Surprised by Joy 
Mary Beth Chapman opens her front door flanked by two little Asian girls—one perched on her hip, the other dancing excitedly around her in a shirt that proclaims "American Girl." The "dancer" is three-year-old Shaohannah Hope (or, as the family calls her, Shaoey, pronounced "show-ee"). The other is nine-month-old Stevey Joy. These are the girls Mary Beth and her husband, veteran Christian musician ...
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