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REFERRAL!!!

Posted by Mary Beth on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

We are overwhelmed, blessed, and absolutely overjoyed to announce that we have received our referral! Monday evening, I got a call from Holt telling us that they had a baby boy waiting for us. He is 2 1/2 months old and itty bitty, but absolutely precious! My arms are already aching for [...]

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Big News . . .

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

We’ve been waiting for weeks to share our big news, and the time has finally come. After tons of prayer and thought, and sharing and praying with the people closest to us, we have decided to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia.
Ever since I went with my parents to adopt my little [...]

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Caleb the Worship Leader

Posted by Mary Beth on Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Caleb is crazy about all kinds of music, he loves to play his guitar and drum. If there were a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game for toddlers, he would be a pro. But his favorite music is worship music. He runs around the house singing worship songs all day, and he [...]

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Travel!

Travel!

Monday, June 29th, 2009 - Adoption, Travel
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We finally got our travel dates! We will be meeting our baby boy on July 24th, and hopefully be home with him on July 31st.
Please continue to pray for us. I’ll be posting more soon.

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Introducing . . .

Introducing . . .

Monday, June 15th, 2009 - Home Life & Family
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Probably not who you were expecting, but almost as good. Our precious little nephew, Jacob Allan, was born early this morning to Allan and Lindsay. He was 6lbs. 10oz. He has blue eyes and lots of blonde hair.We are so proud of him and so thankful to welcome this little one into [...]

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Caleb Kurtis

Caleb Kurtis

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 - Home Life & Family
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No news on our travel dates yet, but I feel a great peace about it, even though I have been so anxious throughout this process. Has God not proven Himself to me?? He has been so faithful to us; I have to trust that His timing is perfect. I know that we [...]

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Today . . .

Today . . .

Friday, June 5th, 2009 - Adoption, Home Life & Family
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Yesterday, there were 5 million orphans in Ethiopia, but TODAY THERE IS ONE LESS!
We passed court!
And now Josiah has a mommy, and a daddy, and a big brother, and four grandparents, and six aunts and uncles, and three first-cousins, and seven great-grandparents, and 20 great-aunts and uncles, and more second- and third-cousins than [...]

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Please Pray Tonight

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 - Adoption
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Our court case in Ethiopia will be heard tonight while we sleep. We’re anxious to know the outcome, but we know that God is in control and that He is, and has been, and always will be, faithful to us. So now we wait, and pray. We’re praying all day, and some [...]

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