Eli’s August Care Package
Days before I left for my mission trip, I panicked that since Eli received our July package early, that meant he wouldn’t get a package from us at his well-child appointment at the end of…
Days before I left for my mission trip, I panicked that since Eli received our July package early, that meant he wouldn’t get a package from us at his well-child appointment at the end of…
How was the mission trip? Five well-meaning words and I’m transported back to red dirt; overwhelmed with sights and smells and people whose stories have stained my heart. It’s not that I don’t want to…
Like our June care package, I sent the July package along with a traveling family. Which meant that I needed all the goodies to fit inside of a gallon-sized Ziploc bag again. I sent the…
We got a picture last week of Eli (and his foster mom!) with the package we sent in April. Seeing his sweet little face made all of the shipping fees worth it! He got a…
After we were matched last month, I tried to send out an April care package as soon as I could. Unfortunately, it looks like he went to the clinic on the 19th for his well baby…
Now that we have been matched with our son and returned all of the required acceptance paperwork, we can officially send him care packages! Eli will have a monthly well baby check each month until 18mo…
This post has been more difficult to write than I anticipated. In fact, this past week has been more difficult than I anticipated. On the one hand, I have a son! He’s precious and already…
When people find out we’re adopting from South Korea their first response is often: “Why Korea?” And the simple truth is: because that’s where our son is. When we first started considering adoption we wanted…
“Spirit lead me where my trust is without borders…” I started praying about that song the first time I heard it years ago at our church in Fort Worth. I asked God what that would…
Why would you ever want to adopt? … when you could just have more children biologically? … when you already have three kids to provide for? … when you could spend $50,000 in so many…