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 life. Thanks to all who… Read More

She’s home!

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 we announce that this final… Read More

{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 and she is still in… Read More

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 Thursday morning, February 19th, with… Read More

{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 a.m. on Sunday morning, we… Read More

{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 surrounding area is very poor,… Read More

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 Ethiopia THIS Saturday!!” What?? So… Read More

We were astounded two weeks ago to find out that we had barely two days to prepare for our first adoption trip to Ethiopia!  In the stressful process of getting documents ready to be updated, we had a phone call from our agency letting us know that we needed to be in the country ASAP.  Wow, the news we had been waiting… Read More

There’s a sweet little room in our house that has a sweet little bed layered with vintage quilts made by generations gone by.  This room is different from any room in our house.  True, I have four sons, and so Star Wars and hues of blue are more common around here than florals and pinks.  But this room is also… Read More