Good News!

We have good news to report ............ we have t-shirts!  (come on, were you really thinking we'd have THAT news??)  My brother-in-law, Jim, designed these awesome t-shirts for us and we just love them.  All of the proceeds made from these will be used to buy toys & supplies that we can leave at the orphanage in Ghana when we finally go and visit.  (hopefully we'll have enough to bring supplies on both of the trips we will need to take)  We hope you will consider wearing these with pride while you support orphans in Ghana.  They are super soft short sleeve t-shirts available in 4 colors.  Simply click on the link on the right side of the page to see them and shoot me an email to order.  Thanks again for your constant prayers and support of our adoption!

On a side note, the only news we have is that the Ghana government released a statement last week that said they hope to remove the temporary hold on adoptions around the end of the year.  They have made good strides in their reorganization of their adoption processes there and are continuing to move forward.  We trust the Lord has all of this timing and we will continue to (try) be patient in the mean time.

Thanks again!
Robin

Well, 3 weeks from today school starts up again for our kids.  This is the first year I will be sending all 3 kids to all day school.  *insert sobs here*  I didn't really have any problem sending the first two kids, but this last one is going to put me over the edge ... I'm going to miss my little buddy during the day!  And, honestly, I thought there was a chance we'd have kids home from Ghana by now to distract me from the fact that Cade wasn't around ... or I'd at least know the names of who we'd be preparing for.  But, again, the Lord has other plans and we are ok with that too.  We are still very eager to get "the phone call" but Greg & I have really felt a peace about the wait time lately.  Maybe the reality of the situation has finally hit us as we have finished our required training and now have been enlightened to the trauma, grief and hurt that our new kids have already experienced by loosing their first family and will experience by us dragging them to the other side of the world to new people, new rules, new language, new food, new smells.  We are these kid's 2nd choice ... not their 1st.  They will have experienced a loss that we cannot relate to, a hurt we've never known and we can only hope we will be able to lead them through their adjustments and grief process with the courage and love of Jesus.  For now, we will continue to read and research how to bond with adopted kids while we pray for our unknown children hurting and yearning to be loved on the other side of the world.

Truth be told, I had been holding off on updating pictures of our kids hoping to add one or two more adorable faces to the next group shot that we sprang for.  But, I've decided to take advantage of my photographer sister-in-law's visit next week and we are going to bite the bullet and get new pics taken.  So now I'm scrambling to find coordinating outfits that will work out of what we already have but I'm secretly hoping that this is all it takes to get the phone call with news of more kids joining our family.  :)

The latest update we received from our agency was good news:  they are continuing to work even though there is a temporary hold on adoptions in Ghana, there were referrals given out in July by our agency, and they are continuing to work with the government there to make sure all adoptions are ethical.  We are so grateful that there is a wonderful team of people on the ground in Ghana working for us and serving the same Lord.  From what we hear from people who have been there recently for court dates and to pick up their kids, these amazing individuals are overworked and understaffed but are working diligently to help us unite with children who need us.  I cannot wait to meet them.  They are truly carrying out Jesus' work on earth.

In the next few weeks we will be holding a little fundraiser.  My wonderful and talented brother-in-law, Jim, has designed a t-shirt for us.  They are really cool (at least I think so!) so you'll want to buy one for everyone in your family.  ;)  Still working with the printer so I'll let you know when we are ready with samples and we can take orders.

Thanks to everyone for your continued prayers.  Every time someone asks us how the process is going we love it, it let's us know you care and it let's us share our excitement ... even if we don't have any new information.  :)

Robin