Who is Bella's forever family?

They are a wonderful Christian family living close to Dallas, Texas.  Matt and Bridgett and two big brothers, Bailey and Cooper.  Bailey is 15 and Cooper is 13.  Their new daughter and little sister is Matison Ling Tylee…you know her as Bella.  They have been preparing and waiting for this little girl to join their family for over six and half years!!!!  Talk about patience!  One of the things that blew me away was when I saw that they had a little girl’s room prepared for her for over six years.  Even through various moves, they kept setting it up!  She has family and friends galore that have been praying for her for a very long time.

Most of Matt’s family lives together in this small town and they have a family pot luck dinner every Sunday night.  They’re always doing things with family.  Bridgett is a pre-K teacher, which is most likely the profession I would have if I wasn’t living in East Asia.  Bailey and Cooper are both into sports including select soccer, which was a huge part of Mark’s life growing up as well. 

Since finding them online at the end of February, we’ve sent numerous emails back and forth and have had hour or so online video chats about every other week.  Every time we hang up from those chats, I think, or tell Mark, “I just like them a lot.”  We are quickly becoming  good friends. 

We cannot express how eternally grateful we are that God has chosen this family for Bella.  He has shown Himself SO incredibly gracious in this choice.