Travel Date

N:

The day in Rwandan Court sounds like it went well. We learned today that we will be going through Kenya for their visas instead of Ethiopia (one week in Rwanda and hopefully one in Kenya).

We have a tentative travel date of January 22nd!!!

If you want to send a donation to the orphanage, let us know, or send us a check. What they have been doing is letting us buy food and supplies and deliver them to the orphanage while we are there.

Until the judge reads the verdict, we can't share pictures or added info about the kids. We will post when we officially pass court (should know by Friday, Jan. 8).

Overwhelmed with Wonder and Thankfulness

L:

I am overwhelmed with thankfulness for our adoption, our most important adoption. The Creator of all came into the world as our Savior so that we could be adopted into His family! Anyone who believes in Jesus becomes the child of the King and has life and a relationship with Him now and for all eternity! I am filled with wonder that the Almighty God loves like this. Our adoption of Kalysta and Tryana is a beautiful reminder and gives me a deeper understanding of this most important adoption. May you be filled with wonder as you ponder Jesus' coming. Merry Christmas!

Court Date

N:

We are excited!!!! We just learned that the court date is scheduled for next Wednesday (Dec. 30th).
That means, if we pass and get our immigration approval, we will probably travel Mid-January.

Time to start packing!

Pronunciation

L:

A few people have asked how to pronounce Tryana. It's a little trickier when you only see it in print. It's Tree-on-a. Hope that helps.

A Way You Can Help Orphans in Rwanda

As we look forward with excitement to picking up our two new daughters, we also think of all their friends they will be leaving behind. One thing we would like to do for them is to buy food and other things the kids in the orphanage need while we're there. We know of other families who have purchased necessary items in Rwanda in order to help provide for their basic needs. We are collecting money while we wait to travel. If you would like to contribute to this, please let us know.

Christmas Cookies

A:

We are having fun baking Christmas cookies tonight.  We are excited for next year when we can teach Tryana and Kalysta how to bake cookies with us.

Names

L:

We've decided on names to go with the girls' Rwandan names (which we are not able to share yet). The older one is Tryana and the younger is Kalysta. It will be so nice to be able to pray for and talk about the girls by name now.

More News Already

N:

*This morning we got another picture of the girls. They are very cute and in a more relaxed environment.
*We got the medical information tonight for both girls.
*We were told that we may know the court date by sometime next week.

This is moving fast!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would appreciate your prayers concerning getting paid time off from work. It is up to the Board.