adoption Archives - 4onemore Homeschool with Moxie Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.4onemore.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Watermark-or-Favicon-Option-1-32x32.jpg adoption Archives - 4onemore 32 32 Our Adoption {Just Show Up} Story https://www.4onemore.com/our-adoption-just-show-up-story/ Wed, 07 Oct 2015 01:34:18 +0000 http://www.4onemore.com/?p=620 Our adoption story really begins and ends with grace. Through undeserved grace, God stepped into our lives when we were hopeless and needed forgiveness and made a way for us to be adopted into His family as sons and daughters. As our family began to grow, God burdened our hearts for the needs of the fatherless. […]

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]]> What a Difference a Family Makes! https://www.4onemore.com/what-a-difference-a-family-makes/ Tue, 16 Jun 2015 02:57:27 +0000 http://www.4onemore.com/?p=416 Anna Rakeb has been home for two months! She is growing, gaining weight, trying new foods, learning new words, and being loved and adored by her four brothers and mom and dad. God has rescued her from so much already and we can’t wait to see the story He will continue to write for her […]

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]]> 8 Adoption Fundraiser Ideas https://www.4onemore.com/8-adoption-fundraiser-ideas/ Sun, 26 Apr 2015 02:04:02 +0000 http://www.4onemore.com/?p=334 Our Anna Rakeb has been home from Ethiopia for just over 2 weeks now.  Lots of firsts, new experiences, and bonding going on at our house.  And I forgot how many messes toddlers can make in ten seconds flat! Now that we’re at the end of the adoption journey, we can look back and see […]

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]]> Forever Family https://www.4onemore.com/forever-family/ Tue, 14 Apr 2015 02:11:45 +0000 http://www.4onemore.com/?p=324 She’s home!

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]]> Ethiopia Adoption: Introducing our Anna Rakeb https://www.4onemore.com/ethiopia-adoption-introducing-our-anna-rakeb/ https://www.4onemore.com/ethiopia-adoption-introducing-our-anna-rakeb/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2015 13:34:04 +0000 http://www.4onemore.com/?p=299 Many, many thanks to our friends and family who have supported us in this journey through encouragement, prayers, financial gifts, and many other ways. Many of you have been following the progress of our puzzle fundraiser on Facebook this week.  We have been humbled by the amazing response and it is with thankful hearts that […]

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]]> https://www.4onemore.com/ethiopia-adoption-introducing-our-anna-rakeb/feed/ 3 snapshots of Ethiopia – Trip 1 Day 5 Court! https://www.4onemore.com/snapshots-of-ethiopia-trip-1-day-5-court/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 21:00:51 +0000 http://www.4onemore.com/?p=258 {Here’s Day 1, 2, 3 & 4} The purpose of this trip to Ethiopia was to, of course, finally meet our sweet girl.  But this trip is called the “Court Trip” because we officially and legally in Ethiopia went before a judge and adopted her!  She is our daughter now, even though we are home […]

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]]> snapshots of Ethiopia — First Trip Day 4 https://www.4onemore.com/snapshots-of-ethiopia-first-trip-day-4/ Sun, 22 Mar 2015 18:09:05 +0000 http://www.4onemore.com/?p=251 Just showing off my photos from our 4th day in Ethiopia!  Maybe by the time I’m done this little series, it will be time to go pick up our girl.  Then I will show you her face! So, with two days to prepare for our trip to Africa, we left our house in PA on […]

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]]> snapshots of Ethiopia – First Trip Day 3 https://www.4onemore.com/snapshots-of-ethiopia-first-trip-day-3/ https://www.4onemore.com/snapshots-of-ethiopia-first-trip-day-3/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2015 01:44:56 +0000 http://www.4onemore.com/?p=211 {In case you missed it, here is Day 1 & Day 2} We were excited to be finally going to bed early on Saturday night, since we had been up for over 30 hours.  It had been an emotional day as well — meeting our sweet girl for the very first time! So, at 1 […]

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]]> https://www.4onemore.com/snapshots-of-ethiopia-first-trip-day-3/feed/ 2 snapshots of Ethiopia – First Trip Day 2 https://www.4onemore.com/snapshots-of-ethiopia-first-trip-day-2/ Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:49:55 +0000 http://www.4onemore.com/?p=192 {This post is a continuation of my recap of our recent trip to Ethiopia to meet our girl and adopt her!  You can read about Day 1 here.} Saturday, February 21st The guest home is very nice for local standards. It has a gate, barbed wire, and a guard on duty all the time. The […]

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]]> snapshots of Ethiopia – First Trip Day 1 https://www.4onemore.com/snapshots-of-ethiopia-first-trip-day-1/ https://www.4onemore.com/snapshots-of-ethiopia-first-trip-day-1/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2015 02:33:26 +0000 http://www.4onemore.com/?p=171 Welcome, friend.  Come on in and grab a cup of coffee while I show you some snapshots from our recent court trip to Ethiopia~! Here’s how the week went down. On Tuesday February 17th at about 1:30pm, John calls me and says something to the effect of: “Are you sitting down? We need to be in […]

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