The First Real Sense of Urgency
We knew when we began Isabelle’s adoption that we could only move as quickly as God would provide the money. Each step in the process has fees associated with it, […]
Greg
The Most Significant $50 We’ve Ever Been Given
(Note: I was planning to post this earlier today, thus the mention in Kristie’s post of an earlier entry.)What difference can $50 make? Apparently, a rather large one. Before I […]
Adoption in the Light of God’s Redemptive Work, Pt. I
I feel the need to preface this series of posts with some explanatory comments about my approach to this endeavor. Among others, there are two particular traps that seem especially […]
Mikaela’s Health
I think that Kristie mentioned in an earlier post that Mikaela is doing much better developmentally than either of us had dared to imagine. She rolls over—both from her back […]
Quick Update
We don’t have any new pictures to post today, unfortunately. The other children at the orphanage were out playing on the grounds while we were there with Mikaela this morning, […]
The End Is Near
We got some very exciting news yesterday morning: our dossier has been submitted! That means that we are now only three to six weeks away from our first court date […]
Learning to Be Thankful
Everyone who read Kristie’s post from last week knows what a hard time we had two Mondays ago as we attempted to apply for passports for our bio kids and […]
Feeling Mikaela Kick, From Half-Way Around the World
Even though we’ve been working to bring Mikaela home for two-and-a-half weeks now, the reality of all of this has only started settling in over the last few days. When […]