Jake, New Pics!

 Here's our boy!  The date says Sept 4th, 2012!  

This must be outside the orphanage.

I remember seeing this little girl, his friend,

with him during his birthday party.

And here's the last one of the group of pics...

he's smiling a tiny bit.

We also received  his latest measurements & have determined that he's taller than Marta, but shorter than Shane.  He weighs about the same as Marta or close to it.

The other nice news in the update said that he's now in Grade 2 of Jiantan primary school and he is performing well.

Please continue to pray for Jake as he waits for his family to come.  Please Pray that the transition into his forever family will go "flawlessly."   

We also need God's direction regarding which of us will be traveling to China to bring Jake home.  We still aren't sure.

Thank you again to all of you who prayed for our yard sale this past Sat!  It was successful!  God was so good!

Children of God Video!

Third Day!  I knew I loved this group, now I know why!

As soon as I heard this song on His Radio, I knew it was an adoption song!

God Bless you Third Day for your beautiful message!

Letter Seeking Confirmation

Our LSC arrived this week!  We are so excited!  

Now to complete the I800!

Heartsent, our agency, said we should be 

traveling in Oct or early Nov!

Please pray for Jake and our family as we prepare 

for the "Big Change!"

LID & Shoe Carnival

AND SHOE CARNIVAL SALE!

MT. PLEASANT IS OPENING A NEW STORE THIS THURS NEAR THE OLD WALMART!

I HAVE COUPONS FOR THE VIP EVENT!

Do you need water aerobic shoes?  Does your child or children need new shoes before school starts?

And, Yes, we are logged-in!  Now more waiting!  Waiting for the confirmation letter that we will be Jake's parents!  Pray for us as we wait - we should hear in 2-3 months!

Marta and David

Friends Forever!

We have been so blessed to have the friendship of the Stewart family.  We first met them before we traveled to Guatemala to bring Marta home.  Regan & Nate had been to Guatemala a year prior to bring home their son, David, who was seven.

Marta and David have a love for each other that is beyond words!

We celebrated a birthday with them yesterday. 

Their oldest son, Jason, turned 14! 

Sorry no birthday pictures for the blog Jason.

We miss the Stewarts, who are living out of SC right now, but we have had some great summer memories this year!  Hope you guys have a great trip to DC!

We love you!

Jake on the playground!

Here's another pic of our handsome guy!

We've had this picture because it was sent with his file.  We were blessed to have many recent (2011) pictures of Jake when we were making our decision to go forward with the adoption.  We are praying like crazy that our dossier will be in China this week!

Please pray for us as we continue to ask God exactly who will be making the trip to China to bring Jake home.  We have 3 other children who want to travel with Tom & myself, but because of cost, we just aren't sure.  Yes, if we decide that God wants us to all go, then we'll most likely be having another fundraiser.

We're still waiting to hear from Show Hope regarding the grant that we applied for from them.  If we are awarded a grant from them, this will be another part of the money that would allow all 5 of us to travel to China.

Scrubs Camp 2012!

Congrats Graduate!!  And Thank You, Roper Hospital!!

Grace attended the Scrubs Camp this past week to learn more about the medical field!  She was one of 44 campers.  The amount of information that she got this week was incredible!  What an experience!

Nurse Emily and other Roper staff led the campers throughout the week through all sorts of departments: Perfusion, Cath Lab, Respiratory Therapy (YEAH!), Physical Therapy, Pharmacy, Radiology, Dietary, Laparoscopic Surgery, Suturing, Oncology, Cardiac Rehab, Wound Management, CPR (now she's certified) and First Aid!

Grace also won 2nd place for her ability to list the most number of occupations within the hospital that she could during the week.  She listed 59!  She won a nice totebag (see 1st picture).