Package for Sofonyas!

Next week another group of families from Hope will be traveling to Ethiopia to get their kiddos. One family has so generously offered to take a package to Sof for us. So this weekend we had so much fun putting together our second package for Sofonyas. This is not the first thought. As soon as we accepted the referral for Sof we quickly sent over a package to him, which was filled with little goodies, a Texas Longhorn Shirt and a letter introducing ourselves. We have since learned he really enjoys cars, like Reagan, so we included a few cars for him and his friends to play with together. We also put in a small photo album of us camping, fishing, going to the beach, our house and yard as well as a few of other family photos, to show him what he has to look forward to. Since both Reagan and Blake have real leopard gecko lizards we put in a small stuffed animal gecko so he wouldn't be left out. Couldn't exactly pack the real thing, and I don't think he's ready for that yet. Reagan found a Transformers shirt that he thought Sof would like, so we added that too. We were even able to squeeze in a bunch of Tootsie Pops for him and his friends and a few books as well. The last item we included was a letter from us to him explaining a little more about our family and all the things we like to do (to help explain the pictures). We are hoping that he will receive this and feel a sense of knowing us a little more. I have asked our director Shim to try to find out some information on what Sof likes as well so we can get to know him too. We enjoyed putting this together for him, and I hope it will somehow help prepare him and make him feel a little more comfortable for when he comes home to live with us. Father, I pray this package is received by Sof with the love and warmth in which it was put together with. I pray Father God that you continue to watch over our precious Sof and to keep him safe and fill his heart with your love as well as ours! In your name I pray, Amen!