A disappointing visit
Today’s visit with Mikaela was not quite what we were hoping for. Meghan is feeling much better, but we decided that she would stay home one more day. Gabriela stayed […]
Mikaela
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 […]
Black Sea or Bust — Bust It Is
We’ve mentioned before how well our landlords have treated us over the past two-and-a-half weeks, and words really cannot do justice their generous hospitality. A prime example of this is […]
A very hot weekend
Things continue to go fairly well for us here, but the weather has taken a nasty turn, and it has been in the 90’s for the last few days. Very […]
Recent Happenings
Once again it has been far too long since our last update. It is very difficult to keep up with this without having an internet connection at home. We do […]
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, […]
Pictures That Are Long Overdue
I have not yet had the time to finish journaling the events of the past week. Kristie has already filled you in a good deal on how busy we have […]
An update that is very long and much overdue
Hello everyone, I realize that it has been a very long time since we have posted, and some of you were probably starting to wonder why you had even subscribed […]
Praying for the Lord’s Provision
This has been a rather difficult week for us. As we have mentioned before, one of our central prayers over the past four-and-a-half months has been that God would provide […]