Overwhelming....

Hey...

Well, I have just recieved the application for Gladney and the dossier information for the Ethiopian govt. and I must say that we have to pay a lot of money, get a lot of papers notarized, request a lot of documents (marriage license, birth certificates, FBI clearances, etc) and get some doctor's visits and homestudy visits done very quickly....Need I say more?! I know that Drew and I can crank some of this stuff out pretty quickly if we focus on it and let God take the lead. The agency has told us in writing that we will become frustrated, mainly due to the delay and wait process of getting this paperwork done, not including the 6-10 months of waiting for a referral of a child! We are going to go into this with a clear head and lots of faith :) What else can we do?. Our goal at the end of this maze, is to bring a child into our loving home and give him/her the life they never would of dreamed of. FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS is the main goal right now....if anyone wants to pray for our paperwork to get done quickly and effectively, please feel free!

The picture is from our manual and is just a reminder that once we get all the little details done, we will get to travel to Ethiopia to pick up our child...YAY!!

We love you guys!

Love,

Jess

xo

Orientation

Hello. Hello.

Drew and I have just talked with the agency and had a great phone orientation! We have decided to leave our options available and adopt anywhere from a baby to toddler age. After talking to them, they told us how many babies they have that are in need...our prayer is that God leads us to one of those children. They also told us that they can try to speed some things up for us since Drew is deploying soon and how they will work with our family while he is gone....so exciting the doors God is opening up for us! We just scheduled our doctor appointments and feel ready for whatever comes our way at this point. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us and who have been supportive....we can't do this without God and without prayer and it is good to know we have awesome friends and family that continue to pray for us!
The next step is the application and I will hopefully be starting that on Monday....

More updates to come.

Jess & Drew
xoxoxo

Committed....

Hey everyone,
Drew and I have officially committed and started the beginning steps to adopting a child from Ethiopia! There are no words to express how excited we both are to become parents...We know the process is going to be long and probably frustrating but the end result is what we are looking forward to. There are so many kids throughout the world that need a loving home, and our goal is to give just that one child our love and support! Everyday for the past month we have been praying and thinking about our child-to-be...thanks to everyone who is supporting us and we will definitely keep everyone updated through our blog.

Jess