tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59792039706883894072024-02-18T18:07:02.441-08:00Make a Way for Michal (Me-Call)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-87417869238657770202016-01-14T19:18:00.001-08:002016-01-18T17:49:49.753-08:00One Year LaterWow! Time flies! This past year has been filled with joy and lots of HARD WORK! <div><br></div><div>When we met Michal, she could not walk, she could not talk, she had no teeth, she had never eaten food other than mush, the only automobile she had ever been in is the bus that brought her to us, she had never been on a plan, and didn't understand English. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdFZyqvOEEB4-HOpW_w87GTbi1eWDZkhICalnJJOYWJHlU0dtt4Mb24xOkj6aBSv7ehVDI-dJHi4PtZnnw324AjmgBFJwdm2ol9svk_jEJwaE5L5lp8nBJ01lgT2-Mg0qwzJbjlaQMZXS/s640/blogger-image-1602635467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQdFZyqvOEEB4-HOpW_w87GTbi1eWDZkhICalnJJOYWJHlU0dtt4Mb24xOkj6aBSv7ehVDI-dJHi4PtZnnw324AjmgBFJwdm2ol9svk_jEJwaE5L5lp8nBJ01lgT2-Mg0qwzJbjlaQMZXS/s640/blogger-image-1602635467.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>She was walking within 1 month of being home. She was in physical therapy for about 3 months to help get her hips to rotate and to get everything moving like it should. She was stiff from being stuck in a crib her whole life. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcnfciPsrZwzI8DEZh1JsMLi6fxeJDB-l2dbPfBekGZgCOeHYV8Dxm9cNr_wjngVgNo8LC1tYFD0F6B41sHRyUjTfBjbpjv-lw6L1AAjxIGrd2CmHptxwq1Ad9YQS9MMXzli11RsQYoqJ/s640/blogger-image-1197626269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPcnfciPsrZwzI8DEZh1JsMLi6fxeJDB-l2dbPfBekGZgCOeHYV8Dxm9cNr_wjngVgNo8LC1tYFD0F6B41sHRyUjTfBjbpjv-lw6L1AAjxIGrd2CmHptxwq1Ad9YQS9MMXzli11RsQYoqJ/s640/blogger-image-1197626269.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">She had her first birthday party in July! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGWHeB0JOPTPM9VOv7rxcoOSTkkVIgvKW8OWipAqYhv8oUG1VKpVPoF5EShGkTJdgLdlLBP0pEIDv_w74UK62wR8BAeaOcfqSvVBHm83KZ5TZ7fEqI9HkFj7kRK3bvcaXVyJ-ZdhmX-0d/s640/blogger-image--1304702365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPGWHeB0JOPTPM9VOv7rxcoOSTkkVIgvKW8OWipAqYhv8oUG1VKpVPoF5EShGkTJdgLdlLBP0pEIDv_w74UK62wR8BAeaOcfqSvVBHm83KZ5TZ7fEqI9HkFj7kRK3bvcaXVyJ-ZdhmX-0d/s640/blogger-image--1304702365.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Michal was talking within just A few months of being home, and now, her language skills are probably that of a 3 1/2 year old! Bam! That's how Mama rolls! A big thanks to Mrs.Stacy (Michal's PAID Speech Therapist. Lol!) and Mrs. Cheryl her Special Instructor.</span></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtbicdvma_pZ5VGpYDoBChzq5a6BUY6EiCip0swVTPnmIigAdHnn6AJfCUa7RjYzVo20BQ_zRGTrL5rwq8GDubtki3QMByPdwVC7-ppxUERG5iXUplu0hGU0CwXridH-9F7mClB-6qaCl/s640/blogger-image-1722990746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtbicdvma_pZ5VGpYDoBChzq5a6BUY6EiCip0swVTPnmIigAdHnn6AJfCUa7RjYzVo20BQ_zRGTrL5rwq8GDubtki3QMByPdwVC7-ppxUERG5iXUplu0hGU0CwXridH-9F7mClB-6qaCl/s640/blogger-image-1722990746.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">She has also come leaps and bounds with her articulation, but it will take a good while for her to be 100% clear because of having an incomplete palate for 2 years.</span></div><div><br></div><div>She finally got her palate repaired in August after we struggled with some respiratory issues that prevented her surgery in June. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiykvntWy1YMMV2AGcUQ-7ZH_XMfnWK06EQ7cYOSSyL101LMLx5MukRgkkZz2NzRXxZ51O79Edx4CJOVY0B2cwBVyJS-gRDLXxaUulUXO1IkBPhgkpfo3Nrz9dJdgMuCXfndtfZsU-bvLnJ/s640/blogger-image--1791889742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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What a package! We will never be bored and we are OH SO BLESSED to have Michal for our daughter!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">These pictures tell it all!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1tK7AC8UhRwyDkFUmxXTKL5nv-WLcwc2bmjJQGiPV8T-Y3FMTXaPWOMgFC0mM8TfLhi42p9BNPLBEB-jXQUeR9-sZhhKU6K29hzHVtxPLnJt-Y4HbXGo9EIVe81kMOajAYzegGCoFeIJ/s640/blogger-image--1090989852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx1tK7AC8UhRwyDkFUmxXTKL5nv-WLcwc2bmjJQGiPV8T-Y3FMTXaPWOMgFC0mM8TfLhi42p9BNPLBEB-jXQUeR9-sZhhKU6K29hzHVtxPLnJt-Y4HbXGo9EIVe81kMOajAYzegGCoFeIJ/s640/blogger-image--1090989852.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSoKNGlBYuEDvLjS0H05jGWUFC3xwmtaRT2JwIYnc1QeIXm7AmQpCFor-Tca6wGPK4ZSObL9lhMS5WfPo4eW_eu63JTemahUxCNQbGeI7r81nqyw0n9cPbZamZVutj-Fw4tVno6rczITB/s640/blogger-image-190469984.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimSoKNGlBYuEDvLjS0H05jGWUFC3xwmtaRT2JwIYnc1QeIXm7AmQpCFor-Tca6wGPK4ZSObL9lhMS5WfPo4eW_eu63JTemahUxCNQbGeI7r81nqyw0n9cPbZamZVutj-Fw4tVno6rczITB/s640/blogger-image-190469984.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-26057132090054668322015-03-17T13:23:00.001-07:002015-03-17T13:23:19.945-07:00First weeks home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In Zhengzhou they allow mopeds on the same sidewalks where pedestrians walk. It is extremely dangerous. The car traffic is insane. There is no waiting, stopping, or yielding. When you want to go, you just go. The only thing that keeps them out of wrecks is, no one wants to get in a wreck because it is very hard to prove the wreck was someone else's fault. Y</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">ou don't get paid for the damages. So, in the midst of all the crazy driving you rarely see an accident.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Our first stop in China was Beijing. The purpose in being there was understanding Chinese heritage. They like you too have a good understanding of the country your child comes from. After experiencing it, I feel like the knowledge and experience we gained will be very important for us to be able to share with Michal.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-63067876576099815522015-01-21T00:49:00.001-08:002015-01-21T00:52:51.743-08:00Finding PlaceWe went to Michal's "finding place" today. That is a nicer way of saying, the place where her parent(s) abandoned her. I wasn't sure that I wanted to go see her finding place, and I really wasn't sure how I would feel when I got there.<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0asfvs5gIuRfrUjZWqqIy1UMGO03kYfPBrfBV8C_sMDoQqyMlxMUrtsBGgmIsKs9UNbEDVKkbzs_h0kaOsoVBe_5-UnqF__PWDKKATyWuhT13eeTW5MLAg6TROjCO1V89HdXA9_01Fjeq/s640/blogger-image-1920844291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0asfvs5gIuRfrUjZWqqIy1UMGO03kYfPBrfBV8C_sMDoQqyMlxMUrtsBGgmIsKs9UNbEDVKkbzs_h0kaOsoVBe_5-UnqF__PWDKKATyWuhT13eeTW5MLAg6TROjCO1V89HdXA9_01Fjeq/s640/blogger-image-1920844291.jpg"></a></div>This bus stop (right behind the blue car) on the side of this VERY busy, dirty street was where her parent(s) walked away and left there 1 day old little girl. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>I FELT ANGRY.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I know the reasons they left her were probably many. I pray they didn't feel good about leaving her there. I am glad it was not winter like it is today with bitter cold. I try to understand that her parents probably just 'did what they had to do'. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Maybe they are poor. They probably knew they could not afford to repair her cleft lip and palate. Maybe her mom was even having trouble feeding her. Maybe they feared if they kept her, she would die because she couldn't eat or because they couldn't afford to feed her. Maybe her family already had another child and so she would have put there family over the limit for the number of kids the government will allow them to have without fines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Reasons. Reasons. They all stink.