Archive for the ‘Adoption’ Category
Giveaway Winners
Thanks to all that have blogged, facebooked, tweeted, and retweeted about our t-shirt fundraiser. At this point, we’ve sold roughly 150 shirts, which means about $1800 for our travel fund. THANK YOU! If you would like to order one, please do so NOW, as we are placing our last order with the printer on Wednesday. [...]
We Passed!
Have you heard the news? We passed court! Evelyn Amenech Picker is officially, and forever, our daughter! We are so thankful to our God who redeems the orphaned and sets the lonely in families. We are hoping to travel to Ethiopia sometime in July or early August to bring Evelyn home. So . . . [...]
Please pray . . .
Early Tuesday morning, while we are still sleeping, our adoption case will be heard in an Ethiopian court. I can’t believe that I was writing this same post almost exactly a year ago. You were faithful to pray for us then, and we’re asking you to again. We are still trusting in the same God, [...]
I’ll Find a Way
For the last couple days I’ve been soaking in this song. This song touches my heart as I find myself, once again, waiting for my baby to come home. Adoption is such a raw, emotional, and challenging journey. And this part, this period of waiting, is one of the hardest parts. Right now my baby [...]
Soaking in . . .
Let it go down in the history books that Grammie bought the first dress. And isn’t it cute? I’ve left it hanging where I can see it everyday, as a reminder that this IS happening, that there is a little girl out there that this dress is waiting on, that she WILL wear it one [...]