Welcome to our Journey

Hello Family and Friends,

Wow I think that I need a class on blogging. This is my first blog so any suggestion please let me know.

Tom and I would like to share with you our decision to adopt a little boy from Ethiopia. God starting speaking to us about adoption about 1.5 years ago. So finally in June of 2007 we obeyed His calling and decided that we would adopt from Ethiopia. We feel that God has shaped our family for this adventure and are looking forward to meeting our little man.

So far during this process people have asked us a lot of questions so I will try and answer some of them for you in this first entry.

1) Why did you choose Ethiopia? We chose Ethiopia because we were amazed at the poverty level and the amount of orphans in this country. The time frame for adoption in this country is shorter than a lot of other places. Also Tom grandparents served in the peace corp, so there was a little connection for us. The girls have always been drawn to people from Africa. Kenzie had a friend in the first grade that came from Sudan who spoke no English and Kenzie helped her learn English and they have become very close friends. Deanna loves to help children who are under privileged , and Alli loves everyone.

2)How long does it take until he comes home? Well we are not really sure at this point. We decided to adopt in June, turned in our application in early August, then started preparing for our home study. Our home study was done on November 17 and we sent the official home to our agency in early December. We are now waiting for our appointment with the immigration agency for our fingerprints. It is estimated that we should be going the Ethiopia sometime in May or June.

If you have any question please feel free to ask and I will try to answer them.

Please join us and our children on this incredible journey as we walk in faith to bring little Caleb home.