A baby for Christmas

As if getting another healthy, beautiful niece at Christmas time wasn't enough, God has blessed our family with a baby boy. We have accepted a 7 month old South Korean baby boy. We should have him in 3-6 months. I am not sure of the exact time line, but I will update as I get more information. We are so excited about becoming a family of 5 in 2010!

Possibly our baby?

We are pursuing a 6 month old S Korean baby boy that was born @ 32 weeks. Med info is with pediatricians & we're praying a lot! I can not post pics or more info at this time. Please pray for this child & for God to continue to guide us through this process. So exciting! Blessings to you all!

All I Really Want for Christmas

All I Really Want by Steven Curtis Chapman is the song that moved Scott's heart last Christmas. Scroll down & pause the playlist then double click on the video on the right to hear it. I get goosebumps every time I hear it! If you have not read my first post, scroll down to read the first post on July 10, 2009. Then you will understand the significance of this song...

T-Shirts for sale soon!

Good News! Holt International has approved our home study. We have not received approval from USCIS yet, but we are eligible to receive referrals with Holt's approval. Holt will contact us by phone when they have a referral for us. So, we wait for the phone to ring!! Timing is totally in God's hands. We wait....we pray....WE SELL T-SHIRTS!! Over the next couple of weeks, I will post t-shirts that our family will be selling to raise money to bring our child home! These t-shirts are for orphan awareness & will be available for men, women & children. Check the blog over the next few weeks...we hope to have the t-shirts available soon!

Fingerprinting

We went to Atlanta Tuesday to be fingerprinted. This is the last step on our end for now. Once we receive approval from USCIS we will begin to get referrals. It should take 6-8 weeks to receive the approval. So, if everything goes according to schedule, our first referral should come around the first of November. Meanwhile, we wait. Please continue to pray for this child we have not yet met & pray for our family as we prepare. Thanks & God Bless!

Great Article!

http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2009/aug/23/ut-athletic-director-tells-how-he-and-his-wife-wer/

Good News!

We have a fingerprinting date! We received a letter from USCIS today with an appt scheduled for Sept 1 in Atlanta for the fingerprinting. Such a roller coaster already. Just last week we got a letter saying they were behind on processing. Evidently, we can go ahead & fingerprint though- good news...I want to keep things moving along. Hopefully the home study will be finished this week. Next step, Holt International sends our info to S. Korea & we wait for a referral! So surreal!