11 days...

... UNTIL WE LEAVE FOR CHINA!!!!

Our Travel Approval has arrived!

God has answered our prayers to travel in June!  We leave June 11th.  Gotcha Day is June 16th.  We return June 27th.  We will post further details of our itinerary closer to travel.

We have said it before, God is so faithful.  He continues to orchestrate a journey we could have never imagined.  We are still requesting your prayers and support.  There are many details to come together before we leave.  We also ask that you pray for Nathan and Claire when we are gone.  Please pray for our family as they care for Nathan and Claire.  Please pray for our safety and time in China.  Most importantly, please pray for Micah.  Pray that his heart is prepared to join our family.  Pray he will be comforted as he grieves the life he has known for the past 5 1/2 years  Pray he will feel loved and adjust well.

An update on our support...
The garage sales were very successful!  Thank to all who donated items and shopped.  The sales raised over $1400!!!
Our adoption fund through church has also been growing.  Once again, God provided in a BIG way!  Our original support goal was $12,500.  We have raised $12,495!  THANK YOU!!!

We will keep you posted as we get details.  Thank you for following our journey to Micah!

"For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you." (Matthew 17:20b)

God's call to adopt

I am so thankful for the adoption community.  I am thankful that so many adoptive families share their honesty, trials, joys, and journeys through blogging.  Their blogs give insight and encouragement.  They also give perspective and reality.  Adoption is not easy.  We know that.  The hard part has not even started.  We know that the miracle of adoption is the result of great loss.  There will be grieving and sadness.  Can you imagine losing everything you have ever known, TWICE?!  Please pray for Micah's heart as he is about to experience a great loss.  Gotcha Day is approaching and the emotions surrounding it are overwhelming.  We know that through God's grace and mercy we will see His glory. 

I have been wanting to post about God's call to adopt.  It was very clear to our family that we were to adopt Micah.  It was ALL His hands, His timing, and for His glory.  I came across a blog post yesterday from Stefanie.  She blogs at Ni Hao Y'all.  She wrote a guest post for Show Hope.  I encourage you to read it here.  She has an incredible way with words and shares how God worked in her family through adoption.  Check it out!

Update:  We have received our Article 5, which is our U.S. clearance.  We are waiting for Travel Approval (TA) from the Chinese government.  It should be any day!!  After TA, we will have our travel dates.  We should be traveling no later than early July.  SO CLOSE!!  Thank you for your prayers and support.

Support Update

Therefore do not be anxious, saying, “What shall we eat?” or “What shall we drink?” or “What shall we wear?”  For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.  But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:31-33

We serve a faithful God.  He continues to humble us with His provisions.  We are so thankful to those people that have been called to join our journey.  We trusted that God would provide and He continues to show His mighty hands at work.  Since our last update, our support has reached over $11,000.00!!! 

Thank you to all who donated to and shopped our garage sale.  That sale raised over $800.00.  We will be opening for our neighborhood garage sale on May 16 and 17.

 

 

 

We have not heard the outcome of the KCC Sale, but if you shopped with our flyer, “Thank You!”  We are thankful for opportunities like the KCC Sale to raise additional support.

If you are doing the math, we still need to raise $1,500.00 to meet our goal of $12,500.00.  If we raise a total of $17,500.00 this adoption will be completely debt free!  NOTHING is too big for our God! 

It is not too late to be involved! First, please continue to pray for our paperwork.  We are two pieces of paper away from travel.  We are awaiting Article 5 (U.S. approval) and Travel Approval from China.  We are anxious and excited to get to our little boy.  As school winds down, Nathan and Claire are growing in their excitement, too.

Second, donate to our adoption fund.  As written above, we still have not met our goal.  We are so close!  If you have not donated, we would be so grateful for your donation.  Every dollar brings us closer to bringing Micah home.  Thank you for praying and considering supporting our son’s adoption.