Have You Ever Asked Yourself...

What can I do to help?

I know we have, even while in the midst of adopting ourselves. And we are so excited to be partnered with 147 Million Orphans to raise money to bring our daughter home from China while at the same time helping other orphans across the globe. 

I'm super excited to tell you that 147 has these amazing sweatshirts and hoodies available along with so many cool clothes and other merchandise!  Take a peek, you won't be disappointed!

If you have ever felt a nudge to be a part of helping a child home to their forever families or have asked yourself "What can I do?", or "Can I really make a difference?" ...

The answer is YES!!!!! You can make a difference!  Will you please take a minute and click on our 147 Million Orphan link and check it out? Ordering through our link on our blog will designate 30% of your order to be sent directly to our adoption agency(WACAP).  The ONLY way that it will be credited to our adoption is to go through our blog and our 147 Million Orphans link!

We pray that you will be as richly blessed as our family, our new daughter, and millions of orphans will be with your purchase!

DTC and LID

October 18 we were officially Dossier to China!!! This proved to be just as amazing as it did when we were in the process of adopting Jackson! At this point we know that our family has done all we can on our end to let the Chinese officials know how much we desire Ming Wa to become a member of our family!

We also received word 3 weeks later that we have a LID (Log In Date) of October 23,2012.

It is from this date that our official count down begins! We are waiting for our final approval from China that we can adopt Ming Wa! This typically takes on average 2-4 months. We are almost 1 month into the wait our LOA (Letter of Approval).

Please pray with us as we wait for this final approval!




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the little things

that bring a smile to my boy's face




How could this Mama refuse?!

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in His time

We've finally made it to the last step of our dossier! We have been doing all we can to get our DTC but have been trusting in HIS timing!

Monday we will FedEx our approval and homestudy to the Secretary of State and then on to the Houston Consulate. Then these final documents will make there way to our agency. It will all be photocopied and our dossier will be sent to Ch*na!

Please say a prayer that these documents won't be "mis-sorted" in route to their destinations!

Each day brings us one day closer to our little girl! Would you say a prayer for our little girl today?

Pray that the Lord continues to prepare her heart for all that is to come! As far as we know she does not know about us and probably won't know until we are able to send a care package or ask for an update and pictures. Pray that God will send people in her path that will be able to show her what being adopted and having a forever family is about. Please pray that her heart would begin to soften toward the Gospel and our faith!

And if you would, please pray for us as we continue to raise money for her adoption. God has been faithful and will always provide for the things He has called us to!

Please pray as we continue to prepare our hearts and home for adopting an older child!

We are so in love with our little girl and we are anxious to share more about her when we are able!


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