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Two Problems

Posted by Mary Beth on Monday, January 18th, 2010

So we’re finally settling in from our recent move over here at the Picker House.  We are feeling very happy and very blessed.   We love our new house; we have lots of room, lots of yard space, and even more toys.  In fact, there’s another thing we have lots of around here:  BOYS. BOY [...]

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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 him! I got [...]

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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 sister from [...]

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Archive for the ‘Adoption’ Category

Giveaway Winners

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

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!

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

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 . . .

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

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

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

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 . . .

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

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 [...]