Faith and Trust Posted about about 7 years ago

This adoption journey has not been at all like we planned.  Everything that we said we could not handle, would not work for our family, has happened.  And it has been hard. When I am deep in the hard moment I want to question God. But the truth is I know that God put all this together because it is so contrary to everything I had planned. I take strength from this truth. God brought our adopted...

Our adoption just got updated to Paperwork Complete Posted about over 7 years ago

We are so thankful for all of you that have given! Our dossier is now in the Philippines for review.  We hope to be officially matched soon. Please keep us in your prayers!

Thank you! Posted about over 7 years ago

We are so grateful for all of you that have given and are praying for us during this adoption journey. God has laid on our heart to adopt a girl that is currently living with us. We pray that God will open the door for us to be her forever family.  Thank you for much for your support! 

Urgent Posted about over 7 years ago

We have completed our dossier and it is ready to be sent to the Philippines so that we can be matched with our children. We are so happy to be finished with so much paperwork! But we have an urgent need of $6,800 to be able to send our dossier. We ask that if you can give in anyway at all we would be so thankful. Our first donation was a bucket full of change and God used that to show me that w...

But God... Posted about almost 8 years ago

Yesterday we were able to complete the psychological evaluation portion of our dossier. It was very expensive. But somehow we had the money to do it. It was a miracle. We had not raised enough to cover it. We are very thankful to those who gave and helped to cover the cost. It was stressful thinking about it when we made the appointment because for me, the cost was looming over my head like a b...

Feeling It Posted about almost 8 years ago

This has been a really hard week for me. Emotionally, I feel spent. I am tired. I am feeling full of fear and worry. I know that these are just feelings and that they will pass. Soon, I hope. I know they do not reflect the Christ I serve.I am a Christ-follower. I want to follow Him. But sometimes it is really hard. I want to see what is ahead. I want to have a glimpse of His promises. All these...

Our adoption just got updated to Paperwork In Process Posted about almost 8 years ago

Almost ThereReason for this title is because we are "almost there" in so many ways. We are almost finished with our dossier. Which is basically lots of information about our family that we have been working on for months. We are getting closer to finishing our renovations on our home. I am almost to my 40th birthday. And it is almost time for our "Women of Joy" retreat at church.It was last yea...

big pink bucket Posted about over 8 years ago

Happy New Year!We are excited about this new year and it is our prayer that we can bring home our child(ren) by the end of the year. Christmas is now over and we are "snowed in" for the weekend. Not really, but it has been a good opportunity for us to work on our adoption checklist that seems never ending! We feel a new sense of urgency to get our child(ren) home. We have been very blessed to h...

Merry Christmas! Posted about over 8 years ago

We have been very busy with Christmas activities. Our pending adoption is still very much on our hearts.  Every month we get a list of available children in the Philippines. I have managed to hold back most of my tears when I look through the list. We were interested in a sibling group of 3 boys but they have been adopted. I am so thankful that someone will bring them home soon. When I realized...