e [Applause] oh there you are honey you're going to have to stop doing this to yourself we're going to get through this Janice I promise [Music] Calvin you seem a little distant is everything okay you know I've been thinking I've been thinking a lot about our situation we both know that we can't have kids of Our Own no we tried everything not quite everything and it breaks my heart just thinking about it what can we do there's one option left we can consider adoption Janice there are so many kids out there who are in need
of a loving home and I believe our home can offer that are you you saying we can adopt a child yes any age you want we've built a strong foundation and I believe we can provide a secure and a nurturing environment Plus plus we have the space you're right we can definitely make a difference in a child's life I mean since we can't have our own children I'm sure God would want us to be a blessing to another child who's in need of a home so is that a yes yes yes yes let's reach out
to Lita adoption center and get this ball rolling [Music] yes come in hi Miss Bennett here's Joy pal thank you so much waiting on this excellent New Beginnings for joy [Music] all right Calvin and Janice [Music] Nelson hey what's going on like your flowers I do thank you you're welcome you deserve them thank you pretty Ain okay hello hi this is Dolores Bennett I'm calling from Lac may I please speak with Calvin or Janice Nelson this is Calvin you say you're call up from where again Lac leaders adoption center Janice come quickly uh yes Miss
Bennett both my wife and I here right now awesome well I am thrilled to inform you that everything on your application was approved am I hearing you correctly Joya is our daughter now yes ma'am she is when can we come get her give me a few days to finalize the paperwork and I will call you to schedule a day to pick up your daughter thank you thank you so much Miss Bennett yes thank you Miss Bennett we hope to see you in a few days okay bye bye-bye see you soon I cannot believe it we
are about to be parents wow this is amazing babe this is a wonderful thank you so much we deserve it yes we do [Music] [Music] it's so nice to see you again Mr and Mrs Nelson it's a pleasure good to see you thank you you know Joy is truly a special little girl oh gosh children are special but what makes Joy so special well her situation is different from the other kids that are brought here um both of her parents were killed in an accident oh no yeah but she has such a incredible Spirit it
just shines through every moment you will see also your home will be the first home that she'll be moving into since she's been here so what makes her special is her resilience it's simply remarkable and Her Imagination Knows No Limits her story has touched our hearts deeply we look forward to sharing her with lots of love and welcoming her into our family we promise to provide a nurturing and supportive environment for her to grow and Blossom yes well if you're ready for her I'll call and have them bring her down yes all right let's do
it yes can you bring joy down to my office right away please thank you so much she's still on the way I can't believe we're waiting on our daughter Janice we're going home today with our daughter right thank you so much baby well joy meet your new mom and dad hi I'm Joy I'm your mom and that's your dad and I can I call you Mommy and Daddy yes sweetheart of course thank you for believing in us and entrusting us with Joy's future we would cherish her and give her all the love that she deserves
I knew from the very beginning that Joy was a perfect match for your family and I have no doubt that you all will take excellent care of her congratulations again thank you thank you Jo are you ready yeah all right all right let's go it's been a pleasure thank you honey how was school today it was okay the look on your face is otherwise Joy did something happen it was fine until they started teasing me who was teasing you and about what the girls in my class keep saying I don't have any hair and that's
why I get hair extensions you know there's no truth to that so you shouldn't let that bother you sweetie I'll try oh don't forget my birthday invitations they're right here can I fill them out when we get home why don't you do that tomorrow that'll give you something to do okay okay I made it what did you make honey oh oh no nothing hey good morning babe hey hey Mommy Daddy I finished all my birthday invitations great job sweetheart so how many kids are you inviting I used all the invitations Mommy gave me huh Janice
how many invitations did you buy oh I just bought two packs of 24 in each she's inviting 48 little people not funny Joy 48 isn't a lot babe that's why it's called a party with a lot of guests yes honey that's like a field trip with a whole class of second graders running around daddy you can run around and play with us too run around and play with y'all let me tell you something if Dad starts running it's going to be right out of that door until the party is over okay Daddy no then you
