Happy Birthday!!!

Onah turns 2 today!!!! Happy Birthday Onah!

If you could join me today in saying a prayer for our little 2 year old. Hopefully we won't have to miss another one.

Over Half Way!

God continues to bless us in the most unexpected ways! We are just over half way to meeting the needs of Onah and Marie's foster care support for the entire year! God is awesome! We have 15 supporters right now that have teamed with us to help us bring home our babies!! As you know Matt and I have been paying $400 a month in foster care fees for Onah and Marie for 2 years. Instead of doing a fundraiser this spring we decided to send out support letters for the foster care we normally pay ourselves. God has blessed us with friends/family who have stepped up and helped us out with (currently) $230 of that a month!
Our goal is to find enough supporters to be able to meet the total $400 a month needed to cover their costs in foster care fees. I said earlier it is amazing how God has blessed us in the most unexpected ways...Matt and I were driving home the other night and many of you know we have been recycling metal to help pay for expenses. As we pulled in the drive Matt tells me he's going back down the road to see if he can pick up some metal he saw sitting by the road. He left and was gone for quite some time. I got worried so I called him and he proceeded to tell me the story of a man he just met. He talked to this man about taking the metal for him and the man said, "if it's metal you want to recycle then follow me" So of course Matt and Colten follwed him out back of his house and found what would be later over 1200 pounds of metal! Matt told the man what he was recycling it for and the man was excited to help. Just one load of the metal became a $10 supporter for the year!
It always amazes me throughout this long and drawn out journey how God supplies in the most unusual ways, yet shows He is faithful and where He leads He WILL provide! God, You amaze me!

News That Brings Hope

One of the families who had completed adoptions traveled 3 weeks or so ago to bring home their son. We had great news that despite a delay in their original leaving time, they have finally arrived back in the US and have been celebrating Matthew finally being home with them!
When we visited we grew such close bonds to all these children, they are all like our family and it warms my heart to know that Matthew's dream of coming home to the US with his family has finally come true! What happiness he must be feeling right now to know he finally has a mom and dad and sisters and a home that loves him and cares for him! No more waiting, no more wanting, I'm sure he's on cloud nine right now!
Brings me hope to think about our reunion God has planned for us! There is another family there now that will be bringing home their little miracle. Their son has severe CP and has needed to come home for quite some time now for medical purposes. Soon they will be on their way, hopefully be home sometime beginnning of next week. And the 3 siblings have been cleared to go home. They attempted to have them escorted home with Matthew's family but the government is not allowing escorting anymore, they would like families to come themselves (which I agree with). So much going on...just wish they'd lift that moratorium.

Video of Elizabeth with Onah and Marie

Our friend who traveled to Liberia got an awesome video of Onah and Marie with one of the house mothers Elizabeth. In the video she says they are doing just fine. She tells of some of the things Onah and do..."when he needs his shoes he goes to get them, when he wants a drink of water he will ask for a drink, when he needs to 'toilet' he will ask to 'toilet'" She then tells Marie to get down and walk for papa and momma. She is getting around quite well.

Wow!!! How They've Grown!!!

Our friends just got back from their mission trip to Liberia. While they were there they stopped in and saw Onah and Marie and gave them our love. Here are a few pics they took for us. I'm sure there will be more to come :) And yes, these are our "babies", not much of babies anymore! My how they've grown!


Onah and Marie with the puppy dog and teddy bear we sent them.


I love how they "pal around" together. To think they came here alone and now they have each other!

How big has he gotten? I almost didn't recognize him without his 'fuzz' on top :)

Onah's not the only one doing some growing! Look at my little girl!


Kiddos with one of the foster mothers at the house. I absolutely LOVE his shirt..."kiss me I'm Irish" HA!