Welcome Home, Ellie!
Topic: Community
Cornerstone is only four–and–a–half years old, but in that short amount of time we’ve been blessed by God to see one of the most dramatic and breath–taking pictures of the gospel lived out in our midst three glorious times.
The first was when we saw little Jacob (from Azerbaijan) adopted into the home of a Cornerstone family. The second time was when little Ani (from Ukraine) was adopted into the home of a Cornerstone family. And just this week, little Ellie (from Guatemala) was adopted and brought into her new home.
Welcome home, Ellie! We love you already, and we look forward to getting to know you!
A friend of mine in seminary use to tell a wonderful story about adoption. His father was a pediatrician, and one of his patients was a little boy. It seems that whenever the doctor saw this little boy, he was always wearing the same shirt — an old, worn, ratty–looking, faded sweatshirt with the word “Wilson” printed on the front (“Wilson” as in the sporting–goods retailer).
The doctor often noted how odd it was that this boy from a well–to–do family was forever wearing the same old sweatshirt, which eventually began to look much worse for wear. Finally he asked the question.
Here’s the story the doctor was told:
