he establishes us as his children and heirs.
Closeness, affection, and generosity are at the heart of the
relationship."
---J.I Packer in Knowing God

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We are starting out on a great adventure. We are begininng the adoption process. There are so many orpahns in Liberia due to the civil war that just ended there. Too many. Precious little children going hungry. We here in america want for little. I live in a city full of homeless people. They walk around with iPods, boom boxes, and cell phones. We, who think we never quite have enough, have too much, in my humble opinion. No judgement here- just observation on my own personal life. My family has plenty of room. We have room in our home, our cupboards, and our hearts. So...here we go; taking a leap of faith and believing God for more children to love.

We don't have the money, so the Lord will have to supply it. I'm excited about this, and so is Doug. We are blessed to be here, now we get to see the Lord do some amazing things!

Here are some links if you are interested in finding out more about Liberia.
www.childrenconcerned.org

www.aheartofmercy.net

www.acresofhope.org

Please pray for us. Please pray for the children. The Lord has worked it all out- we are just walking in the path He cut for us now.

There are other families we have found that are doing or have already done, the same thing! One family right here in the same town. Amazing! We found a social worker who will charge less than half the others, works in our town, and will have the whole homestudy done in two weeks or less. The immigration office we have to deal with is also right downtown. It's all just so breath-taking!

 The Lord is so good, and we are so excited to have more children. We have enough school books and bedrooms for more...ever since we moved here two years ago, it seems things were building up to this.

We know none of this is going to be easy, and the hard work begins after the children come home, but...how can we say no?

"Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible
poverty."
---Mother Teresa of Calcutta




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