This week from Ethiopia

our agency placed 6 children this week with loving families.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Orphan Sunday

Sunday November 8,2009 is Orphan sunday

Isaiah 1:17 — to “seek justice, encourage the oppressed, and defend the cause of the fatherless.”

Steven Curtis Chapman will perform a live concert, anchored by presentations from several leaders in the adoption and orphan care movement, among them Jedd Medefind, who prior to his leadership of Christian Alliance for Orphans worked in the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives

We need to be working on ways to start raising awareness about the dramatic need that exists among the world’s children. Over 143 million of them have lost a parent; some 87 million have lost both parents. Most of them live in poverty and have very few chances to succeed in life.

Whether it’s supporting foster care, domestic adoption, international adoption or supporting overseas orphanages and shelters, there is much that we can do as the richest country on earth to support these 143 million children who need help.

The Orphan Sunday live webcast starts at 2:00PM Pacific Time this Sunday, November 8. I hope you check it out!

Finger Prints

Tomorrow we will be going to Indianapolis to get our finger prints done, this is the last major step before submitting our dossier and being OFFICIALLY on the waiting list for our daughter. As of right now there are 90 families waiting to be matched with a precious little one. Thanks for all the prayers, we are so blessed to be a part of what God is doing to bring this little one home.

Thanks to my friend Danielle for offering up another great give away, we won a kids CD from a previous give away and I am sure the boy's are going to just love it. this time it is a scented. plug in wax tart burner. I love to have yummy smelling things in my home. Check it out at

http://gaertegang.blogspot.com/2009/10/scentsy-review-giveaway.html?showComment=1256575778927#c2455155205468513997

check out another great give away from my dear friend Danielle.I think my boy's would enjoy this.http://gaertegang.blogspot.com/2009/10/charlie-hope-cd-review-giveaway.html?showComment=1255210783570#c6285444395438086156

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Immigration Update

we got our immigration approval in the mail today!!!!! we have a finger print date and that is the last step before submitting our dossier to Ethiopia. YAH one step closer.

GOD IS SO GOOD