For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope.....

...for who hopes for what he already sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it. Romans 8:24-25
While most people start a blog at the beginning of their adoption journey I find myself putting together one at the end. Why? It can be answered by the first question they ask you when you start to put together the blog..."Title for your blog?" That was enough to stop me. Something so personal...what should my blog say? I knew it should express HOPE. Knowing there is hope in every situation, at every place in your life and that hope can never run out. We're adding to our family again: a little girl named Amisha. She will have spent her first three years in an orphanage this coming October 10th. I wonder if she held on to hope... she has a condition called schizencephaly. Her time here on earth will be determined by complications as time passes. For now we will bring her home, love her and hope....

Friday, October 24, 2008

Amisha'a passport has been issued!!!

We received word this morning that her passport has been issued and that the Childrens home should receive it tomorrow. Nothing can stop us now!! As an added blessing we received a photo of our little girl from someone that was traveling through Calcutta in September. Here it is.....Photobucket
Oh, she looks tired to me....so sad! Three years is long enough there, it is time to get on the plane.
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Monday, October 20, 2008

Tickets are purchased!!!

Allie and I will be leaving on Saturday, November !st. We still don't have Amisha's passport but we are praying it will be here soon.
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Friday, October 10, 2008



HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY AMISHA! Today, yesterday in India, is her third birthday. I can't help but feel sad she had to have another birthday without a family. It will be her last one thankfully. Our paperwork is back here in the U.S. and her passport has been applied for and ICPC applied for. The Kolkata passport office is closed for various holidays during the month of October so we won't be able to check on anything until after October 18th. ICPC is done here between MN and OK so, it is a little easier to track. We are on target to travel Oct. 25th or Nov. 1st.
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Saturday, October 4, 2008

1st Post

We started our adoption journey back in January 2008. It was a long and refining process for both Kyle and I. Our hearts stopped at one disabled girl all the way on the other side of the world. We wrestled for months with this life changing decision...I know it is a lot for everyone to understand with our house already being a little chaotic. It was Kyle's final word: he just wanted to give someone a home that wouldn't have one. So, we started the long journey to bring Amisha home. With the courts slowing and adoption tightening up, we were surprised to have received guardianship approval, almost the final hoop on the long process on September 24th. The paperwork was received in the United States on Friday, October 3rd. Our estimated plans to travel are November 1st. Allie and I will be going this time. There are 2 other families from the US that will be traveling around then and picking up their children form the same home. More updates soon....
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