Hey Gang! So we are in our second week with the kids and the good news is we are getting better a little each day. We never knew the phrase “two steps forward one step back” would mean so much to us. We feel like this is our motto on most days. Between the fussing, …
Hey Gang! This is our first updated from Colombia so feel free to pass this along. We’re relying on you guys to help us spread the word that we are indeed alive and God is good! So one thing that we have been doing since getting the kids on Wednesday (besides occasionally pulling hair out …
Well the past few weeks have been utterly crazy busy that I have not gotten in bed at a decent time, ate very much, or let alone updated you guys. We are on our way to Colombia! We have bags packed, tickets bought, and work (almost) taken care of for while we are gone. We …
We have been officially matched with the 3 kiddos we have been pursuing for some time now. When I got the phone call Beth called me first. I was in tears and quite literally fell to the ground! You guys know me I hardly ever cry… THIS. WAS. WORTH. CRYING. FOR! I got to go surprise …
Praise Jesus we are finally APPROVED to adopt from Colombia! What this means is great news for us. We submitted our Dossier to Colombia ICBF (central authority on children, families, and specifically adoption) back in early December. They looked over it for a few months and then came back with more questions for us. Now, …
Our Dossier has been in Colombia since December. It got there just before all of the Holidays began so we’ve been patiently waiting to hear any news about it. Well this week we got some news. We got a “request for evidence”. This is a fancy way of saying they had some more questions. From …
So last weekend we left Empowered to Connect conference in Birmingham. We got to meet some new friends and got to see our favorite social worker from Lifeline. It feels like we are back in school. Our brains are on total over load right now. We loved every minute of it! I’m finding myself just …
Huge PRAISE and Awesome UPDATE! Our Dossier is in Colombia and is fully translated! What does that mean?!Let me back up. What is a Dossier? dos·si·er noun- 1. a collection of documents about a particular person, event, or subject. So our “collection of documents” has pretty much everything in it except for real life blood samples! …
So a few weeks ago we finished an awesome weekend of crazy hard work called BOTH HANDS. It was an amazing time serving our widow Ms. Ethel and getting to raise support for our adoption. There were so many people who helped, donated, painted, cut brush, scrubbed, nailed, scraped, scrubbed some more and did countless …
Uno Dos Tres Quatro Cinco… This is how we would count in Spanish to begin to number the children that we have been receiving files on lately. Let me first begin by saying we are in the hands of a Mighty God. One who has control over everything. I pray you know this. I pray …