miss all the noise and all the fun joy the noise would be dad's reason for running out of that door in the first first place okay listen you're going to have to take some of those names off the list okay okay I've removed to honey here you can't invite your whole class okay take 10 of these invitations okay who you really want to celebrate with okay okay take those invitations give them to your mom all right here go thank you baby why are you trying to make Joy reduce her guest L that's that's way too
many kids for a seven-year old's party if Joy wanted her whole class to be at this celebration then why don't we just move a party to our classro because they will only allow them to have a 20 minute cupcake break and then back to schoolwork okay and the problem with that is she's turning seven not 70 are you serious right now you got it twisted a 70y old should have a 20 minute cupcake party not a seven-year-old they want to run around and have fun and be loud for hours exactly and that's what I don't
want here in our house honey look do the math what comes with 48 kids I don't know guess 48 parents will arrive with these kids that's 96 guests and that's not even including our family members I really don't see the problem it's a party where is your party Spirit it won't be here on that day because I'll be the one left behind having to clean up after during near 100 people so Joy won't be using nowhere near the amount of invitations that you've bought whatever I'm serious Janice you and joy can go to church tomorrow
really Another Sunday you won't be attending church you and I both know they can care less about them people up in that church all they care about is their tithes and that's all that matters don't worry I'll ask God to forgive you for that comment and while you at it don't forget to tell God how controlling you trying to be about Joy's party good night is mom coming later no I don't think so Ephesians chapter 4 verse 32 God says be kind to one another forgiving one another the same way God forgave you because we
know that when the kindness and the love of God our savior when he appeared he saved us and not because of some righteous thing that we had done but because of his mercy so always remember to pray first and to think before reacting because God is always watching amen hon you guys have a blessed weekend and I will see you next Sunday amen that was good great to go yep hey re calv you have a minute sure how's everything going everything's fine and Sister Janice she's fine is there something particular you're trying to ask about
well it's just I haven't seen over the past few weeks and you know Church attendance is everything well she's fine I guess she just wanted to take a little break a break from church yeah well now you know God don't want us taking breaks from church well you know Janice Janice does what she wants when she wants at least join out here Sunday daddy daddy church is like school they take attendance too well look at Joy asking about church attendance already you got to catch them while they're young amen yes attendance in church is very
important why well when you miss church you're missing valuable lessons directly from God's teaching I have two teachers Miss Anderson in school and one at church you have four teachers your teacher at school your pastor your mom and I speaking of your mom I think we better be heading that way pretty soon Pastor have a great week see you next Sunday all right uh and make sure you bring the misses all right I won't forget to invite her now whether she comes or not that's totally up to her have have a blessed day Pastor all
right to you stay blessed brother yes sir praise God service right great so glad you enjoy my grand baby summer how you doing summer is that your real hair no it's extensions why do wear extensions every day because I like them I don't ask you why do you wear your hair like that I know why she doesn't have any hair is that the reason Joy with no hair God says we shouldn't judge God says say it with me God says we shouldn't judge but we're not judging we're stating facts you don't have hair just because
I have braids doesn't mean I don't have hair Sarah yes it does no it doesn't hey Mr Nelson hey Miss Brown hey Joy hi Dad where's the joy today was okay until Sarah and Annie started teasing me again about my braids maybe they like your hairstyle but just don't know how to show it they don't like it Dad they were making fun of me of wearing my braids all the time well they don't need to come to your party then we want friendly happy kids at your party not troublemakers what's funny they are troublemakers in
school how did you know that Dad oh I've had my f share of troublemakers in life unfortunately it won't be your last so are you inviting them to your party no I didn't invite Sarah or Annie to my birthday party hey don't forget your backpack honey can we stay in the car a little longer why I'm scared scared of what the dog next door oh she's harmless she chases me every time I get out the car like she's on a mission she doesn't want to attack you she's a friendly dog Joy will you get out
of the car okay did you see that Dad she's trying to attack me why can't she stay in her yard she's not trying to attack you get in there [Music] okay even if I'm far away I think about you every day and I just wish you could stay [Music] another I'll get it thanks for managing the door Britney you're welcome Hi O Jo let's play a game what game Britney in the game we always play [Music] honey I told you I didn't want a lot of guest showing up to Joy's party but more and more
