How our journey began...

In January of 2009, after looking at a family photo, I thought we had room in our hearts for one more.  So with Shawn’s support, we began the process of adopting a little girl from Ethiopia.  There are over 4 million orphans in Ethiopia.  We decided we wanted to find a girl between 6-8 years of age.   So many families choose to adopt the babies and toddlers, but since we had done that four times over, we thought we would look for an older child. This last year has been a journey of paperwork, phone conferences, seminars, and classes.  All of which will bring us closer to finding a young girl to love. It looks as if we are still six months away from finding our fifth daughter.  Until then we will continue to pray that she is safe and we’ll hold her close in our hearts.