"The desert will rejoice and bloom like a Wildflower"
Isaiah 35:1

So, where are we now?

Our baby girl's Visa application is in China! It takes the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China (picture below) 2 weeks to review Tahlia's visa app.(it was dropped off already), make sure it meets the qualifications for an immigrant visa, and then signs off that everything is in order for the adoption to be completed. This... Continue Reading →

a daughter’s reminder…..

So, we experienced a bit of a frustration with Immigration the beginning of this week when our "approval" was supposed to have been mailed and received by the Nat'l Visa center a week ago, and we realized it had spent days unnecessarily sitting on someone's desk.....just sitting there.....not going anywhere.So, after LOTS of phone calls,... Continue Reading →

AMERICA said YES!!!

As of October 7, 2011 our I800 approved!!!!!God is so awesome, we prayed that it would be approved last week.....and didn't get word till today that it WAS approved last week!!!! GOD IS SO faithful!WOOHOOO!!!We are so close to our girl now!! Our next step: waiting for our CABLE!what is cable, you ask??.Within 1-3 business... Continue Reading →

ebay!!

As you know the name, Tahlia, means little lamb in Hebrew............Well, been scoping on EBAY for cheap outfits.....came across this one.....yeah, she REALLY HAS to HAVE this!!AND....she MUST havethese SWEET tights!!!!OH SWEET JOY to be able to dress a little girl again (one who doesn't fight what to wear....not just yet!)Can't wait to bring my... Continue Reading →

one year ago today….

It was one year ago today, a very brave and desperate Chinese momma had to leave her sweet daughter, the baby girl who she nurtured for over 5 months, in front of an orphanage. I can NOT imagine the sadness, the terror, the emptiness that she must have felt to have to rip her precious... Continue Reading →

CELEBRATION and DREAMS COMING TRUE!

Thursday night was our night to celebrate our LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE!!!It was also the night we revealed to Isabella A VERY SPECIAL SECRET SURPRISE!MERRY CHRISTMAS ISABELLA, YOU ARE COMING TO CHINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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