A New Chapter ...

As we close the chapter to our house fire and rebuild ... we are anxiously awaiting the opening of our new chapter ... bringing our little ones home from Ghana!!!

They have sweet smiles and button noses. Their eyes captured our hearts. For security reasons, they would be presented to us as Anna, age 4 and Max, age 2. (... more to follow on that ...)

"Were we interested?" "Would we want to be their mom and dad?" We couldn't and didn't say no.

On May 21, 2009 we officially submitted our retainer agreement with PfA for a sister and brother from Ghana. We were ecstatic ... we still are ecstatic. We can't wait to meet them! We look forward to visiting their country. Hugging them. Kissing them. Praying with them. Sharing our family and friends with them. We look forward to providing them with an opportunity at life they might not have within their own country. Are we scared? Yes. Are we nervous? Yes. We're going to be parents ... there is no manual for parenthood ... thus, we move forward in love and faith. God has given us two beautiful gifts!

We have classes to complete, a homestudy to present, documents to put together, passports to apply for, fingerprinting to be done, a Dossier to put together, letters to be written, autobiography's to write ... so many items to complete ... and money to raise.

We move forward in faith ... faith God will provide us the time, knowledge, and funds to bring our children home!