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This blog has posts from our first adoption and second adoption

Lilburn Daze

By Jessica | October 14, 2012

Wow, yesterday was an exhausting day!  We had a booth at Lilburn Daze to raise awareness and funds for adoption.  We had some amazing friends help us pull it off, THANK YOU!!! We were able to have some good conversations with people about adoption and received some encouraging words.  I even had 2 adopted girls from China come to…

LOI

By Jessica | October 7, 2012

This week we were able to go on a mini-vacation down to my mother-in-laws condo to get some much needed R&R.  While we were here not only did we get to spend some time as a family but we also submitted our LOI for a child.  We are excited and can’t wait to hear from China.…

Acronym for Everything

By Jessica | October 1, 2012

For those in the adoption community there are many acronyms that track your progress to bring your child home. I thought I would briefly walk you through the acronyms and a bit of the process. LOI- Letter of Intent PA- Pending acceptance DTC- Dossier to China PA- Pending acceptance LOA- Letter of acceptance TA-Travel Approval For those…

Still Trucking Along

By Jessica | September 26, 2012

I laugh that my last blog post was over 7 months ago and titled “I’m not good at this blogging thing”. We have been super busy since February, buying a house, moving, fundraising, finishing up our homestudy, summer-time fun, fundraising, a broken bone, sending my 2nd grader and Kindergartner off to school, Together for Adoption…

I’m not so good at this blogging thing….

By Jessica | March 1, 2012

So my last update was about a month ago and it seems like so much has happened since then, but then again it seems like nothing really to update. It seems in the adoption process it is this hurry up, now wait, hurry up, oh now wait, hurry up, wait process. We are in the…

Fundraising

By adamw | February 19, 2012

So far our newest fundraiser (mini photo sessions) is going really well. We have booked about 10 shoots and next Sunday Jess will be going to do a shoot and will be able to make a lot of contacts to hopefully book more. PLease pray for this to continue going well and spread help us…

Update:

By Jessica | January 25, 2012

It seems that we are well over due for an update on where we are in the long process. We made our first payment back in December which allowed us to continue moving forward in the process.  Thank you everyone who supported us with soap and financial gifts!  The Lord provided, as He always does.…

Happy Chinese New Year!

By Jessica | January 23, 2012

To us here a 1/2 a world away, it’s just another rainy Monday but in China they are celebrating the most important traditional Chinese Holiday, Chinese New Year.  It’s also known as the “Spring Festival” celebrating the end of the cold winter season and ends in 15 days with the Lantern Festival.  This year is…

Exciting News!

By Jessica | January 23, 2012

I am excited about our second fundraiser!  I think it will be a lot of fun and for a great cause! This idea come from a conversation with a friend about photographing her son’s birthday party.  She wanted to do something for me as a “pay back” and I told her that she could make…

Merry Christmas

By Jessica | December 24, 2011

    We are very thankful this season for all the gifts that the Lord has given to us. We are thankful for the gift of Jesus and the promise of life. Thank you Lord for sending your precious son here to earth so that we could live with you. What an amazing sacrifice you…