WOOHOO!!!!

Kristi and Dale passed court!! Two more Ethiopian beauties will be in Wyoming soon! Thank you Lord!!

Hall's court date tonight!

As we sleep tonight, the Hall's court case will be heard half a world away. Please join us in praying for them to pass court so they can go to Ethiopia and bring their girls home to Wyoming!

Dale and Kristi- it's been so fun watching you go through this process! We can't wait to meet the girls! You'll hear a loud SCREAM in North Dakota if you pass!

Purchase a t-shirt- Help bring our friends' girls home!!

Shirt Front


Shirt Back

Our good friends, Dale and Kristi Hall are just a day away from learning if they passed court in Ethiopia for two BEAUTIFUL new daughters. They are selling these very cool t-shirts to pay for their airfare, in-country costs, etc. If you are interested in purchasing one, please leave me a comment and I'll direct you to them. If you want to know a little more about them, visit:
http://thehallmark.blogspot.com


The message on their shirts is so true!! WE are the answer for the Fatherless. We are called to DEFEND them!!

Haiti

This morning, as I watched the news, I prayed for the people of Haiti, knowing that there are many orphanages in the country. After reading several family's blogs this morning, the reality has hit home. Many parents are waiting to hear word of their children in Haiti. I know at least one orphanage that is in the center of the worst hit area. Please pray for the children, please pray for their families who are waiting to bring them home.

My heart is heavy.

SO FUN!!

As I've written before, Layne and Gavin are best friends. They spend almost every minute of the day together and laugh, laugh, laugh together. It is pure joy, just listening to them!

Gavin told me he could carry Layne, just like they would carry little siblings in Benchi. I honestly didn't believe him, but the truth is in the pictures. He is one smart, strong boy. He squats down, Layne climbs on, he stands up and away they go. I've just had to give them warnings on not bashing her head into anything!!

They both went to AWANA at the church, last Sunday, for the first time and LOVED IT!! They've been memorizing Scripture and listening to the stories all week.

We received our sponsor child through Children's Hopechest today. We are excited to help provide him with food (everyday), education and love. Hopefully, when we venture back to Addis, we'll be able to meet him and let him know that we pray for him regularly, BY NAME. He is definitely not forgotten.

Great quote

I've been trying hard to minimize our outgoing expenses and have been really interested in books by Mary Ostyn, a mother, both through biology and adoption, of 10 kids. She has great money saving tips for shopping, cooking, etc. I hope to implement some strategies this week to help us save more (WHY? for anything orphan related...the millions of orphans in the world are heavy on my heart)

In one of her books, she quotes Mother Theresa, so I'll also use the quote here:

"How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers."

If you're on Facebook, go to the We Have Room fanpage and listen to the song on the left side...then, as my friend, Jason Egly wrote: "Tell me how many kids you're going to adopt!!!"

Wappened and Wabout

Gavin has learned English SUPER fast, he is even reading beginning reading books. I think that is just incredible. He is getting more and more animated at the dinner table, too, telling us stories and asking us a million questions. The other day, we were at the table from 6 to 8 and it was great!!

I just have to share, though, two words that make us smile, Wappened and Wabout. If Gavin gets super excited and wants to understand something better, he yells, "Wappened?" (What happened?) You can probably guess that Wabout is him asking, "What about?" We call this Gavin speak. He'll say Wappened or Wabout and then, say, "OH! WHAT Happened?"