We are thrilled to tell you that we received our referral and have been matched with 2 precious little girls ages 8 & 10! Now that we've seen our daughters' faces, we are more anxious than ever to get to Ethiopia and meet them, and bring them HOME!
We will be traveling in about 6 weeks to adopt them, but sadly, we'll have to return to the states without them because of the process. (This is NOT unique to our adoption; we knew this was how it worked when we first began. But somehow it's harder now, knowing that we'll be leaving our kids behind.) We will return about 10-12 weeks after our first trip to bring our girls home forever.
We also recently found a home that we believe will be our new permanent home! We sold our house in Mt Washington in September and have been living in a small rental house for a little over a month now, but have found a home in the Highview area that we think is perfect. We have a contract and are hoping to close sometime at the end of November or early December-- right around the time we are due to travel. We appreciate your prayers that the housing situation closes smoothly and we're able to get moved and settled quickly.
We desperately need your continued prayers for our family!! Prayers for our new daughters, as they begin transitioning into a new home in Ethiopia and then into our family, our culture, new sights, smells, tastes, people; prayers for our current kids, as they prepare their hearts and home for more siblings; prayers for Brian and me, to continue to rely wholly on God to lead us on this journey.
We also need your financial help.... Travel costs are a bit higher than we estimated, so we are working hard to raise the final $12,000 to cover our travel costs and immigration requirements to bring our girls home.
We'll be placing sheet orders every other Friday beginning next week (Nov 2) and continuing weekly until we've reached our goal... we've also applied for some grants and another special opportunity called "BOTH HANDS" that we'll send information about if we get approved.
God has been SO GOOD to us every step of the way, and we trust His provision for our family for the remainder of the journey. We know He will provide. We trust Him to take care of our girls while we wait to go get them.
Please share the sheet info with EVERYONE you know; every sheet set sold gets us a little bit closer to getting our girls home!!
WOW! LOTS going on in our family!! We are so thankful for all the love, support, prayers and encouragement along this journey! We love you all!
