Thursday, January 10, 2008
AWAA got 16 referrals!!!!
We got an email that AWAA got 16 more little blessings in the mail today! 11 are female, 5 male, and 8 of the girls are within our age range. A call at this point would be a shock (we think we have many months to go) but the Lord has shocked us before! We're praying for Amy and Melissa over at AWAA as they match families this week...what a tough job! Even of we don't get a call, it's so exciting to see them coming every other month or so, and to know ONE DAY Ashely's paperwork will be in there!!!!!
Friday, January 4, 2008
Fundraising Site
We've created a site to just feature our fundraising efforts...check it out and pass it to EVERYONE YOU KNOW!!! THANK YOU!!!!!
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
2008: THE YEAR!!!!
Please join us in prayer that this will be the YEAR WE SEE ASHLEY'S FACE! We are SO excited for 2008!!
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Jesus was ADOPTED
I've been mulling over this post for a few weeks now. After watching the Nativity Story movie, Jay and I had a conversation about a reality that hit us during this film. Jesus was adopted....Jesus was adopted!!! Joseph was called by God to be the father of a child that was not his own biologically. Yet Jesus had many character traits that mimicked Joseph's, and was raised a carpenter because Joseph was a carpenter. What a comfort to adopted children! What a confirmation to us as adoptive families. Here is an portion of an article I read about the subject:
In a culture captivated by the spirit of Herod, could it be that God is calling our churches to follow the example of Joseph? This might mean a battalion of new church-sponsored crisis pregnancy centers, able and equipped to provide an alternative for confused young women who might otherwise listen to the slick but deadly propaganda of the Planned Parenthood profiteers. It may mean pastors prophetically calling on Christians to oppose the abortion culture by actually rescuing babies through adoption. It will mean Christian parents willing to open their hearts and their homes to unwanted infants -- infants that Planned Parenthood would like to see carried out with the medical waste. It might mean that, next year, there will be one more stocking at the chimney at your house -- a new son or daughter who escapes the abortionist's knife to find at your knee the grace of a carpenter's Son.We often talk about how WE are adopted by God the Father through Christ. But we rarely talk about how Jesus was adopted by Joseph, and the "sacrifice" it was for Joseph to marry Mary and "adopt" this baby who wasn't conceived by him.
If you watch the Nativity Story, they do a great job of developing this part of the story:There's one scene of a lady reading their palms, she looked at Joseph, and said something to the effect that there is no greater joy than to see yourself in your child. Joseph and Mary look at one another with a solemn yet peaceful and trusting look - one that understands this child will not "look" like Joseph because he does not have Joseph's DNA. YET, by God's design, Jesus' roots are from the line of Joseph.
Adoption.
Is God calling YOU?
I've been mulling over this post for a few weeks now. After watching the Nativity Story movie, Jay and I had a conversation about a reality that hit us during this film. Jesus was adopted....Jesus was adopted!!! Joseph was called by God to be the father of a child that was not his own biologically. Yet Jesus had many character traits that mimicked Joseph's, and was raised a carpenter because Joseph was a carpenter. What a comfort to adopted children! What a confirmation to us as adoptive families. Here is an portion of an article I read about the subject:
In a culture captivated by the spirit of Herod, could it be that God is calling our churches to follow the example of Joseph? This might mean a battalion of new church-sponsored crisis pregnancy centers, able and equipped to provide an alternative for confused young women who might otherwise listen to the slick but deadly propaganda of the Planned Parenthood profiteers. It may mean pastors prophetically calling on Christians to oppose the abortion culture by actually rescuing babies through adoption. It will mean Christian parents willing to open their hearts and their homes to unwanted infants -- infants that Planned Parenthood would like to see carried out with the medical waste. It might mean that, next year, there will be one more stocking at the chimney at your house -- a new son or daughter who escapes the abortionist's knife to find at your knee the grace of a carpenter's Son.We often talk about how WE are adopted by God the Father through Christ. But we rarely talk about how Jesus was adopted by Joseph, and the "sacrifice" it was for Joseph to marry Mary and "adopt" this baby who wasn't conceived by him.
If you watch the Nativity Story, they do a great job of developing this part of the story:There's one scene of a lady reading their palms, she looked at Joseph, and said something to the effect that there is no greater joy than to see yourself in your child. Joseph and Mary look at one another with a solemn yet peaceful and trusting look - one that understands this child will not "look" like Joseph because he does not have Joseph's DNA. YET, by God's design, Jesus' roots are from the line of Joseph.
Adoption.
Is God calling YOU?
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Thankful!!!!
We have been so blessed to have received TWO gifts this week from the Irelands towards our adoption expenses!! One was from Drew's office..they gave us a gift in honor of him for his Christmas present! The other was from Robin and Drew themselves. We love this sweet family so much and although we have known them less than a year, we know we will be friends for many years to come. The Lord orchestrated our meeting them and it has been such a blessing to get to know them and their girls....we have gleaned so much from them already! We love you!
Monday, December 24, 2007
Merry Christmas, Sweet Girl!
Ashley,
Right now it is Christmas morning in China!! Merry Christmas, Sweet girl! We are praying that you are celebrating with the children in your orphanage and look forward to the day when we can share the real meaning of Christmas with you....the miracle of the birth of the baby Jesus! We can;t wait to have our first Christmas with you and show you how we make cookies for Santa and camp out on Mommy and Daddy's floor all night long! Mommy believes that the Lord told her that you would be HOME for Christmas next year and she is BELIEVING GOD for this miracle! We love you so much and you are on our hearts and minds this season, as always. May God protect you and keep you warm and healthy this winter..it gets REALLY cold there in China! Just wait, the winter here is warm in south Georgia! We love you!
Daddy, Mama, Avery, Ally and Annalyse
Right now it is Christmas morning in China!! Merry Christmas, Sweet girl! We are praying that you are celebrating with the children in your orphanage and look forward to the day when we can share the real meaning of Christmas with you....the miracle of the birth of the baby Jesus! We can;t wait to have our first Christmas with you and show you how we make cookies for Santa and camp out on Mommy and Daddy's floor all night long! Mommy believes that the Lord told her that you would be HOME for Christmas next year and she is BELIEVING GOD for this miracle! We love you so much and you are on our hearts and minds this season, as always. May God protect you and keep you warm and healthy this winter..it gets REALLY cold there in China! Just wait, the winter here is warm in south Georgia! We love you!
Daddy, Mama, Avery, Ally and Annalyse
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Home Study almost over...
Our third visit was today. One more and we're done!!! Hopefully things will be complete by the second week of January and we can send it off to USCIS in Atlanta......Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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