Today was our last time to get our finger prints done and now to wait the arrival of our last form from USCIS. We just need ONE form to send to our daughter's country. Please agree with us in prayer that this last form will be received in our mailbox by the end of August. This is our desire and we know nothing is impossible with God.
August and September we will be making available for everyone ways to participate in our fundraising. We have a group of ladies working on some great ideas and we can't wait to participate. God is our provider!!!!
Thanks again for everyone's prayers, support and encouragement!!!
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Anxiously WAITING
Our documents are traveling today!!!! It is so hard to have to sit and wait for paperwork to be finished but this is part of the process. Our thoughts are with our daughter and we are anxiously waiting for the day we get on the airplane to go see her beautiful eyes and that amazing smile. Please pray our last document will get here in a timely manner and we will find favor.
It is time for fundraising and donations to start coming in. Time is short and needs are great but OUR GOD IS GREATER!!! AMEN!!!
We are also talking about adding another child and who that possibly could be. We know God is going to lead us in the right direction just like He did when we found our daughter. He has done so much already and continues to guide and direct our steps. HE IS FAITHFUL!!!!
Please continue to pray for us during this time. We appreciate all our your prayers, support and encouragement.
It is time for fundraising and donations to start coming in. Time is short and needs are great but OUR GOD IS GREATER!!! AMEN!!!
We are also talking about adding another child and who that possibly could be. We know God is going to lead us in the right direction just like He did when we found our daughter. He has done so much already and continues to guide and direct our steps. HE IS FAITHFUL!!!!
Please continue to pray for us during this time. We appreciate all our your prayers, support and encouragement.
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Our God is AWESOME!!!
Paperwork is coming to an end, at least until we travel to pickup our daughter. We received a large amount of paperwork today in the mail and immediately sent it to a family who will travel over to our daughter's country on Saturday. We are so anxious and so excited to see God's hand on this situation. God is proving that He is mighty and faithful.
We prayed that our paperwork would be here by the end of this week. On Tuesday I received a phone call saying we had done some of the papers incorrectly for the third time and they would need to be redone again. At first, they did not want to hold my papers as I told them I would ship the redone papers overnight to them within the hour. They said we are overwhelmed with paperwork daily and did not want to hold my papers. Also, in the same conversation the person on the phone told me that they could not mail the papers back to me because I sent the wrong kind of envelope that would require them to have to go to the post office to drop off and they would not do that. (Really?) I assured them I would send another return envelope for all the papers and if she would please ask her supervisor to hold my papers til the next day. As she put me on hold I prayed "Lord we just need favor here and still need these papers by the end of the week." When she came back to the phone she said she would hold them and wait for my redone papers. Now this all happened on Tuesday and today is Thursday when ALL my papers came in the mail to me. I was able to ship them overnight today for a family traveling Saturday. God is soooooo good!!!! His timing is perfect! PERFECT!!!!!
Please continue to pray for great favor and financial blessing for us! We have one additional form we need to complete our dossier and send over. This form has proven to be difficult to get in a timely manner for many families lately. It would be awesome to get this form before the end of August and mail over. We do not wish to see any delay and know our God is greater!!! Can we prove to be the exception here? Yes, we can because God is mightier and faithful!!! All the glory goes to our God!!!
We want to thank everyone for their prayers, encouragement and support!!! We are getting ever closer to holding our daughter in our arms!!!
We prayed that our paperwork would be here by the end of this week. On Tuesday I received a phone call saying we had done some of the papers incorrectly for the third time and they would need to be redone again. At first, they did not want to hold my papers as I told them I would ship the redone papers overnight to them within the hour. They said we are overwhelmed with paperwork daily and did not want to hold my papers. Also, in the same conversation the person on the phone told me that they could not mail the papers back to me because I sent the wrong kind of envelope that would require them to have to go to the post office to drop off and they would not do that. (Really?) I assured them I would send another return envelope for all the papers and if she would please ask her supervisor to hold my papers til the next day. As she put me on hold I prayed "Lord we just need favor here and still need these papers by the end of the week." When she came back to the phone she said she would hold them and wait for my redone papers. Now this all happened on Tuesday and today is Thursday when ALL my papers came in the mail to me. I was able to ship them overnight today for a family traveling Saturday. God is soooooo good!!!! His timing is perfect! PERFECT!!!!!
Please continue to pray for great favor and financial blessing for us! We have one additional form we need to complete our dossier and send over. This form has proven to be difficult to get in a timely manner for many families lately. It would be awesome to get this form before the end of August and mail over. We do not wish to see any delay and know our God is greater!!! Can we prove to be the exception here? Yes, we can because God is mightier and faithful!!! All the glory goes to our God!!!
