Blogs related to our international adoptions.
It has been a little over a month that we discovered we would not be seeing our daughter in Ethiopia, until the earliest, October. We have been keeping very busy however, as Evans and I joined Willet on their MidWest tour and enjoyed every minute of it. Throughout this month our agency has been sending us…
We believe that with this morning’s news, God is saying “I AM The Father to the fatherless”, so we rest in that. All praise to Jesus, even through the times we don’t understand. We are saddened to say that the judge did not issue us a court date. The court re-open date is October 7th so…
Alright – so here’s where we are. We received a call around noon today sharing that the judge in Ethiopia will not issue us a court date because the court closures are about to happen for rainy season and because they are still waiting for the MOWCYA letter. Courts are expected to open towards the end…
ALL GLORY TO JESUS!!! OUR DOCUMENT WAS JUST SIGNED!!!!! They are working to get our court date appointment for the end of the week, so we’ll know an absolute definite tomorrow morning and then we will fly out tomorrow night to Ethiopia. Keep praying, but this was a HUGE step forward! Now, we have to…
On February 14th, we shared the joyful news that we accepted a referral for an infant girl from Ethiopia, Africa after 3.5 years of waiting! This news came after being home with our son, Evans, from Ghana for only 4 months! For the past 6 months, we have been working through the paperwork process and…
From 2009-2010, Kat had the opportunity to live in Haiti at an orphanage before, during and after the earthquake. Following this season, The Lord made it clear that we were to build our family through adoption. Our 1st overseas missions experience together as a couple was in Ethiopia in 2007, working in a community with over…
This exact day, one year ago, many of you were on your knees praying for a miracle. You were praying for the three of us to be officially called a family as we sat in a courtroom in Evans’ village in Ghana. Jeremy and I had been praying and feeling helpless for that entire week,…
We realized it had been a long time since posting on our adoption blog so we wanted to share a few updates of our wonderful children: ~Evans was able to attend his first Key West Bike Ride as he rode in the support van and provided lots of entertainment to the riders and support staff. We…
From the beginning of this blog, I want to be clear this is NOT a debate about whether Richard Stearn’s decision at World Vision was the right move. This blog is questioning what our response as followers of Jesus should be in light of these decisions, and our commitment to the poor. In addition, I…
Today we celebrate a year since meeting our son for the first time. Exactly one year ago today, Jeremy and I woke up in Ghana with no electricity and little running water as we prepared to walk three miles down a dirt road. We were so overwhelmed with everything around us that it truly didn’t…
