Moving Forward

These last couple weeks have been great, we have sent our money in for our home study and will be starting that soon. We are praying that this part of our adoption moves quickly, that we can move into the deciding phase. That is the phase we are most anxious about, as we continue to look at the precious babies on the All Gods Children website. There are so many looking for homes. Please continue to pray about your role in the orphan crisis. Is it to pray? Is it to go? Is it to donate? Is it to bring a child, who so desperately wants a mom and dad, into your home?

We have a lot more funds to raise, especially  if, when our home study is completed, we don't get the grants we are thinking we will get. We need to be thinking of traveling expenses, which is more than 1/2 of our costs. We will be spending two weeks in China and I know that those 2 weeks will be amazing and eye opening. But we need to raise those funds. Once our home study is completed we will want to move quickly to decide on which child God has chosen for us and to get to China to bring him or her home. They have waited for a family long enough and we are so excited to go get him or her.

We would like to continue to ask for prayer for our precious baby/child and ALL the children that are living in the orphanages in China and around the world.

In the meantime we would love you to pray for some children specifically.

Mason is on my heart at all times and if he does not come home with us he is who I will be advocating for. He is blind and 8 years old. He has a beautiful smile and looks like he has a gentle, precious spirit. Please pray that he finds the perfect home, whether it is with us or not. Thank you so much for praying for this very special boy who will always be in my heart.

Please pray for Lilly. She is also blind and is 5 years old. She looks like a wild and intelligent baby. She is 4 and does not have her eyes. She is in remission for ocular cancer. Please pray for her health and that she finds a loving family.

Please pray for 2 other boys, Caleb and Josiah(I know, weird). Both are babies but are so precious. They will be scooped up soon I'm sure since they are so young. Please pray they grow up in a loving and wonderful home.

Thank you so much for your prayers for these children and for all the kids in China. Most of all pray that some day someone tells them about Jesus. That, above all else, is the single most important thing.

Love to you all in Christ Jesus.