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Christians are called to love children. ALL children. It is crapy that life makes that really hard some times. It stinks that money, man-made rules, and fear made it where my little girl had to be left on the side of the road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99-0tWPoxPH1VSDMEagyGlHq_dqDo_izPaR0c5ozjJCAhteVsMAf_kMJOBF_l9hSsl43La2lkSvKXj8czJ_U7eyfaeWrWrjVAbkovEiFSvhVBXuykV-03a52Iy2WSdlIQTYEI0aJtauOa/s640/blogger-image-1430830481.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99-0tWPoxPH1VSDMEagyGlHq_dqDo_izPaR0c5ozjJCAhteVsMAf_kMJOBF_l9hSsl43La2lkSvKXj8czJ_U7eyfaeWrWrjVAbkovEiFSvhVBXuykV-03a52Iy2WSdlIQTYEI0aJtauOa/s640/blogger-image-1430830481.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The two street names for the intersection where the bus stop is.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBaxKNfLj5qinMGT0X0206SxblF4nGBSHx7KAG67OVJLi1EFhJKeB_h1qyfCm90OJzwzAEZSCSW09ChBJfbTsMnAM-wG_l0ZASHohleCGo46pB4HsPMggCpEXTFGa8gAOrLIstrmUMN-x/s640/blogger-image-260299892.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrBaxKNfLj5qinMGT0X0206SxblF4nGBSHx7KAG67OVJLi1EFhJKeB_h1qyfCm90OJzwzAEZSCSW09ChBJfbTsMnAM-wG_l0ZASHohleCGo46pB4HsPMggCpEXTFGa8gAOrLIstrmUMN-x/s640/blogger-image-260299892.jpg"></a></div>So, if I ask myself, "Where was God that day?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I quickly know the answer. He was right there. He saw it all. He knew she was going to be left before it happened. He loved her then. He loves her now! Michal is <b>HIS</b> baby first and foremost. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>I know God cried that day.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>I know God protected her from all those speeding cars. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>He kept her away from any evil person that may have hurt her.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> He got her safely to the orphanage that has kept her alive, healthy, repaired her lip, and that hopefully gave her some love too for the past 17 mths.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">That day as she was being left, as she was laying there alone, so small,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><u>God knew we were already on our way to get her!!</u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><u><br></u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>He had been calling us to adopt for YEARS by that time </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>We had already been working on her adoption paper work for 4 1/2 months by that time. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>We had been praying for her for 4 1/2 months by that time. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We prayed <b>every </b>night for God to protect, provide for her and love on her. We prayed that if there were no humans that would/could care for her, that He would send angels to care for her.<b>We know that He did!</b> How do we know? Because in our lives, we have experienced a God is who is:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Faithful</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Loving</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Powerful </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Never fails</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Omnipresent: </b>He was with us, and with her everyday!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Her Daddy!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Our God hates what happened to her, but </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><b>OUR GOD REDEEMS!!!</b></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIx__krbxhRT2igGSMDrPeJ497iFyksbhyphenhyphen9Wpzv_163zQSXqB84hZcx7lfaR5NvZZZV0FuhQHj3RZj0sP7shRRcnp9kh2ymsG_JfDkCMkt-Cmx4XfnMgoS5b1N20H4_G7Wykc0xmHEWhq/s640/blogger-image--675141751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIx__krbxhRT2igGSMDrPeJ497iFyksbhyphenhyphen9Wpzv_163zQSXqB84hZcx7lfaR5NvZZZV0FuhQHj3RZj0sP7shRRcnp9kh2ymsG_JfDkCMkt-Cmx4XfnMgoS5b1N20H4_G7Wykc0xmHEWhq/s640/blogger-image--675141751.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div>Our God sets the lonely in families!</b></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANLs-WQMBIM_ymsXbRBClpHD7-FwjrpGpW_thTONdzqtFv-hWG-0qNgB4B9TF5-B4FvH5CQnD0rSt6tPf30nwrlfNIABUzWjuBl0y8w5OjKrO5ii_qsqgTuPp3EGikDy85uL0HnghShIp/s640/blogger-image--1087655585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiANLs-WQMBIM_ymsXbRBClpHD7-FwjrpGpW_thTONdzqtFv-hWG-0qNgB4B9TF5-B4FvH5CQnD0rSt6tPf30nwrlfNIABUzWjuBl0y8w5OjKrO5ii_qsqgTuPp3EGikDy85uL0HnghShIp/s640/blogger-image--1087655585.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div>Our God gives great gifts! Blessings!</b></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><b><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34le0r3n4b0LiwJo4STb7YG668Poqt4VOqySyb2OUjs8v6la6gaSATgvDkIgLF6k_8A2pOVdymB-evnimsbq0PVe92GIoMwdckKkl5NKRsNWJWGl8e2OYvuiZsGFCtGUfHL5ted4TV8lr/s640/blogger-image--1773288168.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi34le0r3n4b0LiwJo4STb7YG668Poqt4VOqySyb2OUjs8v6la6gaSATgvDkIgLF6k_8A2pOVdymB-evnimsbq0PVe92GIoMwdckKkl5NKRsNWJWGl8e2OYvuiZsGFCtGUfHL5ted4TV8lr/s640/blogger-image--1773288168.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></b></font></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">I get to look at this beautiful face every day! I get to watch her grow and fulfill all God's plans for her life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxBPCoBsIlMaux_7_tI9iBND0eK-AIzk-ovxupPuU8BpHN4Khyphenhyphen03tjPq_PD8x0hH3V7Z0hY_LEIO3LRMsVZv6T-WYM-1GTlggfdabdQ33NTqcy1IrBske2ymRDX8AnHbrQJO2BpIhNIVu/s640/blogger-image--1916418016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUxBPCoBsIlMaux_7_tI9iBND0eK-AIzk-ovxupPuU8BpHN4Khyphenhyphen03tjPq_PD8x0hH3V7Z0hY_LEIO3LRMsVZv6T-WYM-1GTlggfdabdQ33NTqcy1IrBske2ymRDX8AnHbrQJO2BpIhNIVu/s640/blogger-image--1916418016.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>I get to wipe this sticky, sucker covered face and tell her I love her, and about how much God loves her. I get to tell her all that He has done for her. I get to assure her that He will continue to be faithful!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We also get to make her a citizen of the GREATEST country on earth! A country where she will be free!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Wow! What an honor and a part of His plan!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b><br></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-51134509371806353182015-01-08T14:08:00.001-08:002016-01-14T18:38:44.648-08:00Made it to NYC!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">In Savannah earlier today, my dad and Matthew's dad, as well as our good friends Terri, Carolyn, and Lexi came out to the Savanna Hilton head international airport to see us off!!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNIzJzPoD8bJnhAh4E5poV-Z9B69rcXp4KWfXLf9Xrzpz44oPZUTSVfwM0afJHp3S0w7vQINfrJOmTpObaMHcXccbUqkBS__7Z7C450rdccVUI4I2YQXsv2NQYl2ptWV6634MwHqE_4G_/s640/blogger-image--947545905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNIzJzPoD8bJnhAh4E5poV-Z9B69rcXp4KWfXLf9Xrzpz44oPZUTSVfwM0afJHp3S0w7vQINfrJOmTpObaMHcXccbUqkBS__7Z7C450rdccVUI4I2YQXsv2NQYl2ptWV6634MwHqE_4G_/s640/blogger-image--947545905.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiWhsVleXRsC-qy_TsdoBH2pT0EOfRw2QuoIaw-BkzdJqC8MDtElm0qUS08w8ku3-eVcdoy55g-xaBa8NZiX75s6-cAnYiWcOQIa3YuqRnhTvJlGpYa4k-qm2cYxniXLRPuqcGKDQqOq2/s640/blogger-image-2044562006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiWhsVleXRsC-qy_TsdoBH2pT0EOfRw2QuoIaw-BkzdJqC8MDtElm0qUS08w8ku3-eVcdoy55g-xaBa8NZiX75s6-cAnYiWcOQIa3YuqRnhTvJlGpYa4k-qm2cYxniXLRPuqcGKDQqOq2/s640/blogger-image-2044562006.jpg"></a></div><b>Jackson insisted on pushing the luggage cart himself! </b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnDPCVwza9r-lcin_JuvRdK4Mnx9HNtbgzxpPtC5w-DsPR8VVYl83j9zc0DGeAleKWOY4k8AMHPYVn7faJbjcwUPKobwAcOU3coYEzZkel_SM3wqEBA8G8iGEp100iEMx78x73GswOToC/s640/blogger-image--1840761272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJnDPCVwza9r-lcin_JuvRdK4Mnx9HNtbgzxpPtC5w-DsPR8VVYl83j9zc0DGeAleKWOY4k8AMHPYVn7faJbjcwUPKobwAcOU3coYEzZkel_SM3wqEBA8G8iGEp100iEMx78x73GswOToC/s640/blogger-image--1840761272.jpg"></a></div>Bye Daddy!