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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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Last days before Christmas

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

Today was my wife’s last day of teaching. During lunch, I went up to the school to help her move all of her stuff out of her classroom. She’s really excited about having some time to get ready for Caleb and also have a little time to relax. For those of you who don’t know [...]

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My Wife: The Teacher

Monday, August 29th, 2005

This news is kind of late, but I just couldn’t help bragging on my wife anyways… A couple of weeks ago (Aug. 11) Mary Beth was hired as the new High School English teacher for a private Christian high school in our area. We were both so excited at the news, but she was somewhat [...]

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