Marvelous in Our Eyes

Friday, November 24, 2023

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Sleep, sweet prince...Nov. 2021

Thanksgiving, 2021

Despite appearances, he really does love me...

Special grandkid time, Nov. 19, 2021

Anna and Jamie went to a party and we got the privilege to babysit....

I had some leftover fondant and they made some creations with it!

John's quirk 2021

This is a special identifying behavior of my guy...one sock halfway off of his foot...

Favorite Quotes

"The Bible calls debt a curse and children a blessing; but in our culture, we apply for a curse and reject blessings. Something is wrong with this picture." ~ Doug Phillips

"I can not change the world but I can change the world for one person" -Mother Teresa

"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out and proclaiming, 'Wow, what a ride!!!'"

"Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphan and widows..." James 1:27

"Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.” - Martin Luther King Jr

"To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways: we do not know what a day may bring forth. This is generally said with a sigh of sadness. It should rather be an expression of breathless expectation."- Oswald Chambers

"All that we call human history--money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery--[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy." -C.S. Lewis

"One can give without loving, but one can not love without giving." Amy Carmichael

"The past effects the future, but does not have to determine it"
-Dr. Karyn Purvis

"Time and experience have taught me a priceless lesson: Any child you take for your own becomes your own if you give of yourself to that child. I have born two children and had seven others by adoption, and they are all my children, equally beloved and precious" ~ Dale Evans

"How can there be too many children, it's like saying there are too many flowers." ~ Mother Teresa

“ The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children.” ~Author Unknown

to ski

Elijah's Adoption Timeline

September 2008
Announced to family that we were planning on adopting from China for the second time
October
Started homestudy
November
Finished all our homestudy visits, but had to get extra clearances for Daniel and Anna
January 2009
Send I800A to USCIS in Chicago
February 20
USCIS agent called and said approval was ready, but we might want to consider having Anna fingerprinted(she would soon turn 18)
February 26
Dana, our advocate, called and we first saw Eli's precious face
March 23
I 797C- USCIS approval
March 24
Dossier sent to our agency, A Helping Hand
April 4
Dossier sent to China!!! Praise the Lord!
April 15
Log In Date!!
April 22
Nurture and Care Plan, formerly LOI sent to CCAA
April 29
Pre-Approval
July 2
Letter of Acceptance, or Letter Seeking Confirmation
July 6
Mailed in acceptance
July 10
Sent in I 800
July 12
I 800 received in Chicago
July 13
First Pre-Travel Meeting
July 24
Email notification of I 800 approval
July 28
Received I800 in the mail
July 29
Documents sent to Guangzhou
August 4
Cable sent from NVC to Guangzhou
August 10
Article 5 done and picked up by courier
August 31
Travel Approval
September 10-26
Travel to China

Friday, November 24, 2023

November 25-27, 2021

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Sleep, sweet prince...Nov. 2021

Thanksgiving, 2021

Special grandkid time, Nov. 19, 2021

John's quirk 2021

Christmas 2016

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Favorite Quotes

"All that we call human history--money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery--[is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy." -C.S. Lewis

“ The most precious jewels you’ll ever have around your neck are the arms of your children.” ~Author Unknown

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