Naming Our Son

"Daniel" was a name given to our son by either America World, or the Chinese Social Services for his privacy.  Those of you who know us well, know that all children in the Campbell family have a name that begins with "K."  We never set out to do this-it just happened along the way.  Kaden was born and when we became pregnant with our 2nd we thought we were having a girl  (even though we didn't know for sure).  We liked the way Kaden and Kiana sounded together. I don't even remember having a boy name picked out, although I'm sure we did.  When we were pregnant with our 3rd we used "K" names to help make the process easier.  Choosing names when one spouse is a teacher is always difficult.  A lot of the names I liked we couldn't use because they reminded Russ of a student, usually a bad behaving one!  Karson was born.  When our 4th came along, we were stuck.  We had to choose a "K" name or else she would feel left out.  No questions were asked when we chose "Daniel." He would have a "K" name also, but since we are adopting him and he is 7 years old, we wanted to keep part of his given name.  We chose "Kai" to be his first name and will keep his given first name as his middle name.  Very soon, Kai Fu Zhong Campbell will be joining the Campbell K-Kids.

Unbeknownst to us, Kai is a special name because he is from Kaili City.  I had seen that he was from this city, but thought it pronounced "Kay-lee"so I didn't make the connection.  Kai's foster-mom pointed this out to me and told me that the two are pronounced the same-with a long i.  I love this because Kaili City has been his home for 7 years, and I don't want him or us to forget his country.

Kai means "firmly rooted."  I pray that Kai will be firmly rooted in Christ someday.  "He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper." Psalm 1:3