PreApproval!!

Post Edited May 17, 2012

This is our son,

He lives in China.....

He is waiting for us to come get him..

Today we received PreApproval from China to proceed!

So......now I can talk about him.....all the time!!

Tonight though, I'm getting ready for a fundraising yard sale...to bring him home, so his picture will have to suffice.

LOI To China!!

Our LOI has been sent to China!! My baby boy is Locked In with OUR file!! YEAH! I am so excited! I feel so amazingly blessed to be in this process!

LOI - is the Letter of Intent that Billy wrote to China telling them that our family wants to adopt the little boy that was matched with our family on the 15th. It is a precious letter and I am SO proud of my Godly man!

We sent our LOI to CCAI www.chinesechildren.org on the 17th of February and they have been working on translating the document and all additional paperwork needed to represent our family.

Hopefully, this time next week I can post that we have PA (pre-approval).

Please help us pray that we find favor with China and that they say YES! you can have this baby boy!!!!

We told my family tonight that we were adopting. Almost all of them were there any many of them either already knew or were suspicious.

I am so glad I am on this journey. This is a God calling to be sure. It is a burden.

I weep for these babies..

I want to hold them...

I want to kiss them...

Give them medical care...


I truly try to stay off the computer because I have seen how much time can be sucked out of my day if I am not careful. Trying to balance a housefull and an adoption is HUGE! Especially if you want to maintain sanity!!

I love the feeling that I am going to make a difference in this little boy's life. (Hopefully 2 little boys). In all honesty....HE will be the one making a huge impact on all of our lives. Giving is more for the giver than the recipient. It is amazing how that works.

As I say goodnight to my babies here, kiss them, tuck them in, I am hoping my Chinese sons have a good noontime where they are.....

WHY?

Why not adopt?

1. Financial Cost
Jahovah Jireh - God is my provider

2. Fear of unknown
Jahovah Shalom - God is my peace

3. Danger in foreign lands
Jahovah Nissi - God is my banner; my refuge

My God is faithful, and when he draws hearts to spread His Word and love, he will be with us.

We are growing our family!!

Well as most of our dearest friends know, we are growing our family!! No, we are not pregnant.....we are....ADOPTING!!

We had always had a heart for adoption but now God is allowing us to really activate that calling!

God showed us that we were to adopt from Columbia South America. We are very excited and blessed blessed blessed!!

I know most people think we are crazy with 6 kids and homeschooling! This shouldnt be that much of a shock.....maybe we should just go ahead and lay it out that we may adopt every few years until we age out! haha...there now we dont have to keep announcing it!

Love you yall!

Fundraising starts this week.....