Okay, so I've written several times on this blog about how wonderful Claire's foster parents in Korea are. They took such amazing care of her while she was in Korea and love her as if she was their daugther. She was their first foster child. We've been very fortunate to have maintained contact with them through this blog and through a couple of letters we've exchanged since coming home in April.
Fast forward to just before Christmas and I see on their blog that there are pictures of them with an adorable little boy....how wonderful that they became foster parents again to such a beautiful little guy! My first thought was "what a lucky little guy he is to be placed with such amazing foster parents." I could also tell by the pictures that this little boy was old enough to be going home to his forever family soon. Mr. Kang often leaves messages on our blog, but they are in Korean, so sometimes it's difficult to understand the messages using software to translate them. He left us a couple of messages right around Christmas and I thought he was trying to tell us that this little boy's forever family was also from Minnesota. I checked his blog and I saw pictures of this adorable little guy meeting his forever parents for the first time. The pictures were taken in the exact same room that we met Claire in at the agency in Korea! Deja-vu!
I was just about to call our local adoption agency to see if it was possible to find out who this family was when we got a message from the agency telling us that a family had just returned from Korea with their son, who had the same foster parents as Claire. They wanted to connect with us! Turns out, they do live in Duluth, MN, which is a couple hours north of the Twin Cities. What are the odds that first 2 foster children of this amazing couple end up living just a few hours from each other?! That adorable little boy is named Tae and his parents are Margaret and Hansi. Margaret and I have spoken on the phone several times and look forward to meeting in person very soon. They have family here in the Twin Cities and get down here fairly often. We can't wait to meet them in person and we're trying to figure out how we can get Mr. Kang and Mrs. Lee here to Minnesota for a visit!!
So, meet Claire's foster brother, Tae! He's about 10 months old.
Did I mention that he's adorable?!
Here's a great picture of their family with Mr. Kang and Mrs. Lee
Mr. Kang and Mrs. Lee....we all can't wait to see you again some time soon! Thank you for letting us know that Tae was coming home so close to us. We will let you know when Claire and Tae finally get to meet in person!! What a blessing!
Love, Dave, Christa, Ben and Claire
4 comments:
Christa!
You made me cry. But thats okay. I haven't yet seen that picture of us with Mrs. Lee and Mr. Kang. What a precious shot. This is truly an amazing adventure that sometimes I can't even believe it, hence the trials and tribulations. Our love to your entire family...
Margaret
미네소타의 두가정이 서로 연락을 하시면서 공통의 관심과 사랑으로 아이들을 양육하시는 모습을 보면서 너무나 너무나 가슴이 벅차고 기쁘답니다.
크리스타 클레어의 엄마께서 쓰신 글과 내용을 잘 보았답니다.
저희 부부는 출산은 하지 않았지만 클레어와 정태가 한국 저희 가정에 있을때 가슴으로 아파하고 사랑하면서 혼신의 힘을 다해서 양육을 하였고 또 데이브,크리스타,벤, 한씨,마가리트 같은 아주 좋은 부모와 오빠 의 가정으로 갈수있게 된것은 우리 부부가 아이들을 양육하면서 날마다 하나님께
기도 드렸던 제목되로 되었다고 생각합니다.
또 마가리트 정태엄마가 쓰신 글을 잘 보았답니다.
언제까지고 두 가정이 두아이를 통하여서 만났지만 단란하면서 행복하고 평화가 넘치며 건강하기 만을 기도드릴 뿐입니다.
데이브,크리스타,벤,클레어 모두를 너무나 사랑합니다.
대한민국 서울에서 강상수 이현실
This is SO very cool. What a special thing for your two families to share...such a wonderful foster family for both of your cute children. I found your blog a little while back and recently was connected with Margaret through a friend in common. My DH & I are waiting for a referral from Korea...also going through CHSFS. I love following blogs of families united through adoption, especially from Korea (for obvious reasons). I'm excited to one day go to Seoul to meet our child...who is waiting out there for us...but we have not been matched yet. In the meanwhile, I hope he/she is being cared for by a wonderfully loving foster family...until he/she can join us here.
안녕하세요.데이브.크리스타,벤,클레어..
여기 한국은 이번에 고유의 설명절을 보냈답니다.
설명절이란 음역으로 새해아침이답니다.
어제로 그 연휴가 끝나고 새로운 시간을 맞이하여서 일을하고 있답니다.
언제나 가족간의 사랑속에서 행복하시기를 바랍니다,,,
대한민국 서울에서 강상수 이현실
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