I am still blogging ‘light’ over here, peeps– sorry. This business of bringing in TWO kids at once has just kept me running! For the latest from the Owlhaven today, try my Ethiopia Adoption Blog. And don’t give up on me!
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Please don’t miss this post — True confessions about the bottom line.
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Sorry things are so quiet here right now. I am up to my ears in children these days, but wanted to remind you that I am sharing the story of our journey to our new girls over at my Ethiopia Adoption Blog! God is gracious….
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“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families.” Psalm 68: 5-6
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I woke up at 6:30 this morning thinking, “The day after tomorrow. We leave for Ethiopia to get our girls the day after tomorrow.” I tried to doze back off to sleep, hoping to add another hour to my sleep ‘bank’ before we head off on the 24 hour trip to a time zone...
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…of traveling to bring home our girls in August, posting here may be a little spotty during the first half of the month. However, I am planning to post travel updates and stories over on my Ethiopian Adoption Blog if time — and tetchy Ethiopian phone lines– allow it. So if you want the...
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My heart is so much with our girls right now. They have so many changes coming. So little in their lives will stay the same. There’s so much to learn, so much to adjust to…. I would really appreciate prayer for our whole family, but especially for them. Most of all I am praying...
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…we may have become the legal parents of two more children….or not… No news yet. (deep breath….praying hard.)
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I’ve discovered a strange side effect to adopting older children. You start looking around at your life, and get the urge to spruce things up a bit. Strange things. Last night the little kids and I could be seen pulling weeds around the woodpile. Today I have every intention of restacking the dumb thing....
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…COURT DATE!! On June 29th our adoption case will be heard in court in Ethiopia!! Pray everything goes well and that we pass on our first attempt. 16 days.
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