A Confession on Keeping It Quiet

Readers of our blog will not be unaccustomed to a lack of adoption news. Over the past year there has certainly been a lack of news, and that has made "Our Adoption Adventure" more like "Our Non-Adoption Adventure." Well, lately there has been some news, but we have been slow to share that because we have shared so many times before things that have not panned out, and we were getting really sick of that. However, we have been slowly telling family and friends, so now it seems our news should make its blog premier. So here it goes...

As you know, back in the first of September we entered the Ethiopian adoption program. The director of the agency happened to be on her way to Ethiopia, and she promised to find us a child (or children). Well...she found us twin 3-year-old girls. We have seen pictures and some video of the girls, and tonight we received their medical reports, which came back healthy.

We are still hesitant to get our hopes up due to our past experience, but we want to share our good news with family and friends and ask you to pray with us that we will be able to bring these girls home. Here they are, making their blog premier:

Candle Party for Adoption

To help us with our adoption expenses (which somehow keep mounting), my sister Jen offered to throw me a candle party. She sells Mia Bella candles and all the proceeds from our party are going towards our adoption. We had a great time and had about 15 ladies (and several kids) show up. It was a great celebration of friendship and adoption. Everyone seem to have a great time, including the little ones who proved our house is not child-proof yet. Thanks to everyone who ordered candles and helped us get one step closer to completing our dream of adoption.

Keep Your Options Open

Documents Headed to D.C.

Our dossier is complete and authenticated by the state of Kentucky. It is on its way now to Washington, D.C. Hopefully, by next week it will be on its way to Ethiopia. Yay!

Caesar Likes to Rest His Chin

Caesar enjoying a cool September morning on the porch

So...Now We Try Ethiopia

With no foreseeable movement in Uganda or Guatemala and with our previous adoption paperwork expiring, we began prayerfully considering the possibility of trying another adoption program while we wait. We have officially entered an adoption program through Ethiopia. There isn't much we can tell you right now...we are pretty wide open with age and gender. We won't be matched with a child until all our paperwork is sent in, which we are feverishly working on right now. We hope to have our paperwork (dossier) submitted by next week. Please pray with us that this will move forward quickly and that we will not singlehandedly shut down another country's adoption program. (We kid, we kid. But seriously...)

Amy's New Job

Amy had her last day of work at Asbury College this week. She is now working full-time as an adoption caseworker for Adoption Assistance, Inc, doing homestudies and post-placements for adopting families. We are very excited about this new opportunity for Amy to work in a field about which she is so passionate.