Ethiopian Adoption Journey 2010

This is a video of our friends' adoption journey to their daughters in Ethiopia. They are the ones that inspired us to adopt. We hope that you will also be inspired

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One Week Left

This time next week, March 1, is our court date. We will find out if we passed or not. I couldn't sleep at all last night thinking of all the things I want to get done and wondering how it's going to be holding our sweet boy in our arms. The excitement just got a hold of me that I was wide awake. I just can't wait the first time I lock eyes with him and hold him sleeping in my arms.. oh my heart is just so excited. Last Friday ,Feb.19, baby J turned 5 months old. Our director went over to Ethiopia this week and to my surprise.. I got a few updated pictures of our sweet angel. He's gotten so big .. I just couldn't believe how much he had changed in just one month. He's always got the biggest smile and just looks so happy. He has grown so much and looks very healthy! Which is such a relief to me to see that he looks happy and healthy. God is just so good!

Only 7 days until our court date please continue to pray our sweet baby home. I read on another girl's blog that it's a 50/50 pass/fail rate. Why wouldn't we pass? some of friends/family have asked ... on March 1st, a judge will review our dossier in Ethiopia. One missed detail in our dossier (paperwork) can be cause for failing court. Also, we need to have a few sentence letter from the Ethiopian MOWA (Ministry of Woman's Affairs). If this letter isn't present, which is a common scenario, we would fail the first date. There is nothing on our end here we can do... it's all in the hands of the judge in Ethiopia. If we don't pass our first date, a second date is given, usually 2-3 weeks later. After we pass court, an expected travel date is 4-6 weeks after court. I fully have surrendered this to the Lord and know he has worked out every detail of this process so far. I TRUST in him that he has the perfect timing for us and our family to be untied, but in the meantime I can't stop by mind from wondering what that special day will be like.

Garage Sale

First off, Heidi and I would like to thank everyone for the amazing support you have given us through this adoption process. First we fueled your coffee addiction though our coffee website, now we're going to help you get an early start on your spring cleaning. To help us kill the time and also raise some more funds, we will be having a huge garage sale on February 27 & 28. If you have any items that you would like to donate (you know what they say "one man's junk is another man's treasure") then please contact myself or Heidi and we will arrange a pick up or you can drop them off at our house. Thanks again!
A message from Scott

Answered Prayer!

After a long day of shopping and picking out fabric for baby J's room. I get home to a wonderful email from our coordinator. We have a court date!!! YEA GOD .. just when you give up all the control of knowing .. God answers:) We are calling ALL prayer warriors out there to start praying that we pass court the 1st time! So, the special date that baby J can become officially ours is MARCH 1
Please pray with us and help us PRAY our baby home! YEAH I'm just so excited... Today is a GREAT Day!!! ONLY 17 days to go....

No updates

No updates really .. We have been waiting on our court date. It's definately the hardest part of this whole process. You have seen your child's face and seen videos that melt your heart and boy that makes it tough now to just wait! Have I told you that he is perfect? :) He is .. I have a picture of him on my desk that I look at with his big dimples and happy smile that lights up his face. Have you ever just had a moment that you get so full of emotion just thinking how blessed you are? We should just stop our busy crazy lives and soak in all the beauty around us. Everyone has beauty around them. If you don't see it then you need to ask the Lord to show it to you. Seeing life through Christ's eyes is the best feeling in the world. It's true contentment to see beauty in your situation... where you are right now. I see beauty in this waiting process that it's teaching me to lean more on the Lord, to enjoy my life as it is right now, and to not worry about what is next. We could hurry our lives away wondering our next steps that we miss what the Lord is trying to teach us. Believe me everyday He has a plan to teach us something. I ask you all to find joy in today. Today I find joy in the precious gifts I have been given especially the gift to pray for our baby J

Dear Lord,
I come to you with a loving heart for our baby J .. he is a child you have created inside his mothers womb for our family. I thank you so much for this amazing gift. Lord, be with him, keep him safe and healthy. I know you have the plan for him to become officially ours. I TRUST in You and Your timing as it never fails. Thank you for the desire to have another child, Thank you for giving Scott and I so much love to give, and most of all thanks for this opportunity to raise another one of your children. Lord give us wisdom on teaching our children all about you. I pray they know You Jesus! We lift this baby up to you... watch over him while he sleeps, keep him warm and growing strong. Most of all please help us bring him home soon! Amen