In my last post, I mentioned that I had updated the “Fees” page here on the blog. We cannot tell you how amazed we are at the amount of money that we’ve raised/saved for this adoption. We knew going into the process that we certainly did NOT have an extra $30,000 – 35,000 laying around. ...
{Our referral acceptance packet, that is}. We completed all of the documents, had everything notarized, and put it in the mail today . . . exciting! It’s amazing what can happen in a week (or in a day). Last Tuesday we weren’t even on the waitlist yet. Tomorrow will mark one week since we got...
I saw this picture on Facebook on Tuesday (pre-referral excitement craziness), and my heart melted. This is my sweet, sweet friend Heather. She and her husband, Kelly, were in Ethiopia on a mission trip last week. While there, they worked with The Forsaken Children. To learn more about their journey, check out Heather’s Blog and...
I think I’m still running on adrenaline. The events of the past couple of days still seem surreal. I’ve been carrying three pictures around with me everywhere I go, showing them to every friend I see. We have wallet sizes and 4X6 sizes and even 8X10s! We’re pretty obsessed with the sweet little face that...
1) I love what I wrote at the end of THIS post yesterday when I announced our waitlist numbers: “God is in control of how quickly we get a referral, and we completely trust Him with all of those details.” Ha! Ha! I thought we’d be waiting at least 3-4 months for a referral ....
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{We sponsor Umalu in Uganda, and I refer to him as the first little boy in Africa that I ever loved!}
