Dentist and Details

This past week, Maxim saw our family dentist for the first time. It turns out he has quite a unique mouth. Remember, Maxim is six years old (will turn 7 in July) but is currently the size of a three-year-old. However, the dentist says he has the teeth of an eight-year-old (even one molar that would typically be present until age 11). All set in a little boy mouth. For the most part, everything looks healthy, with the exception of one cavity just beginning and a malformation of the enamel on one front tooth, causing a brown stain. They say he will be a candidate for early orthodontics in the next couple of years, but really our bank account will be the deciding factor in that.

Maxim loved the dentist experience. I had tried to prepare ahead of time for some anxiety on his part but he showed none at all. The dentist and her assistant were great about showing Maxim each instrument and it's sound and motion before actually placing them in his mouth. He was so cooperative and of course happy to retrieve a toy treasure as a reward after his appointment was finished.

On Sabbath, Daniel and I had the opportunity to share the details of our adoption story in a one hour presentation to our congregation. Although we struggled to put it all in a nutshell and there is so much that will just have to be shared in individual conversations as God leads, there were different people who were moved by the account and I can see that God is already using what He has done for us to speak into other lives. Not necessarily about adoption specifically, but to reveal that He is Almighty and will faithfully walk us all the way through whatever He has asked us to do. I have felt from the beginning that whatever He accomplishes in our household is not just for us, but meant to ripple out to others. I can see those fruits already developing, not because of us, but just because He is at work.