Thursday, March 22, 2012
Update
Be sure to read our big news below...but I have to share that a prayer request on that list is already answered. The FBI CALLED, yes called, to tell me the dates on our clearance letter which is what we needed to plug into our homestudy & finish up all of our paperwork! Seriously moutain just moved!!! God is amazing and He is clearly at work! What next? Papers translated in Russia and we wait on an appointment to officially accept him and once they get that appointment we will have travel dates. Pray that will go smoothly and quickly!
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
BIG NEWS!
We are more than thrilled to announce we will be parents to 3 children by the end of the summer. We have a son in Moscow! I wish I could post pics but cannot, so trust me when I say he is absolutely precious! He very much favors Hudson with big brown eyes and dark hair and he has the cutest cheeks I can't wait to give big kisses! He is only 8 months old! We should travel in April to meet him. We are waiting on FBI, which as many of you know that travelled this journey, they take their precious time. We weren't suposed to get it back until April 21st, but on Monday I called and talked to a very nice man who told me he would do everything he could to expedite ours. Otherwise we can't get travel dates. So if you could please pray for the FBI to hurry with our paperwork we would appreciate it so much!
Many of you are saying..."I had no idea!" Truth be told, there was only a very small handful of people who did know. We started paperwork in January and were thinking it would be nice to bring our next child home this fall/winter. God has different plans and it's been crazy how fast all of our other paperwork has gone. When we got the call on Monday, we were absolutely blown away! And in love :) I cannot wait for you guys to see him!
I want to ask for specific prayer requests...
1. Please pray for Heath, that his heart would be open and ready for us and his transition smooth. Pray that we can get to him very quickly and get him home before his first birthday!
2. Pray for his caretakers, that they would love him, hold him, and take the best care of him they can until we can bring him home.
3. Please pray the request above regarding FBI
4 Pray for Hudson and Hollynn too, this will be a big adjustment. Hudson is very excited and talks about how cute he is and how he will share his toys with him and teach him about tractors!
5. Pray for us financially as we thought we had time to prepare for the financial burden, there are some very big lump sums of money due very soon. I know Jehovah Jireh and I know He has it all worked out, it's just that my eyes don't see the way His do! We are going to have some really awesome t-shirts to sell that I will post about at the beginning of the week when they have them done. We are also going to plan to sell our home, as hard as it will be, we have to do what we have to do and I'm willing to sacrafice what I need to for those brown eyes! We just have to wait to do it when his adoption is finalized b/c all the paperwork headed to Russia has this address on it and we don't want to have to delay anything by changing addresses in the middle of it all. I do have several horses to sell and pray Carney Lawn Care will get extra jobs!
Thank you for joining us in this journey! Thank you for your prayers and love!
Many of you are saying..."I had no idea!" Truth be told, there was only a very small handful of people who did know. We started paperwork in January and were thinking it would be nice to bring our next child home this fall/winter. God has different plans and it's been crazy how fast all of our other paperwork has gone. When we got the call on Monday, we were absolutely blown away! And in love :) I cannot wait for you guys to see him!
I want to ask for specific prayer requests...
1. Please pray for Heath, that his heart would be open and ready for us and his transition smooth. Pray that we can get to him very quickly and get him home before his first birthday!
2. Pray for his caretakers, that they would love him, hold him, and take the best care of him they can until we can bring him home.
3. Please pray the request above regarding FBI
4 Pray for Hudson and Hollynn too, this will be a big adjustment. Hudson is very excited and talks about how cute he is and how he will share his toys with him and teach him about tractors!
5. Pray for us financially as we thought we had time to prepare for the financial burden, there are some very big lump sums of money due very soon. I know Jehovah Jireh and I know He has it all worked out, it's just that my eyes don't see the way His do! We are going to have some really awesome t-shirts to sell that I will post about at the beginning of the week when they have them done. We are also going to plan to sell our home, as hard as it will be, we have to do what we have to do and I'm willing to sacrafice what I need to for those brown eyes! We just have to wait to do it when his adoption is finalized b/c all the paperwork headed to Russia has this address on it and we don't want to have to delay anything by changing addresses in the middle of it all. I do have several horses to sell and pray Carney Lawn Care will get extra jobs!
Thank you for joining us in this journey! Thank you for your prayers and love!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Can my children be this big!? I was just looking through pics and man does time fly! I can't believe my boy will be 5 this year! We are gearing up for Easter Egg hunts at church and are really getting into the show season so life is busy! The kids have been having a BLAST outside here lately. Hudson has been hosed down several times now due to being covered, yes covered, from head to toe in mud! And Hollynn is a girl on a mission. She doesn't stop from the time her feet hit the ground in the morning. She is in constant action! Andy has to get neutered this week since he has been caught down the road with his girlfriend a few times here lately. Needless to say there will be Andy Jr.'s this summer! Poor guy, but I got to do what I got to do! Stay tuned for a post I'm working on for later this week, you won't want to miss it!
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