A Name .... His Name

What is behind a name? Our little boy was given the name Fu Zhi Da after he arrived at the orphanage.

傅 Fu means wealthy

志 Zhi means will or purpose

大 Da means to attain or achieve

Fu is considered his "family name" or more like our last name. Fu is given to the kids that are brought to this specific orphanage. Zhi or the 2nd part of the name is often given to a child and represents the year that he came into care. Da was the name given specifically to our son. Zhi Da means to achieve purpose. From the day we began our journey we began praying for our son knowing he was probably born. We pray that as he grows he understands that he was born with great purpose and that God has a plan for his little life. I am thankful that God has called us to be part of that plan.

Now that his visa is in process we have had to firmly decided what his name is going to be. Names are hard. We knew we wanted to keep part of his Chinese name and after we received his referral "little Fu" became the name we called him and still often call him when we talk about him and pray for him. So we decided we wanted "Fu" to be part of his name. One night Eric and I were sitting out by the fire pit before our referral and I said we should probably start talking about names. Eric said what about Max? I began to smile and told him that was so funny to hear him say because that is the name that I kept thinking about. Max had been on our list of boy names before Alexa was born but then hadn't been brought back up with Emma or Shane. When we saw his picture we knew Max would suit him perfectly. We decided to have his middle name be Lei Fu. We wanted to honor my friend Leigh Ann in the way that she has helped mold me as a woman, wife and mom. We wanted to honor her in the legacy she lived and left behind as she was taken tragically from this earth. We loved how Lei Fu just worked and looked together. So it is official! Our sons name is

Max Lei Fu McDonald