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Evelyn’s Gotcha Slideshow

Posted by Mary Beth on Friday, August 27th, 2010

Here are some of our pictures from our trip. We still plan on writing more very soon, hopefully next week. Special thanks to Zach Cheatham for the airport pictures.

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Josiah’s Gotcha Slideshow

Posted by Mary Beth on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

I can’t believe we get to do this again. Even though this is our second adoption, it’s still frightening, as I assume it would be the third, fourth, or fifth time. It’s always scary to step out in faith into the unknown. But what we DO know is that God is, has been, and will [...]

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Our Family Mission

Posted by Casey on Thursday, July 20th, 2006

Mary Beth and I sat down last night to design our Family Mission Statement together. It took us a while to come up with an idea, but Mary Beth was the one who decided to use verbs to define how we wanted our family to be. We both sat at the computer for a little [...]

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Archive for the ‘Spiritual’ Category

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 [...]

Caleb Tells the Easter Story

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been using Resurrection Eggs as a teaching tool to help Caleb understand what Easter is all about. He has really gotten into it and wants to get out the eggs every night. So, for those of you who need a reminder of why we celebrate Easter, here’s Caleb [...]

So Thankful . . .

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for men, for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things. Psalm 107:8-9 This has been an amazing year for us, and, as it comes to a close, we look back in awe at all of the [...]

Out of My Comfort Zone

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

I was asked to share our adoption story at Community Bible Study this week. Casey and I have made a point to discuss our story and adoption/orphan care whenever we have the opportunity, so I was more than willing to share with the wonderful ladies at CBS. Our story feels big and multi-faceted, so it [...]

Ethiopia Day Four, Part Two

Friday, August 28th, 2009

When we first began this adoption process, over a year ago, I was terrified of a potential birth family meeting. Within the first few weeks of our adoption application, we ran into two different families who had adopted from Ethiopia. They both encouraged us to pursue a birth family visit. I have to admit that [...]