FINGER PRINTED

After I posted on Friday our appointment letter arrived in
the mail. We go on December 20th ,a Friday very close to
finishing up Christmas stuff.
So we decided to try a walk-in appointment on Monday 12/ 09.........

And fitting in everything I needed to get done was a little
complicated and then add a little snow storm to the mix....

Amazing, we walked in and they took our prints in a matter
of 15 minutes.  Still amazed.


ADOPTION:  Now we wait for our I-800A approval

PICTURES

The days are going by so fast, now if this will continue until
we bring our new son and daughter home that would be great !

During Thanksgiving recess we spent time with a
lot of family and friends, fun but exhausting.

Family pictures are not easy or fun but we still try to capture a few a year.
Nathan likes to do this in the pictures so last year I decided to start using
them anyway.    Wait until he gets older and looks back at the pictures.

Christmas is getting closer and I have lots of things I am helping with
along with my usual........... buSY !!


ADOPTION:  waiting for fingerprint appointments

SNOW

Our oldest son is a senior this year and he needs to
get his senior pictures done but he kept saying " why
can't it snow, I want my pictures taking while it's snowing"
So of course we woke up to a  white covering on everything !
And mom was asked to go out and snap some pictures.

 The kids were all excited  and I did not have the heart to tell them
 that the snow was not going to stay, it was going to warn up later.

I have been thinking about all the things I am thankful for and there
is a huge list but most of all our AWESOME GOD !!! 

ADOPTION: next is fingerprinting, I-800

PA

Yesterday we received PA for our little girl.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We can't decide which way to spell her name
Rebecca or Rebekah ??

Faith, Hope and now love. Her Chinese name/sign
means love !!          

Her SN is new to us, talk about stepping out in faith.

I am still in awe.  GOD IS GOOD !!!


Now to figure out how much extra money we will need to bring her home.

TIME

Wow, time has just flown by......
We received our Agency and Social Worker approval
for 2 children. And currently we are awaiting PA  for
our little girl who will be called Rebekah.

So blessed !

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Cherie has offered to donate her commission of all sales to our adoption !!!

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We also have t-shirts, crochet hats, angels available at the top of
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If you want to write it out to a non profit, leave me a message.

And Thank you, Thank you !!!!!


All the paperwork is in now we wait for the answer to
the big question !!!

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NOVEMBER

November is National Adoption Month !

Today  is Orphan Sunday !


If you have ever visited an orphanage, it will pull on your 
heart strings ! And when you leave you still see the faces
of the children who wanted you to hold them, play with
them and the faces of the children who are in need of medical care,
all the kinds of therapy, or just food. The workers do the best they can
but it is not enough for most of these children. They need families !!!


Proverbs 24:12 tells us, "Once our eyes are opened we cannot pretend 
we do not know what to do. God, who weighs our hearts and keeps our 
 souls knows we know and holds us responsible to act."

"My friends, adoption is redemption.  It's costly ,

 exhausting, expensive, and outrageous.  Buying

 back lives costs so much.  When God set out to

 redeem us, it killed Him."

                                                                                 ~Derek Loux

10 WAYS EVERY PERSON CAN CARE FOR ORPHANS

1. PRAY for them 
2. SPEAK UP for them 
3. PROVIDE for their needs 
4. SUPPORT those who ADOPT them

5. PROTECT them from harm

6. VISIT them where they are 

7. GIVE sacrificially to them 

8. ENCOURAGE them to press on 

9. ADOPT THEM INTO YOUR FAMILY !!

10. MOBILIZE your church or community for them

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted
 is the most terrible poverty.-Mother Teresa  



Stay tuned.....
Our homestudy should be all sorted out !!
soon we will have a answer to our question...
Adopting 1 or 2 children ???