showing up can you not it's Joy's party that's why more people are coming I hear a certain little one celebrating their seventh birthday Auntie hey Joy happy birthday here I have something for you what is it Auntie K you want your auntie Kay to tell you what it is you don't put that gift with the other gifts and go play thanks Auntie k I love you oh I love you too Joy hey big bro hey Janice hey Sis hey K I didn't think you you going to make it I would have missed my niece's party
for nothing you're such a spoiler now the rest of y'all's birthdays that's a different story wow she had a really nice turnout too many people I specifically told Janice not to invite a lot of people but you completely disregarded what I said well I mean I didn't mean to start anything but look Calvin I'm not having this conversation with you now or later this party would go as I plan sweetie are you having fun yes but are you want mom happy of course Mommy and Daddy are just having a little conversation right now about my
party isn't it then you go finish playing with your guest yeah go have fun we're fine okay mommy are you excited like I am of course she is the party's going just as she planned it's your special day and go have some fun are you happy now thanks to you Joy upset now [Music] who's ready to sing happy [Music] birthday may God bless you in whatever you do may God God bless you may all your dreams come [Music] [Applause] true do you want to open that one okay a phone oh wait who am I going
to call I don't have anyone's number I'm sure you'll find someone to talk to how about about you open up your next gift this is the best gift ever Auntie K you really like that phone huh now I don't know who you going to call but how about you open up your other gifts can I open my gifts later and go play sure you can all right [Music] Calvin hey hey thanks for inviting us out we really had a good time absolutely have a great night right thank you [Music] yep hi God it's me joy
thank you for making this the best birthday please bless my dad my mom and me oh and my auntie k for giving me this phone so I can talk to you [Music] amen and don't forget to wake us up tomorrow morning amen [Music] just like I thought just like you thought what Calvin I can't believe you still running around fussing about your daughter's party which was a success if I may add we had way too many guests Janice but you won't admit it because that's exactly what you wanted it's not about the number of guests
it's about Joy's happiness why did a seven-year-old need to invite so many kids to a party we will not be throwing enormous parties like that every year until Joy is 18 her parties will always be playing my way and as sooner you get that through your head the better off we'll be okay fine okay you want to go these extravagant parties then you handle the after I am done having to clean up after everything got of ner be laying at Bed relax hi God it's me joy I don't think Dad was happy about my birthday
party today they argued a lot a whole lot please make them stop fussing and be kind to each other [Music] amen no help from you whatsoever ever are you [Music] done good morning Joy who is that seven-year-old big girl in my kitchen Joy what's wrong I thought my birthday party would be special it was special no it wasn't why do you feel that it wasn't special you had a lot of people that came out to your party to celebrate you because I heard you and dad arguing about too many people being here the whole time
your dad just has some things to get used to don't you dad Joy you know your dad has never lied to you before and I'm not about to start now dad felt like Calvin don't there were way too many people at your party yesterday and that was a discussion between Mom and Dad we didn't mean to upset you if you hadn't made such a big deal about it she wouldn't be sad this morning this is all your fault let's go joy so you won't be late grab your backpack your lunch box and let's [Music] go
learn something new today baby have a great day okay I will bye mommy especially if Sarah and Annie don't come to school today I know right reading that super cool story was awes look Annie her hair's in the same style are you surprised that's the only style she wears don't you guys have something better to talk about yeah a new hairstyle for you pleas stop teasing me let's [Music] [Applause] [Music] go today we'll be talking about exploring change change means when something becomes different or something new happens for example has anyone seen a caterpillar change
into a butterfly yes can anyone else give me an example of a change Caleb we used to live in an apartment but now we live in a house yes very good that is a form of change anyone else Sarah if Joy changes her hair from braids to another style would that be a form of of change yes that would be a change but Sarah that's not the form of change that we're exploring today Okay who wants to help pass out homework thanks Joy tonight your homework is on critical thinking I want you guys to use
