The Mural Completed!

Karen finished our child's mural today!

Mural Progress

Painting Begins!

Karen began painting the mural today! How exciting to see our world in vivid color!

Mural-Day2

As Karen began to trace the outlines of Europe, Asia and Africa onto the wall, we both began to see how big this mural will be. It made us think about how big the World really is and how diverse. I can't help but marvel at all the wonders of God's hand. And somewhere among the wonders of creation is our child who will someday, in God's perfect timing, be a part of our family.

The mural begins

Karen came over and spent a few hours starting our child's mural today. She'll be back soon to add continents and more details.

The World For Our Little One

One thing we want to show the world through our special and multicultural family is that the world is God's and we are His. Every human on this globe is created by Him as a unique part of His plan for the World. His plan is to adopt each of us into His family by His grace and through His son, Jesus Christ. The whole diverse world is part of His plan. We want our family to be a living testimony of the way that God brings us (who were far from Him) into his family--to be His heirs (Romans 8:12-17). As a symbol of the way His love encompases every corner of the Earth, we have decided to paint a mural on the wall of our child's bedroom wall--a colorful map of the world.



Kim's friend Karen has agreed to work with us this summer, using paintbrush and paint, to give the world to our first child. She is a 4th grade teacher at Kim's school and is also a muralist.

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