</b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirI-mNfq2Vkgs7ojBkJn7JZyTh9Bsmy8QmTk-HpXMxTQMFBYEHh5l2xUVBKKy9V5WMLUEBVH1Cl4oyH9_pRb3LlDXJKAAZePJeIqWzTeRfTmdYIFz6MZZkN4Nf8djt4e6NbHotogN3-Ah3/s640/blogger-image-312857919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirI-mNfq2Vkgs7ojBkJn7JZyTh9Bsmy8QmTk-HpXMxTQMFBYEHh5l2xUVBKKy9V5WMLUEBVH1Cl4oyH9_pRb3LlDXJKAAZePJeIqWzTeRfTmdYIFz6MZZkN4Nf8djt4e6NbHotogN3-Ah3/s640/blogger-image-312857919.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswfGM-GFNqpT8qff_cl-7znPM4674qwNVFnUp-466O2uesU9Q1owKo_iOERUG2ajV99qEWFuzb5suky1rHbcavHkZwo1zWELa7DS57-1DIsc7h6gmniyuUnmOoWBedCpS9BR1k_RXw3W4/s640/blogger-image-2069131084.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswfGM-GFNqpT8qff_cl-7znPM4674qwNVFnUp-466O2uesU9Q1owKo_iOERUG2ajV99qEWFuzb5suky1rHbcavHkZwo1zWELa7DS57-1DIsc7h6gmniyuUnmOoWBedCpS9BR1k_RXw3W4/s640/blogger-image-2069131084.jpg"></a></div>Bye Mom!</b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmFIR2EIiorqGQJi-56a6KjOqn5ah7XqbEizZ0TlIJ7OW8eq9Rm-B9fjVf46ZzbZK47Or3b80pPaqcuuQiZsyqSD7SbPM5WtXKCW3k-pyiVwPwnnKWO6Vyaa9Q14hUNHlo0Jw0jbA6S2u/s640/blogger-image--589887531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmmFIR2EIiorqGQJi-56a6KjOqn5ah7XqbEizZ0TlIJ7OW8eq9Rm-B9fjVf46ZzbZK47Or3b80pPaqcuuQiZsyqSD7SbPM5WtXKCW3k-pyiVwPwnnKWO6Vyaa9Q14hUNHlo0Jw0jbA6S2u/s640/blogger-image--589887531.jpg"></a></div>Friends to see us off! Thanks Palmer/Rockwells!</b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsR3Ar-pwHsUU8n73Cciuj-7CB3uO7it9MlRNyKgVvOY0dfvTf_mO9yeVaSdGQHk0VFx8aSTtQ2vDrVKdrrgJNWVfzJYq8wg9-xSG697f-901NqjZvJc24dk5hp37aALay_sTUB6sZ0YIA/s640/blogger-image--256005797.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsR3Ar-pwHsUU8n73Cciuj-7CB3uO7it9MlRNyKgVvOY0dfvTf_mO9yeVaSdGQHk0VFx8aSTtQ2vDrVKdrrgJNWVfzJYq8wg9-xSG697f-901NqjZvJc24dk5hp37aALay_sTUB6sZ0YIA/s640/blogger-image--256005797.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylF5bV7objA0fEq6QojsUK7IX_7egsl4Avy8ZT-cOcOTHYTbYPRXRCjap2bZ9nfCLe5DAUFjoEo5PP0W13XOfxJX4MVUNzujAV0AyR8t4MZefP4uLEnWAgYNbWi8VZfixBihykAC_8mmw/s640/blogger-image-94886118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylF5bV7objA0fEq6QojsUK7IX_7egsl4Avy8ZT-cOcOTHYTbYPRXRCjap2bZ9nfCLe5DAUFjoEo5PP0W13XOfxJX4MVUNzujAV0AyR8t4MZefP4uLEnWAgYNbWi8VZfixBihykAC_8mmw/s640/blogger-image-94886118.jpg"></a></div>On the plane headed for NYC!</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXhSu0XUdS1ETfm6J-3Rhg3YegSYUFn3c2W1S8XbAYGZY8Df0sL642XTN8LwdAh591r-jIGz1GH66gk1vtK08v7QwOybCnuNp6xMihX8TbakaOLikbX1QIrNnkShhVYNKrkifAVAGJarP/s640/blogger-image-1309604135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXhSu0XUdS1ETfm6J-3Rhg3YegSYUFn3c2W1S8XbAYGZY8Df0sL642XTN8LwdAh591r-jIGz1GH66gk1vtK08v7QwOybCnuNp6xMihX8TbakaOLikbX1QIrNnkShhVYNKrkifAVAGJarP/s640/blogger-image-1309604135.jpg"></a></div>We made it! Next plan to Korea leaves at midnight.</b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-57365010348237952192015-01-08T03:39:00.001-08:002015-01-08T03:39:13.513-08:00Travel Day!!!!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzlaQQKKL62X5WJ8SCxeO9jVbc93syakH3SDYR0Wuqim-AafQf8TTUSQdieKUCqSWLo6HkoSAQATWt1KbL5JZiSuTOYUtACyU_AmqL88BKpurMSjENdWnQR8pye9VHBjXTYK30D19Ww4n/s640/blogger-image--618552460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzlaQQKKL62X5WJ8SCxeO9jVbc93syakH3SDYR0Wuqim-AafQf8TTUSQdieKUCqSWLo6HkoSAQATWt1KbL5JZiSuTOYUtACyU_AmqL88BKpurMSjENdWnQR8pye9VHBjXTYK30D19Ww4n/s640/blogger-image--618552460.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>Today at 5:59 pm we will leave Savannah and fly to New York City on the first leg of our journey. We will land in New York City around 8 PM. We have a four hour layover. We will leave New York about 12 midnight and when we arrived in Korea it will be 5 AM <b>Saturday. </b><div><br></div><div>We will journey on to China on 1/15 after a few days stay with friends in Korea.<br><div><br></div><div><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><i>Because our Internet connection may not be very good while we are out of the country I probably won't be updating the blog regularly.</i></b></div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div><b><i>I will be making post to a secret page I created on Facebook called </i>Journey to Michal. </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>If you are on Facebook and would like to be added to that page please message me and I will be glad to add you.</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>Please pray for good flying weather, flights that run safely and on time. Pray for peace and joy for us. Pray we will have patients with airports and van rides. Pray we will be content no matter where we are! Please pray God will prepare Michal for all the transitions and experiences she will soon face. Please pray for our sons as we will be away from us for three weeks. Please pray for their grandma and poppy is they will be taking care of the boys.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you all for your prayers and support.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-87763359125238146312015-01-03T17:47:00.001-08:002015-01-03T18:06:29.669-08:00Packing, Travel Count & Surgery Research<div><b>Count Down:</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><u><i>Wow! 4 days until we get on the plane!!!</i></u><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-XjOq0W-BbjSh7U0EIz8lM90uDH8gx5JQWL8JTIUuYdJmBgeLP9WkQBMbka6A0tX48J60451jSXcwGNnEuUozJGyzhELRxljA-9WTWMu7589nXJvTCn2-xoOnnq6g7YpC6AbFvG88cWN/s640/blogger-image-1256808738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-XjOq0W-BbjSh7U0EIz8lM90uDH8gx5JQWL8JTIUuYdJmBgeLP9WkQBMbka6A0tX48J60451jSXcwGNnEuUozJGyzhELRxljA-9WTWMu7589nXJvTCn2-xoOnnq6g7YpC6AbFvG88cWN/s640/blogger-image-1256808738.jpg"></a></div><b> This is our actual plane!</b></div><div><br></div><div>It is still unbelievable. After 20 mths. We finally get to go get Michal!</div><div><br></div><div><u><b>We know our Gottcha Day will be January 19th. That is the day they will finally put Michal in our arms!</b></u></div><div><u><b><br></b></u></div><div><u><b>Our Consulate appointment will be January 29th. That is the day she gets her passport and visa so we can finally bring her to America!!!</b></u></div><div><u><b><br></b></u></div><div><b><u>Big days ahead!!!</u></b></div><div><br></div><div><b>Korea:</b></div><div>We will start our journey in Korea:</div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKs49KJZ8jOM1AR0cRvWdCicCA6ben0twc09Yi5FBxOlUsSDgweNKnd6Te5vYKUt8taCvwOBba7XvkpsqUfyzvKvofyY33CPDlR-iy_qGr03VuevmIxK7MeHvrnCP1qPxItJP2rh3UjH4/s640/blogger-image-1304494369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKs49KJZ8jOM1AR0cRvWdCicCA6ben0twc09Yi5FBxOlUsSDgweNKnd6Te5vYKUt8taCvwOBba7XvkpsqUfyzvKvofyY33CPDlR-iy_qGr03VuevmIxK7MeHvrnCP1qPxItJP2rh3UjH4/s640/blogger-image-1304494369.jpg"></a></div><br></b></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Since our plane was going to land in Korea anyway, we don't need a Visa to stay less than 90 days, and we have friends we can stay with in Korea, we decided tospend a few days with Tim & Xay, some of our Sycamore Church family! </span></div><div><br></div><div>They were staying at our house the day we started this adoption journey. They moved to Korea a short time after that. </div><div><br></div><div>They have been waiting patiently for us to come to their side of the world!</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>Packing:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Packing is well in hand! We are just picking up a few odds and ends now. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Matthew packed most of his clothes today. I pulled out a lot of mine the other day, but I will try on outfits and make sure I have all I need tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div>We packed a good many snacks, clothes, and toddler gear for Michal.