Friday, September 17, 2010

Itinerary and Thanks

Our itinerary is added.  Next to the "Home" tab there is a tab labeled "Itinerary".  Click on that and you can see what we are doing and when.  China time is 12 hours ahead of US time.  Bags are just about packed and the house is almost clean (but then the house has been almost clean for years now so its unlikely that status will change...).  This weekend I want to finish the kids' schedule and notes. 

THANK YOU to the one who gave the gift of money on Saturday, through Anna's savings account at National Penn.  It is greatly appreciated and needed!  

About a month ago my mother-in-law was in the grocery store and met a mom and her 2 year old daughter who also has/had clefting and was adopted from China very recently.  We connected and I was able to meet her face-to-face today as well as her new, beautiful little girl.  Seeing her smile and being obviously well adjusted gave me so much encouragement as Matt and I are perhaps overly prepared for a difficult start with Anna.  THANK YOU to this friend who graciously passed on their family's unused critter treatments from their trip to China.  Hoping that we too will be able to bless a family with the gift of these (which means we won't have needed them :))! 

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Our goals in this blog are two-fold. We want to keep friends and family informed and updated but we also pray that you would be moved to do your part in making the invisible God visible to those who are orphaned or at risk of becoming orphaned. There are so many ways to do something. God’s heart is for the orphan (James 1:27) and if you ask Him for direction in this He will answer.

For those of you sensing to support us, here is how you can do so as of now.

  • PRAISE for her life and for the opportunity we have to be her family.
  • Prayers for guidance in preparing for her to join our family; protection and care for her and direction for the hands caring for her; expedited Travel Approval - much sooner than we woudld anticipate; and leading as we make plans for our 3 other childrne while we are in China.
  • Financial assistance for the costs associated with her adoption (The total will be around $32,000). While it is humbling to include this we sensed that we should. We know that helping financially is a gift some have been given, and we do not have the right to let our pride get in the way of those of you who are called to serve in this way.