Thursday, 16 February 2012

Surprise, Surprise!!!! We`re adding to our tribe.

Yes, you read the title right.  We are planning on having more children, but not the way you think.  We have just begun the process of International Adoption from Haiti.  Robert and I have been praying and considering this for some time now, but are feeling that now is the right time.  We are excited, scared, anxious, but know that God is leading this and that if it is His will, everything will come together in His timing.

As you know, adoption, especially international adoption is a very long process and expensive.  Thus we started this blog to keep everyone informed of where we are in the process.  At this point in time, we are just now sending in the applications for the orphanage in Haiti and the adoption agency in the states.  Once they are in, then we have to do our Homestudy.  In normal situations, that wouldn`t be such a problem, but because we are living in Quebec as temporary residents on a Visitors Visa, it becomes a little more complicated.  Without going into great detail, please pray that the details of where, how and how to pay for a home study will work out in the next few months.

Exciting news, Robert, Haley, Maleah and myself will be travelling back to Haiti on March 2-10.  Robert and Haley will be working in Port au prince for 5 days helping Samaritans Purse with an orphanage they have there.  Maleah and I will travel straight to Cap Haitian where we will be helping at the orphanage that we want to adopt from. The last 2 days that we are there, Robert and Haley will join us there. Unfortunately, Zach and Lindsey are not able to join us for this trip because of school.  Please pray for us as we spend time with the children there and that God would give us a sense of what child/children we are to adopt.