This is Emma Beth Yín-Bing White—our beloved daughter. On Beth-Anne’s 31st birthday we received the call that we had a referral for this beautiful girl with unrepaired cleft palate and multiple heart conditions—which she had had one surgery for but would need more. We said YES! with full hearts for this daughter of ours.
Your prayers and support have brought us to this point. Carrying us over 18 months of waiting for Emma. But here she is. A gift beyond measure.
We wanted to share the meaning behind her name.
Emma- short for Emmanuel which means God with us. God has truly been with us throughout this whole process. And we know He will continue to be with us.
Beth- dwelling-place. As we read through the Bible we find that in Exodus 25:8 God says, “Then have them make a sanctuary for Me, and I will dwell among them.” This is the first example of God with us. His dwelling place. So again, God is dwelling with Emma. With us. Another definition for Beth is pledged to God. And that makes us think of Hannah praying for Samuel and pledging him to God. 1 Samuel 1:27 is a verse we often prayed as we waited to be matched. “I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him.”
Yín- silver in Chinese. But in Hebrew the root word for silver means, to long for, year for, long after, to long for deeply. And she has been deeply longed for.
Bing- ice in Chinese. Bing is part of her Chinese name that she has now and we want her to be able to keep her heritage. So we hyphenated the Chinese nickname that God gave us with her Chinese name now. So Yín-Bing means silver ice. But has much deeper meaning.
White- our family name. She is ours. Our beautiful daughter.
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Thank you to all those who already have donated for a puzzle piece! We will get picture up of the puzzle soon!
For those who don't know....
We are doing a puzzle fundraiser. This fundraiser will help the final costs of bringing Emma home and for her surgeries once she is home. Our sweet daughter was born with a cleft palate and multiple heart conditions. She will require a minimum of two surgeries once she is home.
Each puzzle piece is $10. Once it is completed we will frame it in a double glass frame and hang it in her room. And one day, when she is older we will take it down and share all the names of the beautiful village that helped to bring her home.
You can be as creative as you want. Here are some examples (I am using our names just as an example, obviously, we would use whatever you wanted!)
1 puzzle piece: White family
4 puzzle pieces: Matthew, Beth-Anne, Edmund, Emma (each name on a separate piece)
6 puzzle pieces: W H I T E family (one puzzle piece for each letter and then one for the world family)
We have lots of puzzle pieces! Be as creative as you want!
You can donate through the PayPal button on the side (please use bank information as a credit card charges us a fee) or send us a check! Email us to ask what address to send it to.