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Researching China:</b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6x_yEr1a7RBtq0WqGziHlClpgY_03fVuOHY0LQNhdywOTpPDqhijAnUA_-ehd7Lm8XXawn9fxPEVmhzwl_BYogp0nU6VElDiNE5-3Wxo_Rme-tm8xjL5kKJH7aL_OQbQjaL16sey9jywD/s640/blogger-image-1856250408.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6x_yEr1a7RBtq0WqGziHlClpgY_03fVuOHY0LQNhdywOTpPDqhijAnUA_-ehd7Lm8XXawn9fxPEVmhzwl_BYogp0nU6VElDiNE5-3Wxo_Rme-tm8xjL5kKJH7aL_OQbQjaL16sey9jywD/s640/blogger-image-1856250408.jpg"></a></div></b></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Matthew has us researching China every night via You Tube!! We have been doing that for months.</span></div><div><br></div><div>We have developed a whole new group of friends via Facebook that have traveled to China before us to adopt children. We also had dinner last night with a family that returned from adopting their daughter from China two months ago. They answered even more questions for us.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Researching Surgery:</b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSgOoSji8pvRUhCq9P2WSZHwA46jy5m8KJJzjjHeRW1zccN_Yt1lMMW7PaRMBXbzneRpyi3_EX3l5jH2xFr8Y7frh2mT5783zvtjZBaM3kZKvFfW3cujrq2nCpDGKuJiSUhGsCBxvGOZq/s640/blogger-image--1053380329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSgOoSji8pvRUhCq9P2WSZHwA46jy5m8KJJzjjHeRW1zccN_Yt1lMMW7PaRMBXbzneRpyi3_EX3l5jH2xFr8Y7frh2mT5783zvtjZBaM3kZKvFfW3cujrq2nCpDGKuJiSUhGsCBxvGOZq/s640/blogger-image--1053380329.jpg"></a></div></b></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We have been told for month by our friend who is a Shriner that we would be able to get Michal's surgery through the Shriner's Hospital in Cinncinati for free. We were not sure if that would really work. However</span><b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">, I spoke to the Shriners today and they assured me that Michal's surgery, as well as our travel cost and hotel stay will indeed be free every time Michal needs surgery</b><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">. They assured me, we will never see a bill. </span></div><div><br></div><div>We will start making official plans for her surgery on Monday. It is exciting to know we can move forward with lining up the surgery she need without concern about what our insurance will and won't pay for!! It is also wonderful to know be won't paying for costly surgeries for years to come! <b>What huge blessings!</b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-64745174466911890592014-12-31T20:53:00.001-08:002014-12-31T21:06:44.278-08:00Overwhelmed by God's Love & Faithfulness<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgor0CLJPNq6A_E9YfZw2nMht6DaO_Mb-yPnyALhmmyXCMwGR-MLvtDP2givQTZmxr_9tw5DOkc91N2IPKMMRruSobMjskuJsptUZ2xVagDewlDDVgbXqqV64GIpcNCjXisz87su4lwGDuK/s640/blogger-image-828763378.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgor0CLJPNq6A_E9YfZw2nMht6DaO_Mb-yPnyALhmmyXCMwGR-MLvtDP2givQTZmxr_9tw5DOkc91N2IPKMMRruSobMjskuJsptUZ2xVagDewlDDVgbXqqV64GIpcNCjXisz87su4lwGDuK/s640/blogger-image-828763378.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>Today was one of those days God just really showed up and showed me who He is, how much He loves Matthew & I, and Michal.<div><br></div><div>Over and over He shows up to remind us that Michal's adoption is ALL His idea and He will be FAITHFUL to COMPLETE it!</div><div><br></div><div>My Aunt Rebecca share the song "Overwhelmed" by Big Daddy Weave a few weeks ago. I liked the song then, but today I received it as a total gift from God! I pray you will really worship Him for all that He is and His totally amazing love!</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://youtu.be/F6oxXwRWFTo">http://youtu.be/F6oxXwRWFTo</a> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-47888069492706067932014-12-28T19:18:00.001-08:002014-12-28T19:18:07.230-08:00Packing Well Underway<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47dM3bMXEJVfgcd6xc70vgV6a277NP7sD9uCV0jmMaTNTImJx_YMiaa44mgHCNYWULJEt85ySKg-d5iYOiU8hJl3vz-PZeNTXAP9PkYXOV9ADJP2OBdIvep5IezrN0gucgWz42x7WsOn5/s640/blogger-image--281719254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47dM3bMXEJVfgcd6xc70vgV6a277NP7sD9uCV0jmMaTNTImJx_YMiaa44mgHCNYWULJEt85ySKg-d5iYOiU8hJl3vz-PZeNTXAP9PkYXOV9ADJP2OBdIvep5IezrN0gucgWz42x7WsOn5/s640/blogger-image--281719254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7sj82e5Hvv6U63RKTbnRqGSxkqLJup8NNRISFdXooYP6efFXqXf8AjpJZ5XT8ceu3k5p4IFxomdaZFOCUhKjgbLYqX1FRgIgEtvXNqyK9uFUt3X405dIpIejkjG5xEwpjyjg8KRrlPnx/s640/blogger-image-375374589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We hit Walmart & Target on Saturday and used all our gift cards from the past year to buy food, meds, travel, and toddler gear for the trip! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7sj82e5Hvv6U63RKTbnRqGSxkqLJup8NNRISFdXooYP6efFXqXf8AjpJZ5XT8ceu3k5p4IFxomdaZFOCUhKjgbLYqX1FRgIgEtvXNqyK9uFUt3X405dIpIejkjG5xEwpjyjg8KRrlPnx/s640/blogger-image-375374589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBp54A_FjKJGv5k1qa-OKkjWFbD85OLhiDAMpTJZsCEYAmVBuZaXV0f7aiNZlOdjz6RCWJqz5uii0dLJHe_exWljJ7OUQr4MwxlJ0LfGLKzI1vvFSALq7SZjGLDfw0CYaQhmOiND1o7k4C/s640/blogger-image-1858512902.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBp54A_FjKJGv5k1qa-OKkjWFbD85OLhiDAMpTJZsCEYAmVBuZaXV0f7aiNZlOdjz6RCWJqz5uii0dLJHe_exWljJ7OUQr4MwxlJ0LfGLKzI1vvFSALq7SZjGLDfw0CYaQhmOiND1o7k4C/s640/blogger-image-1858512902.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Daddy working hard to pack things in tightly!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO7sj82e5Hvv6U63RKTbnRqGSxkqLJup8NNRISFdXooYP6efFXqXf8AjpJZ5XT8ceu3k5p4IFxomdaZFOCUhKjgbLYqX1FRgIgEtvXNqyK9uFUt3X405dIpIejkjG5xEwpjyjg8KRrlPnx/s640/blogger-image-375374589.jpg"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Toys</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br></b></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj47dM3bMXEJVfgcd6xc70vgV6a277NP7sD9uCV0jmMaTNTImJx_YMiaa44mgHCNYWULJEt85ySKg-d5iYOiU8hJl3vz-PZeNTXAP9PkYXOV9ADJP2OBdIvep5IezrN0gucgWz42x7WsOn5/s640/blogger-image--281719254.jpg"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Snacks & Meds</b></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-36021927301206594362014-12-27T20:02:00.001-08:002014-12-28T10:30:40.469-08:00The only piece missing is you<div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We will be<b> traveling to China in just about 2 weeks!!!!</b> Crazy! Thank you so much to all who have been following us. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We still need about $3,800 to FULLY FUND this adoption. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So, we have a<b> fun </b>way to reach that goal for<b> only $10 per person!</b></span></div><div><div class="body-fauxcolumns" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; z-index: -1; height: 3030.4375px; width: 320px; overflow: hidden; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="fauxcolumn-outer body-fauxcolumn-outer" style="position: absolute; 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margin: 0px;"><div class="date-posts"><div class="post-outer" style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="position: relative; min-height: 0px; margin: 0px;"><div class="post-header" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8915683856967743527" itemprop="articleBody" style="width: 300px; position: relative;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Every person who donates to our adoption becomes a part of Michal's story; a piece of her puzzle!</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here's how it works:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><ul style="padding: 0px 2.5em; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We have selected a 500 piece puzzle; every piece symbolizing someone who will help bring Michal home. </span></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Each piece is a minimum donation of $10</span></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">You may choose to be one piece of the puzzle or several pieces of the puzzle.