Our Journey to Sophie Ann: BIG NEWS!

Scriptures on Adoption

He executes justice for the orphan"--Deuteronomy 10:18a

"A Father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families"--Psalm 68:5-6a

"Come near and rescue me."--Psalm 69:18

"Vindicate the weak and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and destitute."--Psalm 82:3

"How blessed is he who considers the helpless."--Psalm 41:1

"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans"--James 1:27

"Learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the orphan..."--Isaiah 1:17

"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you..."--John 14:18

"I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did for me.."--Matt 25:40

"And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me..."--Matt 18:5

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

BIG NEWS!

BIG NEWS! After much prayer, the Lord has led us to adopt a baby girl from China! We will be journaling our journey on this blog. Please pray for us during this long journey (about 2 1/2 years, hopefully sooner!) We have chosen to name our daughter, Lily, which means God's vow. We are in the beginning stages, collecting massive amounts of paperwork. It can be overwhelming. If anyone reading this blog has been through this, please feel free to give us any tips or encouragement! Yesterday, the Fed Ex man arrived with our China Manual. I was so excited, I took a picture of him! Then later, I nearly cried when I saw how much paperwork we had to do. We are so thankful for Karla, our social worker, she answers ALL our questions and is guiding us each and every step. Carlton and I are so excited, we can hardly stand it. We can't wait to hold our little girl and bring her home to meet her family! Warning:::: these links I have added about china adoptions are addicting.....beware, they might consume hours of your time!