HAPPY EASTER!!! Well it has been a while. It seems like we stay so busy anymore. Here is an update: 4-30-10 @ 9:30am at the Charleston Court house we go before the judge and finalize Donovan's adoption !!!! It will be complete that day. We just have to wait in the new birth certificate. It is hard to believe God has us this far. Please pray for us this is a very busy month along with alot of different aspects of our life coming into a transition. Darrin has gone through so much this past year since the 1st accident. 4-15-10 we have an appointment with a specialist please pray he puts all the pieces together. Chris is facing alot this month also. He has a 4 day hearing coming up in which he testifies( the same week of Donovan's final adoption). Please pray for him also. He has had some difficulty facing this. He truly needs a change of heart with God to help him heal. He is a good kid with issues starting to surface especially this past month with facing the upcoming trial. Please pray for him to speak the truth nothing more or nothing less. Some of this truth he is having to face the first time for himself. Well the rest of the family is doing well. Mom is getting older! ha ha Mike is working as usually. George and Cheryl are loving the whole camp ground scene!! It is hard to believe Darrin and I started this journey over 5 years ago! So much has changed in our lives, in us. God has taught us so much, most of all He is in control even when we can not see or understand our circumstance or what the future holds. He is soverign we only need to hold on to Him and trust in His amazing loving merciful love and plans for good. Please continue to pray for us!!! love you all.
History
Well we actually started this journey February 2005. This is when we received a packet in the mail for no reason with pictures of children in the state system in need of adopted families. Now I will say that two days prior, my husband and I saw a billboard with a child's picture needing a forever family; this is what God used to spark the interest. That is when Darrin and I started discussing in extent about adoption. We spent alot of days together in prayer and seeking Gods confirmation. We did not want to walk into something just based on an emotion that would change. We needed to know this was God's purpose for us. We are unable to have children of our own; and honestly up to this point we were very content in our marriage. Then God decided this was the path He wanted us on. March of 2005 we contacted our local Department of Social Services and requested information. We had our application,fingerprints, references, pictures, along with background information finally turned in by May of 2005. So we have been on this journey for over 3 years. Now I must say 8 months was spent in building a house due to the trailer we lived in just would not pass all the fire codes. I must say God has taught us a great deal through this process. We have learned so much from the people God has put in our path to help us, encourage us, and pray for us. Most of all Darrin and I have become much more dependant on the Lord Jesus. It can be very discouraging at times than at others it can be the most rewarding thing you could experience. My husband has said we have been pregnant waiting on our children for such a long time that as they walk through our door for the first time we are not going to know how to act!
Meet our Dogs
Meet our Dogs:
The Black Dog is Cole. I guess you could say he is the lead.
The Brown Dog is Duke. I guess you could say he is the loyal but not very smart one.
Then there is LITTLE BIT. Yes you guessed it; she is the one under the covers on the couch. From her point of view she does not believe she is a dog.
