Hi everyone,Sorry I have taken a while to post....my goodness, we feel like we have been travelling for days! We arrived in Beijing last night and leave in about three hours for Nanjing. The flight was okay, just long. It felt like we were doing the long haul flight from DC to Johannesburg...but this was shorter. Cade struggled, he was just tired. The novelty of going on an airplane wore off … [Read more...]

Our journey has begun :) We are in Denver, ready for a very early start in the morning. We live about two hours from the airport, so we are spending the night in a hotel. The last few days have been crazy busy, but we are finally almost on our way to China. My goodness, it was so hard to say goodbye to our boys....my heart just about broke. I know, the time will fly by. We are so excited, … [Read more...]

A few posts back I wrote about how amazing and faithful God has been throughout Haven's adoption. He truly has provided miraculously, it has been an incredible journey of God's faithfulness. God has used so many people to make this adoption possible. He has moved on the hearts of many and has provided manna every step of the way.I just wanted to express my gratitude to EVERYONE who has given … [Read more...]

I LOVE it....one week and 6 days! Hallelujah!!!!! We are so close now. My days are whizzing by. I am so excited to see my dad on Friday. We just never get to see any family, let alone those who live in South Africa. My kids still have absolutely no idea he is coming. I am so bad at keeping secrets, somehow this one has worked :) What a wonderful surprise for my treasures.My heart and … [Read more...]

I wanted to share with you a beautiful vision the Lord gave me yesterday. As I was praying for Haven the Lord showed me these huge hands. Cocooned inside them was a heart, nestled safely and protected by the strong hands that surrounded it. "I have Haven's heart, I am protecting it and shielding it until you get to her. I am preparing her heart for your arrival" said the Lord to my heart. I … [Read more...]

Isn't that what Jesus said we should have? Faith the size of a mustard seed. I have never seen a mustard seed, but I have heard that it is TINY. Today I sat looking over our finances for our trip to China, wondering if we had enough to cover all the costs. There seem to have been so many unexpected costs that we never budgeted for. Just last week while getting ready to submit our passports for … [Read more...]

It seems that we have finally sorted out our flight dilemma. It turns out that Monday the 15 September is some festival in China...Autumn Day (or something like that). Soooooooo our gotcha day can only be the next day, Tuesday 16. Another day to wait :) Actually, it works out okay as this means we can overnight in Beijing and get to Nanjing on Monday instead of some crazy hour Sunday night. … [Read more...]

Oh my.....we are almost there! Today we have just one more month before we have our precious Haven. She has only one month left in an orphanage. I wonder.....are the staff preparing her? Does she know we are coming? I really pray so. I pray that they are talking to her a lot about it. But, I know my God... I know that He is more than able to prepare her little heart. I know that He is more … [Read more...]