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Headed to Ethiopia in 12 days!
What a crazy journey adoption is. In two weeks, on January 20, we will board a plane for 18 hours of travel to the other side of the world. We will be 8 time zones from Raleigh, NC. I have posted a...
View ArticlePrayer Cheat Sheet For When We Are in Ethiopia!
A girlfriend created a "prayer cheat sheet" for each day that we will be in Ethiopia. I thought I would attach it here. . it tells you what we are doing each day and some prayer points.We have been...
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Introducing Galeta
While he will not be home for a couple of months, G-boy is now legally our son. Hallelujah!!! We have loved him for so long and it makes our hearts burst that we are legally each other's now! And...
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Driving Galeta from Gimbie to the Capital
On Saturday we introduced Galeta and shared our reactions upon meeting him for the first time at the orphanage in Gimbie, Ethiopia. You can read that post here. The story continues....After we picked...
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Visiting Galeta at the "New" Orphanage
In Saturday's post we shared about meeting Galeta for the first time. Yesterday, we shared here about the long drive with Galeta back to the capital. Today we will share about our visits with Galeta...
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Make a Difference with Just a Click!!
Update: Lisa did win this grant!! Her proposal got the 2nd most votes!! Thank you to all who took the time to vote. I am so excited that a library is going to be built in Guatemala!! More on Ethiopia...
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Learning to Let God Drive
I heard it again yesterday at the bus stop. The "Are ya'll done after Galeta comes home? Are ya'll gonna stop at 5?" I need to come up with a pat answer because I get asked that question at least once...
View ArticleCheck Out My Interview
I did an interview with Blanca over at the blog, Reintroducing Hope. Blanca desires to share stories that inspire hope and the boldness to dream anew. I am honored that "my story" would be categorized...
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Wanna Join Me Friday Night for This. . .
Jeff and Kathy Boyum are the leaders of King's Kids Minnesota. King's Kids is a ministry of Youth With a Mission and is committed to discipling children, teenagers, and families. King's Kids believes...
View ArticleYou Know You're an Adoptive Parent If:
The below made me smile when I originally stumbled upon it here. Posting it below so I have it "saved":You know you're an adoptive parent (or should be) if:1. The fact that there are 143 million...
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Why Are Things Taking So Long? Where's God?
It has been 3 months since we passed Ethiopian court. It has been 3 months since we met Galeta. We were emailed a recent picture. We almost did not recognize him with his shaved head:We still are not...
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Our Case Was Submitted!
We JUST heard that our case was submitted to the US Embassy today.Sure would appreciate prayers that our case passes thru with no red flags. . that nothing needs to be investigated further. . and that...
View ArticleDeja Vu: Our Case Was Submitted
So we got an email this Wed (May 11) that said our case was submitted to the Embassy Tuesday, May 10.NOT last Tuesday as originally communicated.I am emotionally frazzled.I have been checking my email...
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Galeta Gets a Letter from Us!!
We sent Galeta a few pictures and a letter. . . via a couple who is traveling this week to bring their son home. Here is Abdissa, our attorney showing Galeta the pictures and the letter, see it on the...
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Galeta is Coming Home!!
On Sunday, May 29th we will board a plane and head to Ethiopia.From Monday, May 30th on, Mommy, Daddy, and Galeta will finally be together!! Forever!Here's a picture of Galeta that was taken just last...
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We leave tomorrow!!
We leave tomorrow. 4am. To travel 1/2 way around the world and drastically change the life of our family and little Galeta.Here is a pic of Galeta taken yesterday. . it was after lunch and all the kids...
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We Are Home!!
We landed in Raleigh at 1:34 on Saturday. . .after 27 hours of travel. Travel went smoothly and we stayed safe and healthy. Most importantly we returned with Galeta. Galeta was so excited to get on...
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How It is Going. . .How He is Reacting. ..It's Been 3 Days
We've been home 3 days now. A family of 7 for 3 days.All things considered, we are doing really well.Galeta is a sweet boy. The first thing he did when we entered our home was unzip our suitcase and...
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a sweet conversation I had in the airport. . .
On our flight home, we had a layover in Washington, home of many Ethiopian immigrants. There is even a section of DC called Little Ethiopia.As Rob and Galeta were entering the airport bathroom, the...
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What is going well. . .
Sometimes you just need to go around the table and speak out what it going well.Galeta has been home for 3 weeks now and all 7 of us are in the midst of major change, transition, adjusting,...
View ArticleYou Gotta Watch This: Kisses from Katie video
Here's another reminder of what happens when we say yes to God.Below is another reminder that God does not put an age limit on when He starts using you. . or when you can hear His voice. . .or when He...
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Got Plans for Dinner this Thursday, 9/15??
Got plans for dinner this Thursday night??Our friends the Corbetts have just started the process of adopting a little girl from Ethiopia (using the same agency we did).And this Thursady, Sept. 15 from...
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Family Pics. . .
Anna made this for me after our recent day trip to the beach.And just think we have a session scheduled for an extended family portrait of 13 of us. . .7 kids, 6 adults. I'll remind everyone of Anna's...
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Most Recent Famiy Picture
This is the picture that will go on the last page of Daniel's lifebook (the scrapbook that tells the story of his journey to us):And this is the letter that will go with that picture:Dear Daniel,It...
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