your imaginations and write out two ways in which it can change you can even draw pictures to make it more fun now you guys are dismissed what's wrong that dog she's so mean she's always chasing me that dog is not me I have to run back to the office to grab a file I've been working on I'll be back shortly okay okay what Joy don't get too comfortable I need to run to the store can I stay here please no you're too young to stay home by yourself I promise I'll go in my room and
lock the door door I won't come out until you return don't be silly the answer is no so let's go okay unlock the car Mom hello hello this is Pastor I was calling a check in with Sister Janice she's not here right now Pastor okay uh well let her know we missing her at church daddy we're back oh wait Pastor you're in luck she just walked in hold on a sec it's for you hello hello Janice it's Pastor how are you I'm well and you God is good is everything okay I'm fine um do did
you need to speak back to Calvin actually I wanted to chat with you I haven't seen you in church over the past several weeks I can't be Miss Pastor you have a whole congregation to keep you busy that's true but when members attendant start going off course I need to find out why is there a reason why you haven't attended church I appreciate your concern pastor but I'm just not in the moood for church right now oh I see that's that's small reason for you to join us every week you know church can be a
source of comfort and strength during challenging times I never said I was facing anything challenging you you know okay um thank you for calling Pastor well our doors are always open if you need to talk will we see you Sunday I'll try all right byebye hi God it's me joy my mom talked to the pastor today and I can tell she wasn't very happy with him or my dad for giving her the phone do you know what's wrong with her please touch her with kindness amen why'd you put me on a spot like that the
other day like what with our pastor well he is our pastor exactly at church not in my kitchen do you even hear yourself right now the question is do you hear me don't do that again if I want to speak with the pastor I'll contact him until then all his future calls are for your ears only what has gotten into you you're sure tiered with me you're not attending church and now you're rude towards the pastor we used to be a team ja if I didn't want to sit here and listen to his lectures what
makes you think I want to sit here and listen to [Music] yours God God I know prayer unlocks the door of patience so I'm praying I'm praying that you unlock those doors of patience right now dear God please unlock those doors of [Music] [Music] patience daddy you pray by yourself I do we all should pray to God whether we're by ourselves or in a group can I tell you a secret sure you can sweetie I pray to God too a there's nothing to be ashamed about sweetheart and I know God is very happy with you
but he doesn't tell me he's happy does God only talk to adults oh no sweetie God is here for everyone and he talks to us in his own unique way he has the whole world to listen to he'll get to your prayers soon but remember you must keep the faith I love you Daddy and I love Mommy too and how much do we love you this much amen [Applause] mom yes did kids ever tease you when you were in school I faced my fair share of teasing back then you're so strong how did you deal
with them I didn't that's why I'm not taking any crap off of anyone honey do you have to use that word what word crap Joy's already dealing with problems in school now is the time to toughen her up she's going to hear and see more than that and streets then let her hear it in the streets if Joy's having issues at school our home should be a positive place for her over the years I have learned that standing up for yourself is vital I want to be just like Mommy when I grow up you should
want to be like Joy when you grow up God wants us to be like ourselves dad I don't think God would mind if I like Mommy that's my girl here can eat your food okay all right you done yeah okay go ahead and get ready for bed all right all right you will not both know that child doesn't need to be following in your footsteps what's the problem now you want to argue because she wants to be like me no Janice what bothered me is that you couldn't handle this conversation in a more positive manner
we are having a dinner conversation in our home not in a office group counseling session hi God it's me joy can you get between Mommy and Daddy and stop them from fussing right now I really want them to be happy good night God Amen hi God how come I'm the only one my neighbor dogs chases hey honey are you ready to go yep I don't want to go to school are you feeling okay yeah then why don't you want to go to school cuz of Annie and Sarah honey you're going to have to learn to
ignore them listen I need to ask a question how many of you have ever prayed to God and you felt like you didn't get an answer that doesn't mean that God doesn't hear your prayers listen the same way he enjoys us coming into the house of the Lord he also enjoys seeing us come together in prayers listen I need you to get this in Matthews the 18th chapter the 20th verse M coming to church anymore of course you will sweetie pay attention to the pastor so we don't miss anything they among them meaning when two
