Early Christmas Gift

Today I received a wonderful gift in my email, an early update and our new wait list numbers for December!!!!

We are so very excited! In two months we have dropped 15 spaces on the waiting list!!

How to pray specifically for us:

1) Praise: we have 1/3 of our referral fee 

   Request: We need $7,000 more to accept the referral by the time we reach the number one position

2) Praise: we are diligently saving for the cost associated with a baby, and the travel to bring them home

   Request: that we are able to save any addition funds necessary that we are not able to raise, quickly

3) Praise: The list is moving at a steady rate and children are finding forever homes

   Request: The list continues to move at a steady pace, our number drops each month

4) Praise: our agency is a Christian agency that not only places children in a home, they pray for them, guide them, and teach them about Jesus.

   Request: That our hearts are prepared to love our baby, that we would be the parents and examples God wants us to be and that our child will ultimately follow Christ

Orphan Sunday

Yesterday Warren and I had the opportunity to meet other families in our church who have adopted and those who are interested in adoption. We met a wonderful family who brought their son home from Ethiopia in May after 1.5 years on the waiting list. Also, we were able to talk with a couple who have been considering adoption for a while. They had a lot of question and we were able to openly share our experiences with them and explain the process some.

As eager as I am for our baby to come home, my heart breaks when I think of all the children without a home. There are over 4 million orphans in Ethiopia alone! To put that in perspective, it would be like the entire population of Kentucky, 1/4 of New York, or 7 Wyomings!!! In the world there are over 147 million orphans or about 1/2 of the population of the United States.

If you have ever considered adoption just do it. If adoption is not an option for you, please pray that waiting families receive their children soon. That the children waiting will be cared for and that all children will have someone in their lives who will show them God's love. 

Our lives have been so blessed because of this process and I can't wait to see what else God has for us!!

Wait List Number

We got our new number today!

We are slowly making progress :)