Dear Loyal Blog Readers,

This afternoon we spent a few hours at an Ethiopian Adoptive Families fellowship group nearby. Besides the fact that the families are just FUN to be around and the kids all have a great time together, our conversations there (with families we had mostly never met in person) reminded me and Kirk of what God has called us to in our new ministry together, and why we must move forward with gusto in establishing and developing "We Have Room," our adoption advocacy campaign and ministry.

Getting the opportunity to meet so many of you in person is so rewarding. So often nowadays, we will be in a store or restaurant (well, we're not really regulars at restaurants anymore, unless Taco Bell counts for something...$14 for a family of 8...That's heroic, my friends. But I digress...) or mall or parking lot or church or school, and a stranger will come up to us and say, "I recognize you guys from your blog that so-and-so told me about and so I've been following it for months and you guys are so inspiring!"

Nearly every day, we receive emails and blog comments where we are told in so many words that we have inspired them in some way. Here is a sampling of what we so often hear:

• "You guys have inspired us to consider adopting, even though we already have X number of children."
• "You guys have inspired us to adopt two kids at once instead of just one."
• "You guys have inspired us to adopt an older child, instead of the newborn we were imagining."
• "You guys have inspired us to throw caution to the wind and do something we never planned to do...adopt."
• "Your faith has inspired us."
• "You guys are like rock stars to us." (That's the most humbling one yet.)
• "Your journey has given us faith and hope."
• "Because you guys have done it, we know that we can."

And so forth. You get the picture.

But honestly, it's YOU, you loyal blog readers and stalkers :) that inspire US. We are INSPIRED BY YOU.

We want nothing more from our web site and blog than to have other families walk this road after us, charting out their own yet-to-be-walked-on road to adoption. THAT, my blog readers, IS INSPIRING TO US.

So, a year and a half after our first blog, we say humbly and loudly:

THANK YOU FROM THE DEPTHS OF OUR SOULS.

Because of your inspired souls, we have found our life's calling. So until the day we die, we thank you.

Truest Blessings and Peace to you all, and Two Souls' Worth of Gratitude,

heidi & kirk weimer