The time as come to submit my final journal entry on this website. It is hard to believe that it was just a little more than a year ago that our family began this incredible journey of bring Yi Tao now Emily Hope into the Minot Family. Our lives and hearts have been changed throughout this journey. We have learned so much about our God and the reality that His ways are so much higher than ours. We have learned patience in waiting on God to perfect His will in our life and we have had the incredible blessing of watching a precious little girl who was abandoned in a train station in Kunming, China blossom into a vibrant two year old full of confidence in her new environment. The road we've traveled has not always been easy and we still have more paths to tread but we marvel at the beauty of God's perfect plan and rest in His unfailing love for us through which He lavishes such blessing upon us. Our family continues grow in love as we enjoy each other. We sail through the easy spots in life while holding each other close during those tough spots. We know that as we journey together we will experience many ups and downs and take great confidence that we will have each other and an incredible God who is in our midst through each mountain and valley. Thank you for joining us in our journey. We have been touched by your love, your prayers and simply your desire to be a part of what the Lord has done in our lives through the adoption of Emily. Although, this is my final post to this website it is not the end of my posting. If you so desire you may check in with our family on our new blog www.emilymakes6.blogspot.com. The new format is a bit different than this website but I hope to be able to post and add pictures more often. There is still the opportunity to post comments on the new blog which we love to read so if you do have the opportunity to visit with us at our new spot please leave us a message that you stopped by. Again, much thanks to all of you for sharing in this special time in the life of The Minot Family.