</span></li><li style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">YOUR name will be written on the back of each piece you represent! </span></li></ul><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After the puzzle is completed, we will frame the puzzle between two pieces of glass and hang it in our Michal's room. This will be a wonderful keepsake to see all the people who helped bring her home!<i> </i></span></div><div style="text-align: start; min-height: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><u>YOU</u> will be a part of completing our missing piece to the puzzle!</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here is our puzzle:</b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7J-P-ed0YQCQMn77R78K2r1qBxdnNW7fp7YCCF-MkhgE5MYquJfXFph71dqGSTTLFFfQab0QYiWu8vgw0_iExXemhuZ1je37XYJHQ_JcE7tFxB-EPdFnsMZpWYSR0YSW6WSFjvrYua-vi/s640/blogger-image--1314289523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7J-P-ed0YQCQMn77R78K2r1qBxdnNW7fp7YCCF-MkhgE5MYquJfXFph71dqGSTTLFFfQab0QYiWu8vgw0_iExXemhuZ1je37XYJHQ_JcE7tFxB-EPdFnsMZpWYSR0YSW6WSFjvrYua-vi/s640/blogger-image--1314289523.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div style="text-align: start;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></b></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Lady bugs are a sign of good luck with adopting children from China/have come to represent children adopted from China.</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></b></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></b></div><div><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I can see us sitting down one day with Michal and reading off all the names that helped bring her home! "These people loved you before they knew you!"</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49XK0cevoLsCnfYvzyTDLV_afdvn8zn9l_4XnF7irk1fKJxNGHgmnpEiIdL9ERfORvzKzHVwNtXr-ZfIadMOf01r9tP5OthtnxIUb7qRfSlxvpZ6SRYzAy1hfmP7DwfgLDg-9elJUK2U/s1600/puzzle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-decoration: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49XK0cevoLsCnfYvzyTDLV_afdvn8zn9l_4XnF7irk1fKJxNGHgmnpEiIdL9ERfORvzKzHVwNtXr-ZfIadMOf01r9tP5OthtnxIUb7qRfSlxvpZ6SRYzAy1hfmP7DwfgLDg-9elJUK2U/s280/puzzle.jpg" height="373" width="280" style="border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); position: relative; padding: 5px; -webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0980392) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"></font></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So if we sell ALL 500 pieces, that will raise around $5,000. And fully fund this adoption! </b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We would be so honored if you were a part of bringing our little girl home! To get a puzzle piece, just click on the Paypal link to the right side of this blog. Or email us at mmbm31@comcast.net to get the address so you can mail a donation. If you wish to have more than one puzzle piece (you rock!) then enter in the designated amount in the field provided. <br><br>I will be updating the blog often so you see the process and our travel.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br><br></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Love, </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Matthew, Bethany, Will, Jackson & Michal!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: start; clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="margin: 20px -2px 0px; padding: 5px 10px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span class="post-author vcard" style="margin-right: 1em; margin-left: 0px;"></span><span class="post-timestamp" style="margin-right: 1em; margin-left: -1em;"></span><span class="post-comment-link" style="margin-right: 0px;"></span></span></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2" style="margin: 10px 0px;"><br></div></div></div><div class="comments" id="comments" style="position: relative; min-height: 0px; clear: both; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><div class="comment-form" style="clear: both; max-width: 320px;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blog-pager" id="blog-pager" style="background-image: none; background-attachment: scroll; margin: 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px; background-position: 50% 0%;"><div class="mobile-desktop-link" style="margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><footer></footer></div></div><div class="content-cap-bottom cap-bottom" style="position: relative; height: 0px; background-position: 0% 100%;"><div class="cap-left" style="height: 0px; float: left; background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></div><div class="cap-right" style="height: 0px; float: right; background-position: 100% 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></div></div></div></div><iframe frameborder="0" id="google_top_static_frame" name="google_top_static_frame" src="http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/blank.html" style="height: 0px; width: 0px; position: absolute;"></iframe></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We would be so honored if you were a part of bringing our baby home! To get a puzzle piece, just click on the Paypal link to the right side of this blog. Or email us at mmbm31@comcast.net to get the address so you can mail a donation. If you wish to have more than one puzzle piece (thank you!) then enter in the designated amount in the field provided. <br><br>I will be updating the blog often so you can see the process! <br><br>_________________________________________________________________________________</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-20496119517988377672014-12-06T18:23:00.001-08:002014-12-06T18:25:48.018-08:00We have a winner: Audrey ReynoldsThe Drawing for the iPad 2 was tonight at The Sycamore Church during our annual Ladies Timeout Christmas pajama fellowship! The winner was our pastor, Dusty Reynold's wife<b> Mrs. Audrey Reynolds! </b><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>View the video on YouTube:<br></b><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=algsvfJ6E_E</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG284fbj3Fal8IRsRFNBtK0UFzXLr9fafusemyjxGrEKVcW_pS1F10Zfm1tVdx31U6Bis92K7VuXblz1IMPTjmVYYtnhKZRryKxQc-YN9a7fLqhTe_5y-_VBtBn5qa1cjqZS0qpsgpzC_6/s640/blogger-image--2143655488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG284fbj3Fal8IRsRFNBtK0UFzXLr9fafusemyjxGrEKVcW_pS1F10Zfm1tVdx31U6Bis92K7VuXblz1IMPTjmVYYtnhKZRryKxQc-YN9a7fLqhTe_5y-_VBtBn5qa1cjqZS0qpsgpzC_6/s640/blogger-image--2143655488.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrKYRmCjYYRx9wDfvDrsRwMJvTkop4ntGTA8hvLz_5LaDYr082sOCHbdHHw66-6vy0hYRcgrUZ8L1zV0jo9M62HU5Ab4HW5D69fVb3CkkipCCyIstEVWVWFjogMUuA2200DknoX12H8-N/s640/blogger-image-477674967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrKYRmCjYYRx9wDfvDrsRwMJvTkop4ntGTA8hvLz_5LaDYr082sOCHbdHHw66-6vy0hYRcgrUZ8L1zV0jo9M62HU5Ab4HW5D69fVb3CkkipCCyIstEVWVWFjogMUuA2200DknoX12H8-N/s640/blogger-image-477674967.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Audrey is beautiful inside and outside! We thank God for you and your family. We are thankful for every prayer you prayed for us, and for every encouraging word! </div><div><br></div><div>We thank God for each person who bought a ticket and for everyone who said a prayer for us on this journey. Please keep praying & donate if God is leading you to. You are all winners to us!</div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-42281422305553148662014-12-03T13:03:00.001-08:002014-12-03T13:03:22.841-08:00Another Frantic DayAs I finished up work today. I checked my email. . .<div><br></div><div>Since we have been in the end stages of our adoption I have realized that opening my email can almost induce a panic attack! Lol!