Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving with Laura's mom and step-dad, Larry. It was a nice and slow time. We ate alot of food, played, talked and watched movies. A good time to slow down and to thank God for His many blessings. There was a bit of sadness as we spent a holiday feeling our family is not complete. But look forward to our time with them soon. We are working on our Christmas decorations and hope to get them completed this weekend.

If you haven't been following Randy and Valerie Hall's blog (link to the right), then you should take the time to catch up on it. It is a wonderful story and a true blessing to be a part of it with them from afar. God's hand is seen all through out it. When they were unsure if one of their children was going to say yes to being adopted, their friends joined together and prayed fervently for "Z", their family and all involved. God once again displayed His faithfulness and "Z" accepted them as her family. A great testimony to God's glory being magnified through orphans.

Currently, we are following 4 families in Ukraine as they go through the adoption process.- 2 are friends, 1 a friend of a friend, and the other I know of through blogs. Another friend just received their referral to adopt 2 young brothers from Africa. What a blessing to watch it all unfold. There are more set to go to Ukraine in December and January. We learn so much about the process as we follow others' story.

We are in the waiting game for our paperwork. DHR should have our homestudy and hoping they approve it very soon. We have some questions regarding exactly what Ukraine wants for the dossier (in terms of wording), but we have a great facilitator and know he will guide us in this.