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she is so worth it

It's happening, friends.Can you see it? The little girl who, just four short weeks ago, had no idea what joy meant.The sweet treasure who was locked away in a room for five years and knew nothing but misery, is now laughing and smiling all the time. She is so happy.Hailee's joy is being restored. Big time.She is learning how to have fun. She is soaking up life like a little sponge.  She … [Read more...]

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leaps and bounds

Hello from Virginia.  It sounds so good to finally be able to say that we are in our home state.  After a long drive yesterday, we eventually arrived in VA.  Today we have a short two hour drive and then we'll be HOME!  To say that I can hardly wait is an understatement. For those of you who have e-mailed me and asked, yes, we did used to live here--and now the Lord has brought … [Read more...]

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on the road

Well, well, well...here I finally am.  Goodness gracious, I honestly feel like I have just lost an entire week of my life.  While driving some ridiculous number of hours today I was counting on my fingers (because my math skills are totally pathetic) and reminding myself that we really did just get back from the Ukraine two and a half weeks ago.  It feels like three … [Read more...]

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crazy times

Thank you, sweet friends, for your love and support when I shared my heart in my last post.  Thank you for all the amazing comments and e-mails offering advice on different possibilities that Hailee could be struggling with.  I am still trying to make my way through all the e-mails.  Please know that we are so thankful that so many of you took the time to send us words of … [Read more...]

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healing rain

Sorry for the delay in posting this, friends.  I am seriously up to my eyeballs in packing.  Time seems to have run away from us--being so ridiculously far behind. We have just two more days to get everything done.  Yikes.Anyway.Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all the emails and comments I have received asking me about how Hailee is doing. I truly do appreciate your … [Read more...]

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homecoming

We're loving being home.  Loving every minute of it.  Things are crazy busy but amazingly wonderful.  There truly are no words to describe how blessed we feel that God chose to add Hailee and Harper to our family.  They are both just so completely adorable.  We love them with a passion and cannot imagine life without them. Our other children sure have been … [Read more...]

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today she’s five

Please forgive the lack of posting. Oh my goodness gracious--the last few days have been completely insane.We left Kharkiv on the train yesterday with Hailee and Harper's passports in hand. Their ticket out of the country. Oh happy day. Today we spent the day in Kiev getting their visas for entry into the U.S. Tonight we're exhausted! We got very little sleep after arriving so late last … [Read more...]