The Countdown is On!!!

SOON we will be leaving to bring home our beautiful little girl!!! We have been overwhelmed emotionally and physically. I remember feeling this way being pregnant with Karsten and Kyler...so excited yet nervous too. My faithful Father has been so gracious and merciful to us. I look back over the last six years and see God's hand in everything. Six years ago when Kyler went to live with Jesus was devastating to us. There were times when I just wanted to give up and I had so many questions that I didn't understand. I still don't understand, but I have learned so much the last 76 months. It is not about my circumstances. It's about who God is and that I am who I am because of Christ in me. God has taught me to depend on Him, to trust His
character, that His will for me is to be more like Jesus, to comfort those who need to be comforted, to cry with those who cry, to pray for those who are hurting, to pursue righteousness, to hunger and thirst for Him, He has given me a desire to adopt my daughter in China, and a desire to see God set the lonely in families. Orphans need homes. It is God's will that we help the poor and needy and to care for orphans.

We humbly covet your prayers as we travel soon. Please pray for:

*good health for Brad, Karsten, Kylie, Brad's parents and me
*safety
*for Kylie to bond well with us and that she won't be afraid
*for the Chinese people to see the light of Christ in us
*all the orphans around the world who have no parents to tell them they are loved

We also deeply appreciate you who have helped us financially over the last few months. We had an additional increase of over several thousand dollars since we started four years ago. We praise God that 800 out of 1000 puzzle pieces have been sponsored!! If you would still like to donate, the money goes toward Kylie's orphanage fee of $5,000 so you are not only helping us bring her home you are also helping other orphans. We will put your name on however many puzzle pieces you sponsor and Kylie will forever see the ones who sacrificially gave to help her come home. God has called each of us to provide for the needy and take care of orphans. Jesus says in Matthew 25:40: "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."

I am forever grateful for God adopting me into His family through Jesus Christ. He loved me for who I was and still am, a sinner. I am eternally secured in His hands!