We want to thank everyone for their prayers, encouragement and support!!! We are getting ever closer to holding our daughter in our arms!!!
Friday, July 18, 2014
Piles of Paperwork
So many papers to fill out, sign, notarize, mail and mail again. The adoption process can be intimidating to say the least. We are getting closer and closer to our final destination. Our daughter in our arms is our ultimate goal!
We have finally received our appointment to get our fingerprints done for USCIS. This is another step closer to our final destination. By the end of July our fingerprints will be done and all our paperwork except for one form should be back and ready to send over to her country to begin compiling our dossier. It would be awesome if all the forms were ready including the last one we need.
We are so anxious and ready to travel. Please pray for us during this process that we will continue to receive favor. We are also in need of a financial blessing to complete this process. Adoption is an expensive undertaking but we strongly believe where God leads He provides!
Thank you for all of your prayers and support!
Making a difference in the life of a child!
Matt 18:5
We have finally received our appointment to get our fingerprints done for USCIS. This is another step closer to our final destination. By the end of July our fingerprints will be done and all our paperwork except for one form should be back and ready to send over to her country to begin compiling our dossier. It would be awesome if all the forms were ready including the last one we need.
We are so anxious and ready to travel. Please pray for us during this process that we will continue to receive favor. We are also in need of a financial blessing to complete this process. Adoption is an expensive undertaking but we strongly believe where God leads He provides!
Thank you for all of your prayers and support!
Making a difference in the life of a child!
Matt 18:5
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Home Study Complete
Our home study was completed on Friday, July 11th. It was completed in 25 days! This is amazing to me since we were originally told it would take between 60-120 days. This also puts the completion prior to July 14th. This was a deadline we needed to meet to avoid new guidelines that take effect. This whole process is being orchestrated by God!
It is now time to complete paperwork for our dossier and gather funds to complete the adoption. An international adoption can be expensive and these funds are needed in a short amount of time. We believe where God leads He provides!
We have been approved to adopt up to three children in our home study and at this time, we are considering adding an additional child when we travel to pick up our daughter. When God provides for our daughter's adoption if there are additional funds to allow us to include another child we believe this is what we should do. These are children that need a family to call their own and we are able to provide this. Thanks to everyone for your support!
Tax Deductible donations can be made at:
reecesrainbow.org/sponsorbowling
It is now time to complete paperwork for our dossier and gather funds to complete the adoption. An international adoption can be expensive and these funds are needed in a short amount of time. We believe where God leads He provides!
We have been approved to adopt up to three children in our home study and at this time, we are considering adding an additional child when we travel to pick up our daughter. When God provides for our daughter's adoption if there are additional funds to allow us to include another child we believe this is what we should do. These are children that need a family to call their own and we are able to provide this. Thanks to everyone for your support!
Tax Deductible donations can be made at:
reecesrainbow.org/sponsorbowling
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Where It All Began
Our story began many years ago when Richard took a missions trip to Eastern Europe. I was pregnant with our first child, Aria, at the time. He went on and on about how he fell in love with the children. It was an image he would never forget.
We've been asked many times over the years if we planned to have more children. Every time my answer would be we do not plan to, but we would love to adopt some day. God had His own plans and we have been blessed to have eleven biological children. Our twin boys, Jacob and Josiah, went to be with our Lord in 2001 and our six youngest still live at home.
Our adoption process officially began on May 29, 2014, when I was online checking emails and viewing my facebook page. I ran across a website called Reece's Rainbow (reecesrainbow.org). I did not know anything about the site but it intrigued me because of the way they spelled Reece. Our youngest son's name is spelled the exact same way.
I clicked on the site and to my surprise it was an adoption site. I viewed the site for many days and prayed God would give wisdom and direction. In my heart, I believed I was led directly to this site. There were so many children listed that needed a family to call their own.
After speaking with Richard about how I felt God was leading he said we should move forward and see where God leads us. Our prayers have been focused on God's leading and His wisdom and favor. Where He leads He always provides.
Our next step was to chose a child from the website. I did not think I was going to be able to do this. Honestly, every child on that website is a gift from God and deserves to have a family of their own. Children are so precious! God had a way of showing me exactly the child for us by waking me one night and I knew which child was to be ours. It turns out she is also from the same region of Eastern Europe that Richard visited on a mission trip.
We were blessed to receive an email inviting us to commit to our daughter on Father's Day, June 16th. What an amazing journey it has been so far and we can not wait until we can hold our daughter in our arms. This is an amazing story that is being orchestrated by God that we will get to share with her in the future.
