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Adoption Update: August 13, 2014
Good afternoon! Here is the latest update regarding our adoption. We are being prepared by our adoption agency to travel in September to travel to China to bring home Malachi! We cannot begin to express our excitement and our stress … Continue reading
Adoption Update: Meet Malachi
Earlier this summer we accepted a referral for a 13 month old boy and have begun the paperwork to bring him home. His name is Zhang Shuo- and we plan on calling him Malachi Shuo LaMotte. You may remember that we … Continue reading
Adoption Update: Matching Grant
Andrea and I want to take an opportunity to thank everyone who has supported us financially towards our $3000 matching grant that we received back in December. As a refresher- Lifesong for Orphans gave us a $3000 matching grant- meaning … Continue reading
Adoption Update: Match Night
Each month our adoption agency, Bethany Christian Services, has a match night for families waiting for an adoption from China. This means that rather than waiting for a referral/match at any time, our anticipation grows one night a month as … Continue reading
Adoption: How Our Journey Began
Andrea and I met in January of 1999 at Asbury College in Wilmore, KY. Andrea had just returned from a semester serving in India with Word Made Flesh- a missions organization serving the poorest of the poor around the world. … Continue reading
As many of our friends and family know (and some readers) our family has been in the process of adopting a little girl with minor correctable special needs from China since the summer of 2012. Our paper is in, approved, … Continue reading
An Adoption Milestone
For those who may not know, Andrea and I have been working through the adoption process since last August- and seriously since November. Our prayer is to adopt a young girl with minor correctable special needs from China. Yesterday, we … Continue reading
The Unaware Heir
I read this article late last week in the Huffington Post and a few other sources. It is the story of the heir of a 300 million dollar fortune dying in Wyoming from hypothermia. The Huffington Post reports: “Timothy Henry … Continue reading
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