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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Caleb the Worship Leader

Posted by Mary Beth on Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Caleb is crazy about all kinds of music, he loves to play his guitar and drum. If there were a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game for toddlers, he would be a pro. But his favorite music is worship music. He runs around the house singing worship songs all day, and he [...]

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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 [...]

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From Disobedience to Donuts

From Disobedience to Donuts

Monday, May 25th, 2009 - Home Life & Family, Parenthood
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Mary Beth and I have been struggling to come up with incentives to help Caleb obey. It seemed like whatever punishment or reward we would try, he just wasn’t interested in being obedient.
After thinking on the matter for a while, we decided to come up with a “Behavior Chart.” For every day he [...]

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A Mother for Choco

A Mother for Choco

Thursday, May 21st, 2009 - Adoption, Spiritual
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Tonight, Casey and I attended a prayer meeting at our church. We gathered with several other families who have hearts for foster care and adoption to pray for children who need families. This was such a powerful time of prayer for us. Casey and I ended up in a group with [...]

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What I’m Trying To Do . . .

What I’m Trying To Do . . .

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 - Adoption, Spiritual
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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 [...]

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No News

No News

Thursday, April 30th, 2009 - Adoption
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No news on baby Josiah yet (by the way, that’s what we’ve named him, Josiah means “God will save”). We’re still waiting to hear when our court date will be.
In the meantime, Josiah should be getting a little treat in the mail someday soon. We sent him a picture book with [...]

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