Can you guess what it is?? We got our PA–today–just a few minutes ago!  WOW!! I can’t believe it! Okay so NOW I can share with you her picture . . . Here is Miss Hannah Grace (We will add her Chinese name in here somehow) Tears of Joy!  Tears of Joy! Our God is… Read More

Yesterday –yes Saturday–we had 4 doctor appointments.  It was such a blessing!  They were all well-baby check-ups for Hannah’s adoption.  I had tried to schedule the appointments with our regular pediatrician , but the staff person I was talking to told me that the doctors had decided not to take any well-baby appointments unless the… Read More

We have been told by some of our close friends and family that they are fearful of us being hurt again. As I mentioned in the background, we went through two very difficult adoption attempts (one from Kazakhstan and one through foster care) that left us wounded emotionally. We were asked “aren’t you afraid you… Read More

Well we were wondering too!  Today is the day we are supposed to send in $2100.00 to our adoption agency so we can send in our Letter of Intent to China.  So–we were waiting and waiting . . .  Even yesterday we only knew where some of the money would come from. Have I mentioned… Read More

Well–two things to report . . . 1) We heard back from the test results that our doctor asked us to get–One test is fine. To be quite honest I’m not sure what the results of the other test mean, but I know that it appears to be something that can easily be dealt with. … Read More

Okay–so today we begin the paperwork portion of our Journey to Hannah! I can say this today, because until yesterday we were not certain WHEN God was going to give us clearance to begin.  But God spoke to Ben during the sermon yesterday, in fact–he was so sure that while I was explaining to some friends… Read More

I don’t know exactly when God started healing my heart from all the ups and downs of foster care/adoption and loss of Taylor in January 2010 and the loss of Madina from 2005, but slowly he has in His own way.  We weren’t looking to have our heart captured, but God has been known to do… Read More

In May, 2010 our family took a wonderful cruise to the Bahamas. We immediately came back wanting to schedule our next cruise, but God kept telling us that our next family trip would be something that was focused on him and not just a relaxing vacation. In August our church started planning a mission trip… Read More

Our family has three biological children (all boys ranging in age from 14 to 17) and one girl that we adopted from China 8 years ago as a 9 month old. For the past 8+ years we have been very active in advocating for adoption and in Orphan Ministry. In the summer of 2003 we… Read More