Thanks for everyone who is praying and supporting us!
We've been asked many times over the years if we planned to have more children. Every time my answer would be we do not plan to, but we would love to adopt some day. God had His own plans and we have been blessed to have eleven biological children. Our twin boys, Jacob and Josiah, went to be with our Lord in 2001 and our six youngest still live at home.
Our adoption process officially began on May 29, 2014, when I was online checking emails and viewing my facebook page. I ran across a website called Reece's Rainbow (reecesrainbow.org). I did not know anything about the site but it intrigued me because of the way they spelled Reece. Our youngest son's name is spelled the exact same way.
I clicked on the site and to my surprise it was an adoption site. I viewed the site for many days and prayed God would give wisdom and direction. In my heart, I believed I was led directly to this site. There were so many children listed that needed a family to call their own.
After speaking with Richard about how I felt God was leading he said we should move forward and see where God leads us. Our prayers have been focused on God's leading and His wisdom and favor. Where He leads He always provides.
Our next step was to chose a child from the website. I did not think I was going to be able to do this. Honestly, every child on that website is a gift from God and deserves to have a family of their own. Children are so precious! God had a way of showing me exactly the child for us by waking me one night and I knew which child was to be ours. It turns out she is also from the same region of Eastern Europe that Richard visited on a mission trip.
We were blessed to receive an email inviting us to commit to our daughter on Father's Day, June 16th. What an amazing journey it has been so far and we can not wait until we can hold our daughter in our arms. This is an amazing story that is being orchestrated by God that we will get to share with her in the future.
Thanks for everyone who is praying and supporting us!
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Taking a Deep Breath!
We are definitely taking a deep breath today and are able to relax!!! Our in home visit is complete and everything went well. It is difficult having someone, you do not know, come into your home and judge your parenting skills. We believe we have parented well and we provide a stable environment for our children, but would they agree and approve us to parent another child?
It did cause me to lose some sleep. I also cleaned and organized the house several times. My children assisted in cleaning their rooms, installing smoke/carbon monoxide alarms in every room, and had great attitudes. We all pulled together and worked as a team.
The social worker who came to our house was amazing! She was easy to work with and very encouraging. When the visit was complete and she was satisfied we were more than fit to adopt another child she approved us to adopt up to 3 children. We are relieved and excited at the same time! We are now taking the rest of this holiday weekend to relax and enjoy each other. Our God is faithful!
Please keep us in your prayers this week. We need for all of our paperwork associated with the home study to be completed by Friday. This is critical for the home study to be approved and finished because of new rules taking effect on July 14th.
Thanks!!!
It did cause me to lose some sleep. I also cleaned and organized the house several times. My children assisted in cleaning their rooms, installing smoke/carbon monoxide alarms in every room, and had great attitudes. We all pulled together and worked as a team.
The social worker who came to our house was amazing! She was easy to work with and very encouraging. When the visit was complete and she was satisfied we were more than fit to adopt another child she approved us to adopt up to 3 children. We are relieved and excited at the same time! We are now taking the rest of this holiday weekend to relax and enjoy each other. Our God is faithful!
Please keep us in your prayers this week. We need for all of our paperwork associated with the home study to be completed by Friday. This is critical for the home study to be approved and finished because of new rules taking effect on July 14th.
Thanks!!!
Friday, July 4, 2014
Home Study Day
We are all sitting here anxiously awaiting the arrival of the social worker to arrive to conduct our in home visit. I would say we are all very nervous! I don't think it's easy for anyone to have someone come into their home and judge if you are fit to be a parent. I understand there must be a process to this and rules to follow but this is my least favorite part so far. I can't wait til this part is done and we can move past the home study.
Please pray that the home study and all the paperwork associated with this home study will be complete and turned in to the USCIS before July 14th. This is a crucial date because of the new rules that will take effect on this date.
In all things, MY GOD IS FAITHFUL!!!
Please pray that the home study and all the paperwork associated with this home study will be complete and turned in to the USCIS before July 14th. This is a crucial date because of the new rules that will take effect on this date.
In all things, MY GOD IS FAITHFUL!!!
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Keeping My Sanity
It has been a short week of traveling to Albuquerque, lots of paperwork to fill in, getting notarized, fingerprinting, background checks, and deep breathing to maintain my sanity. It's only Wednesday!!! We have our home visit this weekend and I won't lie I'm a little nervous about it. I know God is present in our situation and loves our daughter more than we do. Continue to pray for favor as we continue moving forward in this adoption process. There are so many rules and regulations to follow, but our God is faithful!!!
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