</div><div><br></div><div>The adoption process is totally a hurry up and wait experience.</div><div><br></div><div>The hurry up instructions always arrive via email!</div><div><br></div><div>Today I received our GUZ number which is the number we have been waiting on for several days now so we can proceed to the next up on the paperwork Highway. </div><div><br></div><div>The next item up for business is, the DS-260 application. The web site will not let you sign in without the GUZ number. This is the application for Michal's visa.</div><div><br></div><div>It is a very interesting application. In addition to all the typical birthdates, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, I had to verify that Michal is not a pimp, prostitute, drug dealer, child trafficer or terrorist! The comic relief of that was much needed and much appreciated!</div><div><br></div><div>Now our information will go to the Chinese consulate and we will wait on our article 5 (takes about 2 weeks from when they get it at the consulate--which is probably this coming Monday). So we may get Article 5 by 12/22/14. Then we will wait for travel approval. We are really hoping and praying, and asked that you pray with us that we will get our travel approval before the CCCW shuts down for a break December 28th through January 5th. If we don't get our travel approval before then we will be delayed a week. We will travel in January either way. </div><div><br></div><div>Nervous excitement!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-30086298858028343582014-11-26T14:44:00.001-08:002014-11-26T14:44:56.054-08:00Third Day-Merry Christmas<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9UtRkMtOvE&sns=em</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I can't tell you how many times I kinda halfway listened to this song before today and I never realized it was about families adopting from China. This is definitely our song this year!</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-63794410043493849832014-11-25T13:22:00.001-08:002014-11-25T13:45:46.023-08:00Charleston & Visas!<div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday we had to take a pretty sudden trip to Charleston, South Carolina to be re-fingerprinted to update our 1-800 A (permission to bring an orphan into the US). We had to redo this because our adoption process has taken a little longer, and so this part of our paperwork had to be updated to keep us eligible to bring an orphan into the country. We have known for a couple months we would have to go back to Charleston. The fun part is, they don't tell you when you can go (you have to wait for an invitation) until it's time to go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We called the only number available for USCIS which is a national office somewhere and ask what the hours were for the Charleston office before we left Savannah yesterday. We also ask if there was a number to call the Charleston office directly…NO was the answer (our tax dollars at work)! We were told the office would be open until 4 PM. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then today, I arrived home to find a FedEx package on my front door that contained our Visas for China!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We should be able to check in to find out about our next layer of paperwork, which is contacting the national Visa Center by at least this Friday (we could have checked sooner if it were not for Thanksgiving closing things down).</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-64357465457093805292014-11-22T16:30:00.001-08:002014-11-29T18:44:03.193-08:00Baby Registry Links & fun things!<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>We are registered at two places:</b></span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Target:</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://m-secure.target.com/gift-registry/giftgiver?registryId=4Z28e8f6_sC76kM6ma7V0Q</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Amazon:</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.amazon.com/registry/baby/7QO4DZUFVQVY</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Now, here are a couple of fun things that have happened this weekend.</b></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My very talented friend Steven Ware drew this picture of Michal:</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWenSBQCdRps9Ux7_M7CfSHR83yJTjPdaNEAitEklzAxlZd9qqzF6-ujt8tQyp7iyp7Y_vWWyncF4CMc1wBouG9yW-miwcrnXHJmwVlkhFY5wLOcDUAJWxthy5SSd5huexFDS8EjuBuV3C/s640/blogger-image--1648632042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWenSBQCdRps9Ux7_M7CfSHR83yJTjPdaNEAitEklzAxlZd9qqzF6-ujt8tQyp7iyp7Y_vWWyncF4CMc1wBouG9yW-miwcrnXHJmwVlkhFY5wLOcDUAJWxthy5SSd5huexFDS8EjuBuV3C/s640/blogger-image--1648632042.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We. found the perfect Christmas ornament for Michal. We knew we couldn't really get a baby's first Christmas ornament, because she is not a baby. However, we wanted something to mark her first Christmas as part of our family. So, we found this yesterday at Kholes and it is perfect! Even though she will not physically be here for Christmas this year, now that we have found her and know she will be here soon, this signifies she is a part of our family!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKb8lQOcAxxx6UZaAT67y_v-W9nO51NhBu6pl2VpA9RKBzPHF8eMl8cRRmiVvPCg1_5rLaXSDNl4TH-7BzG_liXFVoH7I2fm9MzQSV36b2fVxpknZSrFadvldwKXp3SH9q-6m9auzUaGLm/s640/blogger-image--1356935777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKb8lQOcAxxx6UZaAT67y_v-W9nO51NhBu6pl2VpA9RKBzPHF8eMl8cRRmiVvPCg1_5rLaXSDNl4TH-7BzG_liXFVoH7I2fm9MzQSV36b2fVxpknZSrFadvldwKXp3SH9q-6m9auzUaGLm/s640/blogger-image--1356935777.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We found a great dresser amongst Poppy & Gma Brenda's vast collection of odd house furnishings. We dug it out of storage, cleaned it up and put it in her room!</div><br></div></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36cflyhFK0v7MFpItON3o1vTrZkO42VOfY-qLplOYuj8_CEwikiu44_9RQbMhWf-7yc8kdHDd_el3bxOrSo-OmsTLX7GtptdJtdtVv6oyV3EzwePYvMTkfj-69ACm-gAIZJxgr9xJ01nd/s640/blogger-image-12703259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36cflyhFK0v7MFpItON3o1vTrZkO42VOfY-qLplOYuj8_CEwikiu44_9RQbMhWf-7yc8kdHDd_el3bxOrSo-OmsTLX7GtptdJtdtVv6oyV3EzwePYvMTkfj-69ACm-gAIZJxgr9xJ01nd/s640/blogger-image-12703259.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-74722777755350112902014-11-21T21:09:00.001-08:002014-11-21T21:30:22.121-08:00Beautiful Baby Shower<b>We celebrated Michal tonight at a beautiful baby shower! </b><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0aSZkHn63PWmAI8rbBujXe0ZrBbF_1FdXZLdEJ9tYf900fi_hsDY2ZRprSa4JPWcoSIvMVZC-ZvW7FxnIsErAAiErtIuW3CDRuHomiQstcDFA5nQa9Fg7W4hOWRz26XG64FJQ5KksKwm/s640/blogger-image--771568479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0aSZkHn63PWmAI8rbBujXe0ZrBbF_1FdXZLdEJ9tYf900fi_hsDY2ZRprSa4JPWcoSIvMVZC-ZvW7FxnIsErAAiErtIuW3CDRuHomiQstcDFA5nQa9Fg7W4hOWRz26XG64FJQ5KksKwm/s640/blogger-image--771568479.jpg"></font></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_0aSZkHn63PWmAI8rbBujXe0ZrBbF_1FdXZLdEJ9tYf900fi_hsDY2ZRprSa4JPWcoSIvMVZC-ZvW7FxnIsErAAiErtIuW3CDRuHomiQstcDFA5nQa9Fg7W4hOWRz26XG64FJQ5KksKwm/s640/blogger-image--771568479.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNapn2qxgoetncStO0wWoiv6lESCJx2o3GWjJiKOaOHNr5Q71W8sEyerVObBk0IVvYo31BLV3lQrlBPBsqOXinBaOd2buzVhYC0X02ljyK1OwMGTi4jdsojNwW1ldz9IixQ3ARheCFhQ0/s640/blogger-image-805172156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNapn2qxgoetncStO0wWoiv6lESCJx2o3GWjJiKOaOHNr5Q71W8sEyerVObBk0IVvYo31BLV3lQrlBPBsqOXinBaOd2buzVhYC0X02ljyK1OwMGTi4jdsojNwW1ldz9IixQ3ARheCFhQ0/s640/blogger-image-805172156.jpg"></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Becky Foxworth, Debbie McConnell & Debbie Looye worked </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">so hard to make things beautiful and special! </span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They really outdid themselves! </span></div></div><div><font color="#000000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cSoU2Jh6Tku-19k10OqPt09pXq008Ghs6qdkuVFNzBmk5f0CLLr_WDkTxEMBVTOz1Gr-FFxwKvRKOwbbEKMcz5QavuDH7njN2j0ZqCP1_PgUNzPX-vE6_iFRKrMWachXgDeL0hbzj81n/s640/blogger-image--218696174.