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Leaving for Ethiopia in 7 days! 2010/07/28

@treychandler Didn't it just come out today? Wow, you didn't waste any time. 2010/07/27

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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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What I’m Trying To Do . . .

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

So tonight I realized that I am only left with two options right now. The time for being calm and cool, perhaps even distracted, while we wait to hear when our court date will be for our precious little Josiah is long gone. I realized tonight that I can either absolutely lose my mind worrying [...]

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Needing More Than Coffee?

Monday, December 15th, 2008

So, I now know that I am a grown-up because … brace yourselves … I have begun drinking coffee! Not just drinking coffee, but craving coffee, thinking about drinking coffee. I am 27 years old and have never liked coffee before. I think most people are driven to coffee in college, but not me; Coca-Cola [...]

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Healer of My Soul

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

I bought Matt Redman’s new CD, Beautiful News, last night. I really like his other CDs, but I bought this one because of one of the songs I heard: Thank You for Healing Me. When I first heard this song, I was shocked by how much it related to my journey with the Lord. I [...]

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