or more come together in agreement whatever they ask will be done listen I'm your pastor so listen sometimes we got to think outside the box and think of a more creative approach into just discovering God I mean God made it very clear in Matthews 18 didn't he are you okay so listen I'm your pastor so what I'm encouraging you to do is are we going straight home after this unless there's somewhere else you would like to go praying Circle and see what it does in your life amen Mommy can we play dress up not now
Joy I'm busy a daddy always plays with me you never play with me that's what daddies are supposed to do okay Joy I'll play with you yay so what do you want to play dress up dress up okay that sounds like a lot of fun and easy to do I tell you what why don't you go to your room and get dressed I'll go to my room and get dressed okay and we'll meet up in the hallway all right right Daddy are you almost ready almost okay on the count of three one two three we
did it joy we look good no no Daddy you put on the wrong outfit what do you mean I put on the wrong outfit this is my dress up outfit church not in the house I have to dress you now okay go pick up my [Music] outfit huh that feels awkward [Music] are you finished yet one second no peeking [Music] okay 2 one t Jo what did you do dress up Daddy come here Den red back here Joy go wash your hands okay I'mma get you later you look crazy change your clothes before you sit
at the table with us it's called playing if you spent more time with joy you would understand what parents are do for the sake of that kid's happiness happiness looking like that what is wrong with you we'll finish this conversation later so now you tired from running around here early and looking crazy Let It Go Janice I'm trying to go to sleep I will not did you think it was cute to let a seven-year-old daughter put a robe on you a wig on your head and lip gloss on your lips do do you know how
to parent don't you ever question of my parenting skills you need to be asking yourself that or maybe you're the one who need to be taking parenting classes look all she wanted to do was play dress up with her mom and see you Janice you turned it down what was I supposed to do what what were you supposed to do I can tell you what you weren't supposed to do and that was to not let a seven-year-old put a wig on your head and lip gloss on your lips maybe if you learn to set aside
some time to be more involved in Joy's life that maybe I wouldn't have to play both daddy and mommy hi God it's me joy and my dolls we're asking for miracles there are things going on in my life that need to change Daddy and I played a fun game today but mommy is so upset with him please make mommy's heart nicer God I know you can hear them all the way in heaven because they're so loud right now fix them God please please good night God Amen years ago men used to not be as engaged
in their children's lives and they would leave everything to the mother to do and I'm making sure that you're involved in our daughter's Liv and not leaving everything on me to do I can say the same thing Janice years ago moms used to be extremely involved in that little little girl's lives no matter what I love joy and I would do anything for her such as you should but you want to blame me and punish me for other dad's lack of doing that is not my situation here and it'll never be I know it won't
because I'm making sure of it I'm not tired of doing everything for Joy but what I am tired of is having to watch her go through life as if she only have one parent look Janice you're here but you're not here when it comes to Joy and that stops right here and right now I can't take this anymore what where are you going cevin what are you doingin Kevin why are you back in your clothes what are you doing what are you doing no Calvin what are you doing Calin what are you doing where are
you going what are you doing tell what are you doing I love you Janice more than anything and I love joy too that little girl has been through so much prior to us adopting her I can't continue to have her watch us fuss and fight every day so I'm leaving I'll be back for my things later God God blessed us babe he blessed us with an opportunity to raise that little girl our only child we will not fail joy and most importantly disappoint God please please don't go I need you we need you come I'm
[Music] sorry what up [Music] done bring back to us [Music] please Joy yeah you want to help mommy bake cookies o cookies yes Mommy come on you want to put them in yep okay good job let's see done yep ooh they smell delicious be careful Mommy it's hot okay okay all right Daddy hey sweetie do you want to cook cie I would love one I'll take one cookie from you and a cookie from Mommy all [Music] righty here go thank you Joy yes hurry up sweetie we don't want to be late for church okay you
look nice thanks Calvin if you give me a few moments I can get dressed and attend church with Pew and joy Mommy you're coming to church with us too yes baby yay take all the minutes you need but hurry up all right [Music] [Music] Joy H you want to give your hair a break from these bre bra yeah but how would I wear it you have beautiful long hair you can wear it out if you want to okay all right well find some on TV cuz we going to be here all night okay now we're
