), I was in New York meeting with 18 fabulous women who were in the same exact situation as we were having lost their Belarusian referrals. I sat next to a good friend who is getting ready to bring home 2 beautiful children from Russia. We were talking about how she "knew" the twins were hers, etc. She said, "Ohilda, I am the kind of person that needs "signs". So, I asked God to please give me signs that these indeed would be my children." Then, she said that these little signs starting appearing all over the place. She will be traveling shortly to bring home those gorgeous babies. Fast forward to our story....I'm on the plane with Amanda (our 11 yr old) coming home. I close my eyes thinking about the new waiting child list(since I had agreed with Scott that we'd look at it together when we got home) HFS just received and I asked God that if our child was on that list to please give me a sign. That He knew I totally trusted him, but that I needed something...a bread crumb, to assure me. When we got home, shortly afterwards, Scott and I sat in front of the computer. The first picture came up...then the 2nd, the 3rd and so forth. I was desperately looking for "THE SIGN". Mind you, I never told Scott about my conversation w/the woman nor did I tell him I had asked God to give me a sign. I stopped to ask him midway thru the list if he felt tugged by any children, and he said "not really". We are approaching the end and I am getting very discouraged. Finally, he opens up a picture and I freeze....I see the name KAI. Remember? That was the name of the little boy we lost in Belarus. Half a second later, Scott says, "Oh My God!....LOOK! THAT'S A SIGN" His eyes are like saucers. Then he says, "I haven't seen one of those in 30 years!" I was like, huh??? I thought he was talking about the name. He says, "The Felix the cat toy! I had that toy when I was a little boy! I loved it!!" My mouth dropped. I then said, "Scott, look at his name!" We both started crying. Wait, it gets better. We obviously know his special need was cleft, but we scroll down. His birth date was on Scott's birthday...5/27! AND on his birthday 5/27/04, we received the original Kai's referral. So, when we were getting our referral from Belarus, this little boy was born. And lastly, as we are reading his medical, we noticed that on October 9, 2004, the day that his paperwork was approved for international adoption was when we were told that Belarus had shut down. All of that CAN'T be coincidences. This was God at work!

Scott looked at me and said, "THIS IS OUR SON!" I have knots in my stomach thinking about it. It has been such a long journey for us, but I have been told OVER AND OVER how you will know it is your child. As a friend said, we asked for a bread crumb, and God gave us a LOAF! Thank you, Lord! You are sooooo good!! And thank you from the bottom of our hearts to the amazing staff at Harrah's Adoption International Mission!

"Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." Proverbs 19:21

It is with immense gratitude, praise and thanks to our Lord that we present our new son

Adrian Wen Kai Bombardier

Chinese Name: Ni Wen Kai

Meaning of name: "Victorious Literal Character"

NI - Common Family Surname

WEN - character, language, literacy

KAI - triumphant, victorious

Birth Date: 05/27/04 (same as his Daddy!)

Birth Place: Zhejiang Province, China

Presently Residing At:

Yiwu City Social Welfare Institute (click here for pictures of the SWI)

Height: 72 cm

Weight: 8 kg (17 lbs!)

*on November 8, 2005

A little bit about our boy:

Ni Wen Kai is physically strong and full of energy! Has a good appetite and enjoys fresh fruits. He can stand and walk holding onto his bedrail. He has a shy manner, and has smooth fair skin. Enjoys being held by adults (a snuggle bug!!) and played with! He is very healthy, can call "mama" and knows his name!

"Blessed be God who did not refuse me the kindness I sought in prayer!" - Psalm 66:20