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cSoU2Jh6Tku-19k10OqPt09pXq008Ghs6qdkuVFNzBmk5f0CLLr_WDkTxEMBVTOz1Gr-FFxwKvRKOwbbEKMcz5QavuDH7njN2j0ZqCP1_PgUNzPX-vE6_iFRKrMWachXgDeL0hbzj81n/s640/blogger-image--218696174.jpg"></a></font></div><div>We had a prayer time to pray for 3 other families that were at the party that foster or are adopting! 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We even had our good friend Ame Lane all the way from Wyoming! That was awesome! She has encouraged us and prayed for us so much through this journey! It is only fitting she was able to be there!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBpQ-AeuFxRxjfcn2ri2wUa9NOvX3txsupXiL02cgDAM3dQIcjpX19q_Jy5KWjsSp2YEtii4cNQA-y1I6DaL4-T_DEJ8rx0QbNYDq6-uIglG9QOBD0NMuUnDcFLLP-2DXZXxXKdDXjbM4/s640/blogger-image--1631975130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJBpQ-AeuFxRxjfcn2ri2wUa9NOvX3txsupXiL02cgDAM3dQIcjpX19q_Jy5KWjsSp2YEtii4cNQA-y1I6DaL4-T_DEJ8rx0QbNYDq6-uIglG9QOBD0NMuUnDcFLLP-2DXZXxXKdDXjbM4/s640/blogger-image--1631975130.jpg"></font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> We have not been on this journey alone! All of these spiritual Aunts and Uncles are so important to Michal, and she is so blessed, even though she doesn't know it yet! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02CetdmDzpA3lcEfsoukEOpGWuLsMA1UyWkvygdT11JFAexCDZ40Dc0oZWoXW5nRFt-0IYIbKWcH0ZULHJ618-5eXUEakxgaGa7WJoAPLWU6kw_K0t5X11u0_Ty7JidNOKNccg19vWGD2/s640/blogger-image--1393903264.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02CetdmDzpA3lcEfsoukEOpGWuLsMA1UyWkvygdT11JFAexCDZ40Dc0oZWoXW5nRFt-0IYIbKWcH0ZULHJ618-5eXUEakxgaGa7WJoAPLWU6kw_K0t5X11u0_Ty7JidNOKNccg19vWGD2/s640/blogger-image--1393903264.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><b>What a great time to celebrate all that God has done, and all He continues to do!</b></span></div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULtIGfxZQ3WXFQ1zqDorvEjVJEulyrw5Z_bXToDhKF-M5GVZmOFVaMXyMuS6WChstlHE7c5f6D23oXZOtBBkNrLTTMwLa6DzFcT7m6omLz6ggfsNPq6VjdwhCCJNSoaDJ_WxbxpIkrxfw/s640/blogger-image-37385939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULtIGfxZQ3WXFQ1zqDorvEjVJEulyrw5Z_bXToDhKF-M5GVZmOFVaMXyMuS6WChstlHE7c5f6D23oXZOtBBkNrLTTMwLa6DzFcT7m6omLz6ggfsNPq6VjdwhCCJNSoaDJ_WxbxpIkrxfw/s640/blogger-image-37385939.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-37924677103118535602014-11-21T11:29:00.001-08:002014-11-21T11:38:19.459-08:00Believe Him!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaDnPmuWn-tnKPQ8kYERSJLGhk_e16AK66gOFjJsFla6SsQjQGedFhxcKib7NK2svfU5RxEjnRbq9Db3XazMnvWxopxtvljLf1vSbEO9aPiBBr08vUwWsnwwXkITsVRjldgsWrB9rC95G/s640/blogger-image--2015322002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaDnPmuWn-tnKPQ8kYERSJLGhk_e16AK66gOFjJsFla6SsQjQGedFhxcKib7NK2svfU5RxEjnRbq9Db3XazMnvWxopxtvljLf1vSbEO9aPiBBr08vUwWsnwwXkITsVRjldgsWrB9rC95G/s640/blogger-image--2015322002.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>I looked up the page in my journal where God prophesied about Michal again today! It is so cool to watch Him fulfill every promise He ever makes!<div><br></div><div>What has he promised you? Believe Him and it will be done! Don't doubt or give up!</div><div><br></div><div><b>It is ALL about FAITH! </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>BELIEVE HIM</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCdGXOrrtWc0sJ3bRKuWupro_hFDjs2_xol0fBha9hV12YSaChxDsr3O2kNJxqA41ACqfxcOpmVB5P1miB9CeJKB0pW-soGJXdPn29RDoxAhMbcPe6Ly6DOt7ipYMHecPYiCJ7hPsU24i/s640/blogger-image-328531099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxCdGXOrrtWc0sJ3bRKuWupro_hFDjs2_xol0fBha9hV12YSaChxDsr3O2kNJxqA41ACqfxcOpmVB5P1miB9CeJKB0pW-soGJXdPn29RDoxAhMbcPe6Ly6DOt7ipYMHecPYiCJ7hPsU24i/s640/blogger-image-328531099.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="font-weight: bold; clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXyYbKz1_qy82y3t_oZ7pQmx0o3sYNbA4jVtBxg96M751GiFrcX_04aD0OiPYYiT-0Z5aY0aWgwJJ2UaivROFoSrtk8vvL5Ujea-je47cwkQbhDuRWKeNu-fWr5LSA8bYEyzQsJ1Dn4Gg/s640/blogger-image--1520883223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlXyYbKz1_qy82y3t_oZ7pQmx0o3sYNbA4jVtBxg96M751GiFrcX_04aD0OiPYYiT-0Z5aY0aWgwJJ2UaivROFoSrtk8vvL5Ujea-je47cwkQbhDuRWKeNu-fWr5LSA8bYEyzQsJ1Dn4Gg/s640/blogger-image--1520883223.jpg"></a></div>The reason it says ". . .on earth. . ." Is because I miscarried my first child and He showed me she was a girl (I was only 10 weeks when I miscarried), and she is in Heaven now. I will meet her when I get there. Her name is Sophia Elizabeth Manning. We can't wait to meet her too!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-59165971618252833522014-11-18T16:55:00.001-08:002014-11-18T16:55:07.974-08:00New Pictures & update on Michal!<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We got new pictures and an update on Michal today! She is in good health. She says "mama" and "nainai" (which means Grandmother). She can sit, crawl, and stand when she holds on to something. She is introverted and afraid of unfamiliar people. Her favorite nanny is Goa Ya Feng. She weighs 21 lb. She is 2.29 ft. tall. She wears a size 4 shoe. She has seven teeth. </span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When you only get a tiny but of information, it all matters! Please keep praying for her and Goa Ya Feng. This woman is probably the closest thing to a Mama Michql has ever had. It will be hard for them to part ways when we go get her.</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LON4MM33g4Sqcxg0m00WkqnMxYj2gl3Jkylyi-jY6MX68hz-k4dbRKo1iGgKNpoOCb4gxextCTqYMkEXIgM0B87EvydOrp9tiueTrpqot3kNzuaUfv7W18w2DmqIdfTZVg6xD6sxEh4F/s640/blogger-image-502557748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LON4MM33g4Sqcxg0m00WkqnMxYj2gl3Jkylyi-jY6MX68hz-k4dbRKo1iGgKNpoOCb4gxextCTqYMkEXIgM0B87EvydOrp9tiueTrpqot3kNzuaUfv7W18w2DmqIdfTZVg6xD6sxEh4F/s640/blogger-image-502557748.jpg"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-LON4MM33g4Sqcxg0m00WkqnMxYj2gl3Jkylyi-jY6MX68hz-k4dbRKo1iGgKNpoOCb4gxextCTqYMkEXIgM0B87EvydOrp9tiueTrpqot3kNzuaUfv7W18w2DmqIdfTZVg6xD6sxEh4F/s640/blogger-image-502557748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyKwKs1JqjCF6R4OSnaO5zzSFpL27mk-rHPAlnMsa-om490yp-PoF0R1y5DlDdscZigEvImlwXraKaLqmTAjSC-p3EGyMEF9TwCUhxrt_GHWiZd4jHquCqLxGaa_TYiGf8AmiCz7-RMDc/s640/blogger-image-568391028.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAyKwKs1JqjCF6R4OSnaO5zzSFpL27mk-rHPAlnMsa-om490yp-PoF0R1y5DlDdscZigEvImlwXraKaLqmTAjSC-p3EGyMEF9TwCUhxrt_GHWiZd4jHquCqLxGaa_TYiGf8AmiCz7-RMDc/s640/blogger-image-568391028.jpg"></a></div></div><br></span></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-58079277489027843252014-11-14T17:30:00.001-08:002014-11-15T13:05:12.689-08:00Paperwork & Michal's wardrobe<div><b>Steps Remaining in our Paperwork Process</b></div><div><br></div>Our visa applications were sent out yesterday. So, I was looking to see how many steps we have left before the paperwork process is completed for us to get Travel Approval (TA) to go to China. <div><br></div><div>I feel excited and a little nervous at the same time when I realize there are not very many steps remaining!</div><div><br></div><div>We are waiting on our I-800 Provisional Approval (PA). This could come any time between now and two more weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>Then, 5-7 days latter we get our National Visa Center letter (NVC).</div><div><br></div><div>Next, our DS-260 is delivered to the US consulate. NVC letter & DS-260 goes to CCAI (adoption agency) and the express mail it to Beijing.</div><div><br></div><div>Two weeks after our documents are received in China, we will be issued and article 5 (U.S Central Authority's approval for Hague Adoption).