all ready to pray it's time to pray now I need you right here and I'm going to pray with you you too hi God it's me joy I'm going to school tomorrow with my hair out please don't let Sarah and Annie tease me about my hair oh God guess what mom is much nicer now just like she was when I first moved here amen [Music] glorify to give honor to exalt or admire praise to Express gratitude to express how great someone or something is what's all the excitement about class Miss Anderson look at Joy's hair
it's so long and pretty yes it is you kids don't miss a beat SAR Annie I see all not teasing Joy today her hair as longer than the both of y'alls what do you mean by that comment Tena Sarah and Annie teach joy every day about her wearing braids and not having hair but they're not saying anything today as they shouldn't let this be a lesson to each of you I don't want to hear anyone teasing anyone anymore Joy you have beautiful hair Sarah and Annie apologize to her right now sorry I'm sorry it's okay
as long is it doesn't happen again it better not and if it does you come talk to me I'm sorry we teased you earlier will you be my friend yeah can you be my friend too we didn't know you had hair sure we can can be friends I've always had long hair just promise not to tease me or anyone else again we won't I learned my lesson yeah me [Music] too Anderson Jo have a good day guys oh you too Mom mom guess what what is this sweetie you got to a on your test no
everyone loved my hair today including Sarah and Annie they were surprised to see how long it was and Miss Anderson made them apologize for teasing me I'm so happy for you Joy I prayed and asked God not to let them tease me God is Awesome isn't he he used Miss Anderson to help resolve all of your problems all through your prayers all right baby let's [Music] go Calvin hey babe you you won't believe the fantastic day our little girl had at school today I'm all ears what happened well when I picked her up she was
a Livewire she was happy excited wouldn't stop talking about her day she said that everyone was shocked that she had hair I gather they assumed she didn't have hair under those braids oh our baby girl has hair I'm so glad we adopted her that's one of the best decisions we ever made me too Daddy me three and so the teacher made the girls apologize H I'm so glad that's over they're all cool now nice Calvin I am so sorry for how I've treated you these last few months you've been spending so much time with joy
I just felt like I was not important like I was neglected and I responded to you terribly with no respect in no regards to your feelings I'm truly sorry can you ever forgive me babe I wouldn't be a man of God if I didn't forgive you you are the best thing that ever happened to me even when you withdrew from us nothing changed Joy increased our family size she didn't replace you you're my wife I vow to love You For Better or For worst that was your worst I love you Janice love you too e
let me show you what e young lady now that is it I bet you won't do that again oh you right about that from this day forth that is mom's job okay do y'all hear me ladies we hear you I'm not going to be scared I'm not going to be scared God please make that dog stop chasing me okay okay a she just wants to play oh so [Music] cute I'm so glad you guys can make it this is going to be so much fun I know right I can't believe Savannah came too I wouldn't
missed this for the world [Music] it's Ray that's um to you hey girl hey what is up where you on your way to remember I told you I was going to start doing private lessons oh seven times already oh my first is what he gets on my first one is right here in doll's neighborhood hi um you forgot her name no that's what everyone calls her I'm a dancer my street name is um what does it mean it stands for Unique moves can you show us some of your moves now you know that's right up
um Ali to whip out some dance moves don't be throwing no shade girl [Music] whatever my wife knows you Joy I would love to show you and your friends some dance moves and I'll do it for free um how else were they going to pay you they don't have any money girl get on out of here she's good you'll see ready five six seven and one hit [Music] [Music] the okay I'm done for the night watch out for that invoice cuz if they can't pay me you got to pay me watch out for that invoice
time for my other lesson y'all sayara see you later home bye um oh boy that was cute Mercedes what's that on your armor it looks like a bump oh that I'm not sure it doesn't hurt or anything one day it wasn't there but the next day it was this was recent too Mom Merc has a lump on her arm where right there I don't know what this is is your mom saying this yes since your mom is Monitor I'm sure she's aware of it you see it'll be okay let's finish playing okay but first let's
pray for are lump to go away God can do Miracles if we pray and believe together sure I'll be right back okay hi God it's me joy and my friend Mercedes I have a favor to ask you God your word says for where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them well Mercedes has a lump on her arm that needs healing she doesn't know what it is but we want it to disappear before it gets worse in Jesus name amen thank you Joy no one has ever
