We have made it home!
We sincerely want to THANK ALL OF YOU for your incredible support and thoughts and prayers during our international adoption adventure in bringing Alena Eden Moss home. We certainly believe it was God's hand who blessed us with Alena.
Her transition during the first few days have had many firsts for Alena. She saw her first tall buildings in Almaty and road on her first escalator in the mall. She saw her first opera (mine too) and experienced her first long car ride through the mountains. She took her first airplane ride and really got her money's worth as it took 7 hours to fly to Frankfurt and then another 12 hours to fly to Los Angeles. She walked barefoot on a beach for the first time, saw her first ocean and rode her first roller coaster. She watched me cheer like a maniac, and then exchanged a number of high fives with me Sunday as The Ohio State Buckeyes beat Wisconsin in hoop. We had her in a golf store and Jonathan gave Alena her first lesson on a putting green. She is kind hearted, laughs a lot, likes to hug our dogs and most of all loves being with Kelly. (Who doesn't). Hopefully we can always be the loving family she was dreaming for. Next mission is to teach her English. After she masters the English language, I don't think we will be able to tell her apart from your kids.
Thanks again for your thoughts and prayers, they have been comforting and effective.
We hope you and all of your families are well!
Joe, Kelly, Jonathan, Jameson and Alena
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Hey guys-
We are so happy for you all! What a wonderful "beginning" to the end of your adoption journey! I'm so glad that Alena is with you and adjusting well. It's so cool that everything familiar to us is so new to her. Such a testimony to God's power in our lives as well, don't you think? The old has been made new! Praise the Lord! We rejoice with you and look forward to bringing our Emily home soon as well.
Love you guys,
Chris and Carrie
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