WE ARE HOME

Just a quick note to let all my friends and family know that we are home safe with our precious Saron.  I promise to write the details of our trip, but for now I will just post a few pics.  Saron came home with a double ear and throat infection.  I was at the ER with her for five hours today.  I am exhausted and Saron is hurting... my poor sweet baby :(  She got a shot along with another prescription to knock out the infection.  When the medicine kicks in, I will be able to spend a little more time updating ya'll. 

In the meantime, please enjoy the pics.  It was an incredible,  memorable, heart-wrenching, joyous trip!
 

Our first meeting.

Saron was not at all impressed, but it was only a matter of time before she warmed up to us and was smiling up a storm.

All dressed up and ready to go on our embassy date.

She learned how to play peek-a-boo quickly!

HOME AT LAST!

Thank you Jesus

Our prayers and condolences go out to the family members of those killed in the Ethiopian Air flight 409 that crashed in Lebanon.  It was due to land around the same time our flight did.  We heard about it moments after we got off our plane.

Finding Peace Again...

So much on my heart... How do I put it into words...

I'm not sure.  All I know is that

~ I am the clay in God's hands.  All I want to do is what he wills me to do.  I have prayed unceasingly for God to reveal his will to my husband and me.

~ there is a woman in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, who ill and is inflicted with the Aids virus. She gave birth to a daughter on November 12, 2008; and knowing that she would be unable to raise her, decided to give her up, with the hope and prayer that there will be a family who might want this child.

~ in 13 days Haley and I will be on a plane headed to the other side of the world.  There is a child there, a little girl, and God has chosen us to raise her.  She will become our daughter and sister.  This child is the answer to my prayers.  And Lord willing, we are the answer to her birthmother's prayers.

Dear God. You have given me peace again.  You have taken a horrible tragedy and turned it into something so beautiful.  You have taken Josi from us only to bring us Saron.  Thank you for your unfailing love and faithfulness.

Christmas 2009

We had a wonderfully blessed holiday

filled with friends and family.

Here are a few pics!