prayed for me or my arm before thank you very much you're [Music] welcome hi Mrs Nelson hi Mercedes hi Janice hi Sharon is joy around yes Joy coming mom Mercedes hi Joy what are you doing here Joy we couldn't wait to rush over here and thank you for praying over Mercedes arm God heard your prayers and healed that lump look it's gone w wow thank you Julie I told you Mercedes yeah thanks BFF yes wait Joy prayed over your arm she's very good at it too we were so thrilled about her lump disappearing that we
wanted to come and show you in person that's a miracle cuz I saw it with my own eyes oh wow our prayers were answered yes so we have to run some erand we got to go bye Mercedes bye byebye all right bye guys bye byebye what is going on in here her room is a mess [Music] oh goodness you messed them up messed who up your room was already a mess sweetie my dolls they're supposed to be right there where's my phone hey hey hey what's going on here jy's upset about me moving her dolls
and my phone sweetie I'm sure mommy was just trying to be helpful I know but I'll put them back for you no I'll do it honey just let Joy rearrange her dolls back the way she had them pH okay and here's your phone Mom Dad can I ask you a question of course sweetheart can ask us anything why did you choose me I mean there were so many other kids who needed to be adopted why me joy we need you to understand the decision to adopt is never about choosing one child over another it's about
finding that special bond a connection that goes beyond anything else but how did you make a connection with me and we never met before when we first saw your picture we couldn't explain it but we felt an instant connection with you through your picture and at that point we knew in our spirit that God wanted us three to become a family but there were so many other kids who needed families they would have been great too you're right Joy there's so many incredible kids that's deserving of loving families just like you but the truth is
we can't save every child all we knew is that we wanted to give a child a home a loving family and when we saw your picture we knew immediately that you were the that child joy we didn't adopt you because we felt sorry for you or because we thought you needed us we adopted you because we wanted you Joy we wanted to be your parents and to share our lives with you and to give you the love and support that you deserve my baby where you [Laughter] going Joy is truly a blessing from God her
presence reminds us of how family and life should be full of love and laughter I'm eternally grateful unto God for the gift of our daughter I agree and to think she could have been placed somewhere else or waiting for a family to adopt her it was God's plan it was her time thank you God I'm so glad you thought about adoption when you did it was the Holy Spirit was that the same holy spirit that told you to marry me yes it was mom yes baby can we play dress up sure we can but I
don't know what to wear can I dress you okay I'm liking this already I'll get everything for you well in that case I'm ready now but me no I'd be walking around here looking all crazy Calvin yeah I can hear you love you honey Mom I'll be in there shortly okay sweetie wait to Calvin sees me okay Mom are you ready Joy's going to dress me up all pretty ooh don't you look pretty is that my dress yeah it's called dress up mommy oh well you look cute thanks you look Now cover your eyes close
my eyes yeah sweetie I promise my eyes will not get in the way of you dressing me okay but you have to close them I don't want to close my eyes it's too late I'll have to cover them now okay Mommy you're going to look so beautiful but first I have to do your makeup all right but promise not to make me look crazy okay is the foundation mm now time for lipstick okay wait a minute my li Jo you promise you're [Music] fired Daddy come here whoa great job Joy now I must say you
made mommy look way better than you did Daddy and I said to myself watch Joy make mommy look so so pretty like she's going out on a date huh you know what it's a great idea let's go ladies I'll say let's go right now but I need to see what I look like good point Joy all right okay hold the mirror three 2 one oh my you like it yes you promised to make me look beautiful you are beautiful I look beautiful a you know I'm going to get you back right I'm going to get
you back my goodness well well well who's looking crazy now we going out what we going to do what we going to do what we going to do Mom can I have your hand yes can I have your hand yes Mom and Dad hold hands okay hi God it's it's me joy this time I have my mom and dad praying with me today thank you for making me a part of their family and for making our home happy again we love you so much in Jesus name amen all right let's go I'm hungry let's go
eat all right come on mhm mhm [Music] hi God it's me joy guess what Sarah and Annie don't tease me anymore and Mommy's heart is much nicer now and I'm not scared of the neighbors dog next door [Music] [Music] [Music]
