The Latest Update!

We just returned from a meeting with our social worker at Bethany Christian Services to try and complete our dossier (all the paperwork that will be sent to Ethiopia). Other than a couple papers that need new dates or signatures, everything is almost complete! As we were about to leave our social worker, Kim, asked, "Did you get that information I sent to you about the kids?" No, we hadn't. She left and returned with two packets of information about Trey and Tessa!

These packets were filled with pictures and information about our kiddos...games they like to play, what their daily schedules look like, their favorite foods, their gross motor abilities, and their family background. Currently, they are not at the same orphanage and they both miss each other so much. Trey has had somewhat of a difficult time in school because he misses his sister so much. Also, when the worker asked Tessa how much she misses her brother, her response was to hug herself! How great it will be when they are reunited with each other and with us. We love them so much already! And, now we are just continuing to wait...

PLEASE keep praying! This is God's heart...He is the "father to the fatherless" (psalm 68) and he has adopted us as his dearly loved children.

• Pray for God's protection over Trey and Tessa -- that he would surround them with great people who demonstrate God's love to them.
• Pray that paperwork would go smoothly and quickly.
• Pray that God would be made known in this whole endeavor!
• Pray that we would find a notary public soon to help us sign some of the last pieces of paperwork.

"In this world, you are an orphan -- eagerly anticipating your adoption as God's child. In this world, you are a widow -- longing for reunion with your bridegroom. In this world, you are a stranger -- a pilgrim waiting to become a citizen of heaven. And in this world, God has called you to care for the orphan, the stranger, and the widow. Christianity is about giving yourself to others, being Christ to a hurting world, and living for the one that comes next." - Tom Davis in Fields of the Fatherless