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Last week Tuesday, we finally met our son! Years of praying and waiting and hoping finally culminated in one of the happiest days of our lives. We left quarantine on October 23 and had a few days to prepare for our October 27 meeting with him. After leaving quarantine, we were able to stretch out […]
After completing our mandatory 14-day quarantine at the Marinabay Hotel, we were able to leave as scheduled on Friday. We were allowed to choose between one of two discharge times: midnight and 6:00 a.m. Because we were relying on a shuttle from our adoption agency and because we were not able to check in at […]
Hello, friends and family. We’ve been getting lots of questions lately regarding the status of our adoption and how COVID-19 has affected our family. It’s been difficult for us to find the time and, honestly, the desire to put down some of our feelings this year. I recently read a book on suffering. It perfectly […]
Over a year ago, together with our GoFundMe profile, we nervously launched a puzzle fundraiser to help ease the financial burden of our international adoption. The response was something only a great and gracious God could have orchestrated. We were able to sell 812 puzzle pieces and raise over $20,300!! While we still have large […]
Anybody following our story knows that we have experienced many of the highs and lows inherent with international adoption. We have experienced the indescribable joy, the soaring of everything inside us to cloud-height, of finally seeing our son’s picture and learning about him and receiving updates on his progress. We have also experienced the pain […]
We are so excited to finally share that we have received and accepted a referral! A little under two weeks ago, we received the call that we had been waiting on for what felt like an eternity. We had been matched with a 7-month-old boy! Later that evening, we were finally able to see his […]
It’s been a few months since we’ve updated the blog, so we wanted to take the time to let y’all know how we’re doing and what life has been like for us lately. Quite simply, we’ve been taking one day at a time. We’re not trying to think much further ahead than that. Each day, […]
There have been many aspects of the adoption process that have been challenging. For us, it seems that there have been extra, unique twists and turns in an already confusing and overwhelming process. The past month or so has been dedicated to saving and raising money, applying for grants, and working ahead on future paperwork […]
One of the things that we’ve discovered during this process is that social media can be a phenomenal tool to connect with other people and families and a great way to share our story. The goal of this blog has been to share our experiences for families who are or who will go through the […]
As the song goes, “the waiting is the hardest part.” At the risk of sounding like a broken record, we haven’t had much to report by way of an update on our progress lately. Our home study was completed and submitted to our placing agency for approval over a month ago. We finally received word […]
