With Great Joy

My beautiful Adelia~ Yesterday you walked through my bedroom and stopped to look at yourself in our full-length mirror. Then you headed out...

David Platt, author of this amazing book , which I blogged about here , is the pastor of a church in Alabama. I listen to his sermons onlin...

"One little guy we had came into the foster system from the hospital. This two-year-old boy had a very young mom who had made a poor ch...

"One little girl we cared for had been born prematurely and her mother had left her at the hospital. The mother hadn't told any fam...

I'm afraid I've lost some of you with those last two heart-heavy, lengthy posts regarding fears and attachment. (Are you doing okay...

What if we get a child who disrupts our life? What if that child's needs would be too overwhelming for me as a mama? What if that child...

Life lived by faith, in obedience to God's Word, is an adventure . My tidy little world was pretty rocked throughout our international...

Thank you for all of your thoughtful comments on the Intro post . ( I am convinced that I have the best blog-readers out there. I love you...

The picture above shows our two adopted children, Isaias (5), adopted from Guatemala when he was 9 months old; and Adelia (2), adopted throu...

Are you aware that November is National Adoption Month? It's a month set aside each year to raise awareness about the adoption of child...

One of Mark's favorite memories as a child is the summer his parents took him and his five siblings in an RV and made their way around t...

The orphan doll project is an idea given to my dear friend Kimmie by the Holy Spirit. I met Kimmie while we were in the process of adopting...

This morning we all loaded up to drive to the courthouse for the finalization of Adelia's adoption [ insert cheers and "woo-hoo...

We have a court date for the finalization of Adelia's adoption! November 14th is the big day, and we are rejoicing! A father to the fat...

A few things are happening on the adoption front. For the adoption of this dear girl: [Who is just so cute I can barely stand it. And who, ...

"The question will never be whether you should care for orphans. The question is how you will care for them... " -Jason Kovacs [...

Hooray! We found out this morning that Adelia is now legally free- meaning that the court has terminated her birth parents' rights, and ...

Wow. So I hardly even know where to begin to catch you up on our new little girl and the past three weeks with her. Three weeks? ! ~gasp!...

In Part 1 I eluded to this chapter in the "book" of our lives, and the whys of it. I have known from the beginning that one of ...