One Sought Me

Imagine a little boy, by his bedside with his head bowed, eyes closed, and hands folded to pray.  He recites with his mother, the Lord's prayer: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our jelly bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:  For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.  Amen. Our jelly bread. Cute! Well, bread is better with jelly!  And you know what?  Recently, in our waiting and waiting to get our son through international adoption, the Lord has been teaching me to look for the jelly on my daily bread.  Among this trial and tough time in our lives I learn more each day about God's love for me, my family in my home, our little boy overseas, and for all believers whom He loves. We stand on His promises and His faithfulness never waiv...

The one year mark has come.  One year has past since the day when we got the phone call for that would match us with a little 10 month old baby boy who needed a family.  We said 'YES' and the rest is in the Lord's story of bringing this little fellow to his new home.  Here's the story from one year ago click here . On July 17, 2014 we were visiting friends in South Carolina when we got the phone call.  I'll always remember that special day and how we as a family, gathered around the computer to get our first glimpse of precious Tarik's face. Now one year later, we aren't where we'd ever thought we would be...still waiting.  It's difficult every day to wait for another very special phone call to tell us that our court date has been chosen and we can finally travel to Ethiopia to visit our 22month old son and call him our own. Please be in prayer for us, and specifically for the courts to find favor on our case and pass it through to give our t...

Update: We are still on pins and needles waiting for the news to be announced from our court case that was reviewed on July 8th.  All we know is that the court hasn't announced the news yet, so we wait to hear.  Our bags our packed and we are ready to roll.  Keep praying for the courts to approve our case, if the decision hasn't already been made. It was great to take our mind off the anticipation and spend time celebrating the soon coming arrival of little Tarik.  Tarik is now 22 months old.  My mom and sister held a baby shower for me this weekend and I really enjoyed the time devoted to welcoming special Tarik into our family! The game for the shower was to have the guests make their own paper airplanes then see who could fly their airplane the farthest.  Hoping to fly soon! The cupcakes were made from our dear friend, Marci, who also was the friend who started us out on our adoption fundraising journey with our Valentine's Cupcake sale in 2013. ...

There's going to be a breakthrough! PRAYERS TONIGHT! Wow, this journey has been long and we are t.i.r.e.d.  I'm not going to sugar coat it - it's hard. Financial hurtles, emotional twists, unknown turns, and spiritual battle bumps in the road make this one incredible ride. We are ready for a breakthrough! At this point we are praying deeply for our Father God to watch over Tarik while we wait.  We are praying for a very important court date on our JULY 7th evening and JULY 8th over there in Ethiopia .  At this point our case is being reviewed for the second time for approval from all parties. After the first review, on May 29th, one updated signature was requested.  This has been done and turned in, so now we see if we are granted approval.  When we are, we will be given our court date and travel dates!!! When you spend your time reading the living Word today, please remember to lift us up in your prayers as we join together to ask God's will to cont...

6/18/15 ADOPTION UPDATE! Our agency called to tell us that we have another date in court to review our case!  This court date is for the Federal MOWA (Women's and Children's Services Officials) to present approval (hopefully!! PRAY HARD!) of the recently resubmitted paper.  At the first court review on May 29, one request was made for one updated document.  This document has been updated and turned in.  This court date is to review our case again and be sure all the documents are now approved.  We do not attend court at this date BUT IF all the documents are approved on JULY 8th THEN our date to travel will be chosen on the 8th (and I'll be calling on the 9th to get news!!)   PLEASE be praying BIG TIME for the approval of our case on JULY 8th !  We aren't even going to talk about the alternatives and 'what if's' that could happen because we are believing, trusting, holding on, and ready for these last steps to bring us to our boy! Since E...

After nearly 3 years of being in this adoption process to bring our little boy home, 45 weeks of pictures, ups and downs, pleading prayers, praises, miracles, and sharing our hearts for the orphan care to anyone we meet, we are finally getting to the last STEP !!! Our adoption case goes before the Ethiopian court prior to our arrival in Ethiopia.  At the court date, which was held on May 29th, there was a request for more information.  Yes, updated paperwork.  Thankfully, and truly grateful that the paper has been resubmitted to the courts!!  Now we wait.  Nothing new there right?  Well, we wait for ONE signature, ONE final approval before we get THE CALL to travel and meet our son!!!   At this point we are packing our bags, and on pins in needles awaiting a phone call that could give us approximately 10-15 days notice before we are to be present in the courts in Ethiopia!! PLEASE be praying as we are up against a deadline.  The ONE perso...

Attention prayer warriors!  Please lift up our adoption case today and tonight as we prepare for the first of two court dates!!  This Thursday night (our time) will be morning time on Friday in Ethiopia.  Our case will be presented in court and either passed or requests made for further information.  Of course we are praying to be passed with no further delays or more paperwork requests!  PLEASE be praying as we need the power of God to shine His justice on this case for our dear boy.  God is so good and His timing is perfect!  He will prevail and give His grace!  We thank Him in ADVANCE for all that He has done and IS DOING to prepare the way for Tarik to come home!!! Thank you for praying!!