Happy National Adoption Day!:)

Adoption has blessed our lives in ways I didn't expect..

From seeing Mia Grace the very first time...while getting Mia knowing out other little girl was awaiting.... While getting Avah.... Cade falls into our laps.

Please pray for our family as we anxiously await news that we can travel for our littlest one.

{Noodle Fun}

With our latest guest.. We had plenty of ramen noodles.

Avah has been in heaven!

Both girls are enjoying the menu with our newest guest!

Pro-life really?

Middle of the night ramblings from my iPhone.

So please excuse the typos...

Most of you know I am as Pro-life as the next conservative. I do not believe in abortion. I believe there are other choices. However.. A sin is a sin. And all sin is forgiven. This is not where I am going with this

I see so many of my friends complaining about our politicians decisions on abortion yet I see no ACTION. I see lots of complaining, posting and even picketing at abortion mills. It's a free country and I know picketing has its purpose. I am not anti-picketing.

However before you post on Facebook or Twitter how pro-life you are; lets evaluate just how pro-life you are.

What are you doing to stop abortions?

Think about this.

If a child is not aborted... But given up by their birth mother then this child is an orphan.

Hello have you noticed the orphan crisis in this world?

How many birth mothers who can not support their child .. Are we supporting? Helping? Encouraging? Being there when they suffer the pain and loss.

Pro-lifers...including myself are awesome at flashing that we are against abortion.

But when we stand in line on judgement day... God will not say how many times did you complain about abortion on your Facebook? Twitter? How many signs did you make for picketing at the local abortion mill? Or even how many signs did you shake at devastated moms make a devastating decision?

What does God command? Love others.

How many birth moms have we thrown baby showers for that have decided to not abort there babies? ...Who probably have lost friends and family because they chose life?

 How many moms have we hugged because there hearts are broken because they did abort there unborn? Yes they are still people with hearts and souls.

How many not aborted children have we adopted? Fostered? Hosted? Sponsored? Visited? Ministered to?

Please quit facebooking and tweeting your complaints and DO something!! 

God wants action.

Here is an article that inspired this rant...http://www.theblaze.com/stories/

2013/01/02/is-adoption-a-pro-life-policy-

that-evangelicals-should-embrace/

~Update on Our Adoption Process~

Okay sorry I have not been updating our blog. We are just in the depths of summer busyiness and its about to get crazier!

Chloe leaves for camp on Sunday.Our host child, Gina arrives Tuesday. Chloe comes home Saturday. Chloe and Blake leave for camp that Sunday. Chloe and Blake comes home the following Saturday. Chloe and Camye leave for camp that Sunday. Chloe and Camye come home the following Saturday. Chloe and Paul leave for camp that Sunday. Chloe comes home to rest from her many weeks of counseling at church camp on Wednesday. Leaves for a mission trip to Mexico on friday with her Dad. On Saturday I pick up Paul from camp. Kenny, Chloe and Blake return home the following Friday. Gina returns to China the following Friday.:(

And that means I spend my time at home----doing stinking laundry!

But really...The good news is I am home the entire time getting ready for our little Cade to come home~!

So here is where I ~think~ we are:

~We are expecting an awesome update any day. AND the director of our fabulous adoption agency is visiting Cade's orphanage this month and said she would meet him and get awesome video. YES..thank you very much!

~We think Cade has been submitted for an Emmigration permit. 2nd batch..

BELOW is truly a guess....as there is no timelines to 'stalk'..we are in "Unchartered" waters here...

~We think this means we could possibly put us travelng late September or October.
~Two trips....average $ about $7000 per trip..
~Cade will come home finalized and on the second trip.

From what we know....Cade is doing wonderfully. We met a little girl who was 8 years old and adopted from Cade and Avah's orphanage. She is doing fantastic!! And is Kasai only as well..

One prayer request....the only thing I am nervous about is switching his meds to US time zone...12 hours difference.

God has this..I know HE does!!!