Life's a Journey.... here's a glimpse of ours.

We did receive permission to pay Matthew's commitment fee before our second trip which is $8250 so that means we have a little, not a lot, a little time to raise the last $7000. A few people have read and copied and old post of mine thinking we still need $9000 and little time to get it. I suppose some people may say $7000 in about 6weeks is not a lot of time either but if you know me I would say there is no time line God can not reach and the money issue has always been in his hands from the beginning.


Thank you all who have donated. Thank you for your love and support. We will be having a fundraiser sale the weekend we get back, praying it is as successful as the one last year.

I have added our donation links to the side bar. Please remember every dollar counts. We are blessed for what ever you are willing to give.



Check out the new clock I added so you could all see what time it is while we are in Russia. :)

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We did receive permission to pay Matthew's commitment fee before our second trip which is $8250 so that means we have a little, not a lot, a little time to raise the last $7300. A few people have read and copied and old post of mine thinking we still need $9000 and little time to get it. I suppose some people may say $7300 in  about 6weeks is not a lot of time either but if you know me I would say there is no time line God can not reach and the money issue has always been in his hands from the beginning.
Thank you all who have donated. Thank you for your love and support. We will be having a fundraiser sale the weekend we get back, praying it is as successful as the one last year.
I have added our donation links to the side bar. Please remember every dollar counts. We are blessed for what ever you are willing to give.

Check out the new clock I added so you could all see what time it is while we are in Russia. :)

Posted in: on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at at 8:34 AM 1 comments    

Some of you (Connie ;) requested our flight numbers. We are flying on Delta to and from Russia. We will be leaving Saturday from  Detroit at 1:55, flight #2455 landing in NY and Leaving for Moscow, Russia at 5:00pm on flight 30.
Return home on Saturday July 30 leaving Russia at 12:55 pm on flight 31 landing in New York at 3:15pm. Keep in mind Russia is 8 hours ahead of us. We have a 15 hour layover in New York so will not fly home to Detroit until the next morning at 7am on flight 1486. Thank you for all of your prayers. Next time I post on here we will be another world away meeting our babies for the first time.

See you guys on the other side!!! Here we come babies!!!

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Our sweet baby girl she has grown so much.

Our little guy and stay tune soon we will reveal what the name we have chosen for Him.

Posted in: on Friday, July 15, 2011 at at 11:11 PM 3 comments    

What do you mean whats next? WE MEET OUR BABIES, THAT'S WHATS NEXT!!! Can not believe I am typing these words. I am sure in the next 8 days I will check our flights to make sure it is real. So we leave next Saturday from DTW we will arrive in NY for a one hour layover then off to Eastern Europe we will arrive at 10:55am on Sunday which will be 3am here. We have one day in the capital and then on Monday we will head to the region where our babies are. After that I don't care what we do........
We will be in country for 7 days we will return on Saturday but have a 15hour layover in New York. Not super excited about that but we will enjoy the time while we are there. We will be home at 9am Sunday morning. After that we will wait for court. We don't expect that until some time mid-September or October.
So some of you are asking what we need. We need continue prayer for many things. For our kiddos we are leaving home with family especially Keegan he doesn't not like to be gone long from us, two days max. For our travel, safe and smooth with out incident, for appointments in country; we will have one with Ed. Dept to accept referral of the two kids and also with court where we will deliver our papers. Also we will be meeting our babies please pray for them to accept our love and be open to spending time with us. Also pray for Jason and I that we will have a sense of peace in our spirits and the excitement and anxiety will not overwhelm us (me ;).  I want to enjoy every moment and not miss the details the Lord has set before us.

Thank you EVERYONE for all your prayers and continued prayers. Thank you for all your love and support. Stay tuned because this is where the fun begins. And don't forget.... Any donations made up until Friday July 22 will be entered into our drawing for the ILIVE docking system (100.00 value) We will do the drawing the next weekend when we return. There are a few other prizes also scroll down to see. We still need to raise $7400 to be fully funded. donations can be made on the side bar of this blog. Thank you for giving with a generous heart.

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Posted in: on Friday, July 8, 2011 at at 10:11 AM 2 comments    

That's all we have, just a little bit of news. We have been on the roller coaster of adoption for almost one year now. Although we didn't commit to Barbara until September our journey started in July. The last week has brought a lot of information on our adoption, some good some not so good. But we are getting to the end and the paper work is crazy. Did I say the paper work is crazy? That is an understatement!!! We have paper work that needs to be overnighted and reach a destination by Tuesday. This paper work will not be in our hands until Friday at 6 pm.  Monday is a holiday, NO DELIVERIES. The person who is needing this paper work is only working on Tuesday next week.......she will be on vacation the rest. Did I say she is the one who is doing our clearance, the one I have been waiting for .... for 12 WEEKS! That's not all though; we have documents that need to be sign between two states. The two states will not sign. On top of all this there is a treaty being signed on July 15th between US and our children's country that may change all the rules!! So in  a nutshell will you please pray for all of this to move forward. I don't mean a casual prayer. We need serious prayer!! IT is time for our church to come together and pray.  I came along this scripture this morning as I armed myself with Gods word. Satan is trying to tare us down, He is working overtime to assure these babies stay in that place for as long as they can. He has put up barriers that are weak in the eyes of the Lord and with Christ we will continue to break them down.

Proverbs 4:10-13
 Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.  I instruct you in the way of wisdom and lead you along straight paths.  When you walk, your steps will not be hampered; when you run, you will not stumble.  Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; guard it well, for it is your life.

So the one bit of good news.... are you ready...... All, I mean ALL, of Matthew's relatives are in agreement!!! Praise God, Matthew is officially released for us to adopt!!

Posted in: on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at at 10:17 AM 3 comments