Brotherly love...the real thing!
Oh happy day...oh happy day ah ay...when Jesus walked...yeah when He walk-a-alked...He took my cares away. That song was in my spirit again all day Saturday. Praise the Lord...Jeanne and Jason arrived a little early Saturday at 6:16 pm at MSP after a 24 hour door-to-door trip...whew!
It was a happy, joyous and much anticipated reuniting of the Ritzman family--the Ukraine side and the U.S. side...and the two shall become one! There was a lot of hugs, kisses and tears of incredible joy along with exchanges of gifts. Check out Lucas's fedora given to him by Jason.
It was really a gift from God for the Boehrs and the Ritzmans to share the last leg of the adoption journey, travel the same flights back together and that the boys--Jason and Nathan were close friends in the orphanage and are now close friends as U.S. citizens in the Twin Cities. I believe the families will get closer too. God is good!
Jason was greeted by every immediate family member via a hanging decorative banner with colorful balloons attached (thanks for helping Uncle Joel!). Every grandparent, aunt, uncle and 14 cousins + Sadie (his dog) from the Twin Cities to Sioux Falls to Mississippi to Seoul, Korea expressed their heart-felt love and warm welcome to the family.
More decorations...cards...flowers inside and oh yeah...chocolate cake!!!
...and a huge chocolate chip cookie...nice! Thanks Aunt Julie!
...and this is what it's all about...brothers playing with Lucas's gift from Jason...Bionicles...they picked up immediately where they left off three weeks ago. We now transition to new life as a family forever.
Praise God for all He's done and all He will do!
Great news...thanks for passing along the photos. Jeanne looks wiped out..get your rest, you two.
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