Sharing Our Story

Psalms 105: 1-3 "Thank the Lord for all the glorious things he does; proclaim them to the nations. Sing his praises and tell everyone about his miracles. Glory in the Lord; O worshipers of God, rejoice."

With the whirlwind of traveling to Ethiopia to finalize the adoption of our precious son, Tarik, we will not forget or delay in THANKING the LORD for all the miracles that HE SHOWED US throughout our journey! The last leg of the journey, while we were in Ethiopia, proved more to us the power of the Lord and His hand guiding our paths than ever before. These miracles were made to share! We have been blessed to be the carriers of good news in telling the story of how Tarik came to us through adoption. Adopted into our forever family, just as God our father adopts us into his forever love.

When we began this process we felt the Lord calling us to share the story of adoption through the gospel to all the church connections we would be so graciously invited to share. We shared about the plight of the orphans, the statistics and truths of poverty around the world, and the adoption story of our adoption into God's family.

It is a blessing to be revisiting those churches and sharing the miracles that God provided to bring our Tarik home!

These pics are of Tarik and I dressed in traditional Ethiopian clothing. What a long-awaited joy to share his story!!

THANK YOU for all the prayers and support over the years that this process has taken us. The Lord heard and answered your prayers. The Lord's army was with us, there is no other way we would be home together. All Praise to God!

Want to know the story?? Posts are in the works and the first post about our travels to Ethiopia starts here. Click to read!

What's next? We're praying about that! Join us in prayer asking for direction and clarity of what God has in store for our family!

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