John William  -  February 13, 2012

     This is just an update on where we are in the process with 'lil John.  He is now home with us.  We don't know how long it will take to adopt him...we are just trusting God through the process.  He is a complete doll and we are loving him even though we are quite sleep deprived.  The court order is in process to make us his primary caregivers and then as soon as Mom terminates or the state terminates Mom's rights..we will be ready to begin the adoption proceedings.  She is open to us having him and has admitted that she believes that it will be the best thing for her to terminate her rights so that he can have a good future.  

     Pray for him as he adjusts and attaches.  We are seeing some progress but he is not sleeping through the night, but this is nothing new.  He has never slept through the night... so pray that the Lord would give us wisdom in knowing what to do to make this happen.    

     We still have a few things left to do for our China paperwork -- it takes time to get birth/marriage certificates through the state and then the China Embassy is next.  Then we have to have local background checks done as well as our physicals on March 27th. So pray for us on that note --- in order to have our home study done for China.. we have to have quite a large amount of money.  We do not worry because we know that the Lord is in control and has brought in all the money we need this far --- its just been hard to do anything recently as we've been taking care of John and he is a full time job :-) but such a blessing!  We covet your prayers as we tackle what God is doing in and through our lives.  We need strength, compassion and SLEEP :-)  

     Thank you all for your support and keeping up with us -- We love you all and are so overwhelmed at your love and generosity.  Our church family gave us a baby shower last weekend for John and totally gave us what we needed to have him come home.  Thank you Leah, Pam & Karen for organizing the shower and everyone for all you gave us.  Thank you also to my friends at the Childrens Home who gave us some diapers and some well needed warm clothes for John.  Our hearts are full!!!  

     Stay tuned for more...... I'm attaching our newest picture of John on the playground at church :-)  <3