</div><div><br></div><div>One and a half to three weeks after article 5 we get Travel Approval (TA).</div><div><br></div><div>And finally, we will travel to China 10 to 21 days after TA!!!</div><div><br></div><div><b>Building and entire girls wardrobe is challenging. . . Especially when you don't know what sizes she wears. </b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div>We are going with 12-18 mths clothes and sizes 5-6 shoes</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeU7osQDmV6e0Tv7FM03KeCo5Vm5JUjjLf9skjweR_9A7ipYMaZAj8bmBHxoRtN-mr0yCKwa30lunXS7x_i0c9O2aA5KdujCiNbkz_ePpj84bDgXqNXBZqHfMgw87V6vAOfhTMF62UWY9/s640/blogger-image--2096581241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheeU7osQDmV6e0Tv7FM03KeCo5Vm5JUjjLf9skjweR_9A7ipYMaZAj8bmBHxoRtN-mr0yCKwa30lunXS7x_i0c9O2aA5KdujCiNbkz_ePpj84bDgXqNXBZqHfMgw87V6vAOfhTMF62UWY9/s640/blogger-image--2096581241.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-19929860551449541202014-11-13T19:20:00.001-08:002014-11-13T19:21:17.008-08:00Michal's Orphanage Pic<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTHEv0okIA9eRXEVf3MVh8X6g_dxwElOhcw8crl3TcrH3X_FG_N9cZ-wF9SpZ7DyIFvx14g76n9XqiFp0jJQVvcTb-SESNM6QkVVEMyG082xfQAWLu0GhVeLzAKxg7_QeAh3-8yR64act/s640/blogger-image-1109471065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTHEv0okIA9eRXEVf3MVh8X6g_dxwElOhcw8crl3TcrH3X_FG_N9cZ-wF9SpZ7DyIFvx14g76n9XqiFp0jJQVvcTb-SESNM6QkVVEMyG082xfQAWLu0GhVeLzAKxg7_QeAh3-8yR64act/s640/blogger-image-1109471065.jpg"></a></div>I found this picture of Michal's orphanage on the Internet. . . Um, this just doesn't say "There's no place like home."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I better stop looking up pictures or I will be hoping a plane too soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Please pray for Michal's safety and good care until we can get there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We are so glad God is every where at once, and that we have been praying for her since before she was even born. We pray every night for her needs to be met and that she would feel loved. We pray that even if humans can't or don't care for her, that God would send angels to care for her every need! We trust that He is caring for her!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-57447809889581432572014-11-08T14:28:00.001-08:002014-11-08T14:46:31.109-08:00Paperwork ducks are lining up!Today we got two brand-new passports freshly up-to-date!<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaJTYksZXYiz4-kLgYR3DN_cxSVQ0cfQscj3TqfXfIs0cQV_eEgVJ4ZJMl4Yx5E-Y51db0It_XvnzSQWs5-vE2Qe1Br8GIKKNkdpyxnoObZtOv-wOtGpYbzzwjD1Epjoas9sc_EY8iGk5/s640/blogger-image-1813932293.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMaJTYksZXYiz4-kLgYR3DN_cxSVQ0cfQscj3TqfXfIs0cQV_eEgVJ4ZJMl4Yx5E-Y51db0It_XvnzSQWs5-vE2Qe1Br8GIKKNkdpyxnoObZtOv-wOtGpYbzzwjD1Epjoas9sc_EY8iGk5/s640/blogger-image-1813932293.jpg"></a></div>And our invitation to go to Charleston to be re-fingerprinted to <b>update our I-800 A </b>for the Department of Homeland Security arrived today!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5ENSUCIiwdgC9ArLWGXgVp9GiTYvolEvIsCI0qSHJt9mx1jecWFo0v7DVQyrjjfw-tNOWSOr2woHp1CVqwy2969b8RON9HB1nTSqO25Q1hqD4-8t_1D64IWlFAbCfXaLQoxo4cJTaSXv/s640/blogger-image--196278705.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5ENSUCIiwdgC9ArLWGXgVp9GiTYvolEvIsCI0qSHJt9mx1jecWFo0v7DVQyrjjfw-tNOWSOr2woHp1CVqwy2969b8RON9HB1nTSqO25Q1hqD4-8t_1D64IWlFAbCfXaLQoxo4cJTaSXv/s640/blogger-image--196278705.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Our <b>I-800</b> should be here in a week!</span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>I-800: general permision from the department of homeland security for any orphan to be brought into country. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">I-800: is permission for a specific child to be brought in to the country.</b><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;">You must file the I-800a first, get approval and then you can file the I-800 at the appropriate time in your adoption process. </span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>This process has been extra confusing for us, because we got our original1-800 A 15 months ago, but because it's took so long to be matched with Michal, we had to update our I-800 A. Simultaneously, we were matched with Michal and moving towards travel, sowe have applied for our I-800 at the same time. Tricky, but it seems to be lining up exactly right!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>So, in short, all of these paperwork ducks are lining up! Travel approval (AKA: TA) Will be here before we know it! That is when China will give us permission to travel to China to get Michal, and we will finally know the dates of our travel specifically!</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-45132870971975109542014-11-07T18:49:00.001-08:002014-11-07T18:49:27.400-08:00Abandoned<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHJzCtVHugNGNXNqq968k3BN7e4SaObBdpMVzCsKyqwGl5qUa-g2f2pylrKTjcZdPNzunBe25z3Bg0MsxSrMvtP1oASDFWbQ-_OkS6TWSQWNE_kj_pWdlmvIOn37wFZTwBBEk41qfSpYm/s640/blogger-image--902428644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqHJzCtVHugNGNXNqq968k3BN7e4SaObBdpMVzCsKyqwGl5qUa-g2f2pylrKTjcZdPNzunBe25z3Bg0MsxSrMvtP1oASDFWbQ-_OkS6TWSQWNE_kj_pWdlmvIOn37wFZTwBBEk41qfSpYm/s640/blogger-image--902428644.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>http://m.scmp.com/news/china/article/1462626/abandoned-heartbreaking-moments-parents-leave-their-children-chinas</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this will let you click the link. If not, copy & paste to your browser.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Many wonder how parents could abandon their children. It is not generally a choice they want to make. It is as painful as it would be for you or I to do that to one our our kids. They do it out of LOVE. </div><div><br></div><div>They HOPE leaving them will give them a chance to live or to live better. <b>Many of these children would die if their parents kept them because they can't afford their medical care.</b></div><div><br></div><div> Please help us get Michal home, so we can get her the Cleft Palate surgery she needs and then she will go on to have a wonderful, blessed life! www.makeawaymichal.blogspot.com</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069741129373912696noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5979203970688389407.post-20352483576681534402014-11-03T18:55:00.001-08:002014-11-03T18:59:30.369-08:00Spread the Love shirts $15We still have some of the Spread the Love Octupus shirts we sold back last December available. They are extremely <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">soft & comfortable. We still have adult S, M, L, XL. <b>Only $15.</b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDIPnkDWffQ_O6zDbVwG7VaoLcu_ZzjE2dOOmaUNhZQkM9V9nmpAkdzLAN-5jmocl9TUBOb9DfES3t58Ty8UiOJKj4ttJwirppTLtZxvNkMwCURAjIkar73fr_jCydoebI4GBWMJOLwI0/s640/blogger-image--1194647424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDIPnkDWffQ_O6zDbVwG7VaoLcu_ZzjE2dOOmaUNhZQkM9V9nmpAkdzLAN-5jmocl9TUBOb9DfES3t58Ty8UiOJKj4ttJwirppTLtZxvNkMwCURAjIkar73fr_jCydoebI4GBWMJOLwI0/s640/blogger-image--1194647424.jpg"></a></div><b><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div>Jackson wearing his Spread the Love shirt!</b><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt-jcNwm-rptlLCc6uWhUqotqEmj0pSsAuWjHGpluovzbsMHgQSx4rnY7tZxKsSarIsAxaYtUV6dGQPnMSjNPvsUVXNnc67GZ6CLuCSgIylrwqxyHnA0NYZNYBq0JuV6xrGsAaHg6nioY/s640/blogger-image--1327669575.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt-jcNwm-rptlLCc6uWhUqotqEmj0pSsAuWjHGpluovzbsMHgQSx4rnY7tZxKsSarIsAxaYtUV6dGQPnMSjNPvsUVXNnc67GZ6CLuCSgIylrwqxyHnA0NYZNYBq0JuV6xrGsAaHg6nioY/s640/blogger-image--1327669575.jpg"></a>Donate $15 on our Pay Pal link to the right of the blog, message me that you donated and we will get your shirt to you ASAP. 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