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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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Introducing . . .

Introducing . . .

Monday, June 15th, 2009 - Home Life & Family
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Probably not who you were expecting, but almost as good. Our precious little nephew, Jacob Allan, was born early this morning to Allan and Lindsay. He was 6lbs. 10oz. He has blue eyes and lots of blonde hair.We are so proud of him and so thankful to welcome this little one into our family. We [...]

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Caleb Kurtis

Caleb Kurtis

Thursday, June 11th, 2009 - Home Life & Family
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No news on our travel dates yet, but I feel a great peace about it, even though I have been so anxious throughout this process. Has God not proven Himself to me?? He has been so faithful to us; I have to trust that His timing is perfect. I know that we will be with [...]

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Today . . .

Today . . .

Friday, June 5th, 2009 - Adoption, Home Life & Family
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Yesterday, there were 5 million orphans in Ethiopia, but TODAY THERE IS ONE LESS! We passed court! And now Josiah has a mommy, and a daddy, and a big brother, and four grandparents, and six aunts and uncles, and three first-cousins, and seven great-grandparents, and 20 great-aunts and uncles, and more second- and third-cousins than [...]

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Please Pray Tonight

Thursday, June 4th, 2009 - Adoption
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Our court case in Ethiopia will be heard tonight while we sleep. We’re anxious to know the outcome, but we know that God is in control and that He is, and has been, and always will be, faithful to us. So now we wait, and pray. We’re praying all day, and some friends are coming [...]

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Court Date!!!

Court Date!!!

Friday, May 29th, 2009 - Adoption
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We just got incredible news that our court date in Ethiopia will be JUNE 5!! That’s a week from today. Since Ethiopia is eight hours ahead of us, they will probably be hearing the case while we sleep, very early on Friday morning. Would you please be praying for us, our little boy, those who [...]

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