China Journey

China Journey

Well, Thanksgiving has come and gone. We spent the day cooking and serving turkey dinner to a couple of hundred people from our community and church family. It was a very busy and wonderful day for all! There were many from outside that were blessed by this offering. :) It makes me sit back and think about all that God has blessed me and my family with. We have not heard any news on travel to China. Perhaps we can use this extra time to get some things done in the house.

Our friends have returned from China with their little son, Elijah. They are slowly adjusting to haveing a toddler in the house and he is the cutest little guy! It was wonderful to see them. :) My friend in Kentucky got her travel date and she and her husband will leave on the 6th of Dec. to pick up their little girl. We are excited and hope to follow them while they travel. Thank you Greg and Maren for sharing your trip with me. Keep on praying for our travel. :)

No Travel

Well, Happy Birthday to me and some news that we will not be travelling in Dec. but likely in February 2007! We are greatly disappointed...:( So, we will not be putting much up here for a while. If you would, please pray for our travel and for our little Jingxiang. Thanks friends.

Little Orphan Girl

On the street I saw a small girl cold and shivering in a thin dress, with little hope of a decent meal. I became angry and said to God: "Why did you permit this? Why don't you do something about this? For awhile God said nothing then He replied, "I certainly did do something, I made you."

I do not know who wrote that, but it sure confirmed our decisions that we are doing the right thing with this adoption. :)

We hear that there are many travel dates coming out this week. We have no expectations, but prayerfully hope we will be one of the families chosen. God knows the right time for us to go. :) Hang in there Trayce, our time is near! :)

Post-Placement Completed for Nadya

Today we had our last meeting for the adoption of Nadya. Yeah!!! We will no longer need to submit a report and photos of our life to the Russian government. However, we will soon begin a new post-placement with China. They only require one year with three meetings, much easier than Russia with their three year requirements. I should feel relieved that we do not have to report to our childrens' government until they are 18 like some of the other countries. :)