13 long months of waiting and dreaming...

13 months have passed since our Dossier (adoption paperwork) was mailed to Ethiopia.
 In the past 13 months we have moved from #41 on the "unoffical" waiting list to number 3 overall as well as #3 on the baby girl list.  Our agency anticipates that we can expect a referral sometime between 12 and 15 months DTE (the date our Dossier was sent to Ethiopia 09/19/10). 
So... since we are within that range we are praying we receive the picture of her sweet face any day.

How does the referral go down you might ask?  Well... it will look a little like this:
When we receive that beautiful "703" area code phone call I will try not to pass out or cry so hard I can't hear our case-worker.  Once I settled down enough to hear "This is Caitlin...this is your referral call" I will ask her to 3 way call Tim.  She will tell us about our baby's social story, her health, and her age among other facts.  Our case-worker will then email us her picture/s, paperwork, and ask us to review it and make our decision to either:
 A: accept the referral or
 B: decline (yah, like that would ever happen). :)

THEN I will either:

A: pass out,

 B: call off for the rest of the day so I can call EVERYONE I know,

 C: cry and PRAISE GOD because HE hears my deepest prayers AGAIN,

 or

 D: a combination of all of the above (most likely scenerio). 

When you pray tonight...please remember little Aerie Paige and pray that wherever she is that she feels our love, that God holds her while we can't.  Also please remember the other 143 million orphans that are waiting on a Mommy and Daddy too. 
Then ask yourself... "How might God want to use me to make an impact in 1 orphans life?" 

If I can help answer any of your questions, please ask me.  I love to talk about caring for these little ones.

Praying for bright days ahead,
Angi & Tim    

7630...

The distance between
Bloomfield, IN
and
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia= 
7630 miles

The distance:

Origin:
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Distance in miles:
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Bearing in degrees to Destination:

Long way for us, but easy for God...
Angi

Pray for Somalia

We received this email from World Vision concerning the famine in Somalia:



 Dear Sponsor,

I'm writing today with a different kind of request. Would you take a few minutes to pray? Here's why: There are 750,000 people who could starve to death in the next four months in an area of Somalia that aid agencies have not been able to reach.

This situation is horrific and avoidable. Families are walking 100 miles in search of aid, and often only the strongest survive the journey. In many cases, women are burying their children on the side of the road as they flee. This tragedy breaks my heart.

In the middle of the famine, in South-Central Somalia, we aren't even able to reach these starving children. World Vision had deep, long-term community relationships in Somalia since 1992, but we were forced to leave this part of the country in 2010. Armed groups demanded most aid organizations leave.




Somalis are fleeing violence and hunger.
In her escape, Gaalo Adan Ali lost two children to starvation.
She prays her 6-year-old son Khaleed won't die, too.


It is horrible knowing that we have been prevented from rescuing starving people.
 Our work elsewhere in East Africa is saving lives, where we are distributing
therapeutic food for children, clean water, sturdy tents, and essential medical care.

You can imagine the needs of a family who has walked for days without food and
 very little water, a mother and a father who have just buried their children. The
needs there are great. Yet governments and private donors have provided less than
 half of what the world needs to adequately respond.

Please pray.

We need safe access to help starving people. We need the resources to adequately care for the half million people now in overcrowded refugee camps. To achieve this, we need a breakthrough.

Please join us in prayer that World Vision and other aid organizations would be able to access the regions in Somalia where three quarters of a million people could starve to death. And pray for the financial resources to complete this job. I know that with your prayer, we can do this. "Jesus looked at them and said, 'With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.'" — Mark 10:27 (NIV)

In prayer with you,


Rich Stearns
President, World Vision U.S.

P.S. You can also
visit here for prayer resources and more information.

Praying,
Angi & Tim

Viola's new clothes

Kids everywhere LOVE new clothes.  In Viola's case she now has more than one outfit to choose from.  Viola (our Ugandan sponsored daughter) is the older girl and Rittah is her little sister. 

If you do not sponsor a child PLEASE consider it. 
Go to www.compassinmyheart.blogspot.com
to learn how you can sponsor a sweet child like Viola or Rittah for only $100.oo a year.

Thank you God for blessing us so we can bless others,
Angi & Tim