HS

Please pray that we'd get our Homestudy copy SOON. Like yesterday!~ We finished it 6 weeks ago, I thought we'd have it looooooonnggg ago...and pray for my attitude as I grow more frustrated everyday it seems with this step....we're getting into Jay's baseball season and we just can;t run to Atlanta when they call...we were really needing to have this done by baseball season and it's not looking to promising. We're just waiting to get it back from the Social Worker....I'm going to stop now...

UPDATE #3

We just got an email from Melissa and everything looked GREAT for our documents!!! PRAISE GOD THAT IS OVER!!!!! Now we can get a copy of our HS next week (hopefully EARLY next week and get that thing off to Atlanta!! YIIPPPEEE!!!!

Thanks so much for your prayers!!!!!

PRAYER REQUEST

Hey Everyone! Will you join us in prayer that by this weeks end (FRIDAY) we'll have all the stuff we need to send off to Atlanta USCIS? We need a hard copy of our Homestudy and a few other documents, and we're ready to get this DONE! The Lord knows the details, won;t you petition Him on our behalf??!!

THANK YOU!!

***UPDATE******
This afternoon (thursday) we'll fax copies of our financial letters, physicals, police clearence letters, and a few misc. documents to Melissa at AWAA. Once she reviews them and OK's them (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PRAY EVERYTHING IS CORRECT) we'll be able to get a hard copy of the HS (which is complete, we just need the final approval). We're SO close to being able to mail this USCIS stuff off...although it doesn;t look like it will happen by tommorow, maybe Saturday or maybe early next week....)

What's next?
We'll get an appointment to be fingerprinted in Atlanta, wait for our approval, then FINALLY be able to mail this stuff to China!!

Keep checking back for updates!

Ashley,
We're coming, baby! We're trying everyday to get the stuff we need to get you home. We know it will be worth every minute and every dime we spend. We know that God has already ordained the very minute we'll have you placed in our arms and we're trying to be patient and rest in that fact. We can;t wait to see your face!

Ladybug in the kitchen!

Ally was eating lunch and exclaimed, "mama there's a ladybug!" I looked over and sure enough there was one right next to her plate! (Ladybugs are a sign of good luck in China and popular theme for China adoptions.) We stopped right there and prayed for Ashley....we don;t believe in 'luck" because we know that all BLESSINGS come from the Father above!!!

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!!!!!

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!!!!!

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!!