March Numbers!

We have been praying for God to move in a mighty way in Ethiopia. From the most resent news from our agency AGCI it sounds like there are some good changes happening on the Ethiopian side of this process. We recieved our Official numbers for March and they 7 & 7 on both lists.
Now you know that I really like to share our unofficial numbers because they are much more up to date.
We are number...

for a Girl

AND

number...

for a Boy!

Which will it be????

Tony

Whose Counting?

WE are, and I hope you are as well. We are so excited to have so many people supporting us and praying for our adoption.
We are number...


On the Girls list
And number...


On the Boys list.

All unofficial of course!

Tony

How Close?

VERY! I must say that I am way excited about our current unofficial numbers. We are 8 on the Boys list and 9 on the Girls list. There are three families in front of us on both boy and girl lists, which will help the rest of the wait move a little faster. I'm starting to wonder about when we will get our call for a referral, and wondering where we will be when that call comes in...

Tony

One year!

On February 18, 2010 my wife and I prayed over our application to AGCI in the Ethiopia adoption program and then dropped it into the mail slot. With the great need for orphans in the country of Ethiopia I would have thought the process would be much quicker than it has been. We have prayed for patience and for our hearts to completely rely on God. This is His plan and it will happen in His time. Unofficially our numbers are 10 for a Boy and 12 for a Girl. Boy or Girl, Girl or Boy... I guess only He knows and I am excited to find out the answer to my questions. :0)

Tony

February Numbers

Well this year has been off to a slow start as far as referrals go. We continue to pray and wait in His perfect timing. Our number on the girls list is 15 and our number on the boys list is 12. I really can't beleive how close together our numbers have become. We really don't know if we will have a girl or a boy. This really is exciting!
As far as our life here in Ohio this winter has been long. There has pretty much been snow and ice on the ground sinse the beginning of December. This week it looks like temeratures will be above freezing and could reach the 50's. We just might get a chance to see our yard for the first time in over 2 months. :0)

Tony

Numbers, Derby & B-Ball

January brings new numbers. We are 12 on the boy's list and 18 on the girl's list. At this rate we should be looking at a referral in about three months from now. That is so close yet so far away. Big D had his first upwards basketball game today and he loved it. Today was also the day of the big pinewood derby. He finished second but his car loooked the coolest! The design was all his idea and I loved helping him build it.




Tony

2010 to 2011

The beginning of a new year gives us a chance to reflect on the year past and prepare for the year before us. We have so much to be thankful for over this past year. We have stepped out in faith to follow the new calling on our life to adopt a child from Ethiopia. I truly don’t believe this would be possible without taking the finance course by Dave Ramsey in January. I really love telling my money where to go. So much so we have already built our budget for 2011. We served God through many different mission activities/trips, enjoyed a family trip at the end of July and then traveled to Nashville to enjoy a picnic hosted by our agency AGCI. Golf coaching and a brand new school year soon followed. We enjoyed Halloween, a Thanksgiving visit with my Dad at Dollywood, a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year celebration with the kids. During this entire year we have been praying and waiting for our newest family member. I found that the waiting goes a little easier when I have little projects to work on. The newest project is coaching upwards basketball for my son’s team and now we are building a pinewood derby car for cub scouts. 2011 is going to be so great! We plan to spend time in N. Carolina with my wife’s brother’s family in the beginning of July (they live in Hawaii), we also hope to have traveled to Ethiopia twice by this time and have our family all together. Please continue to pray for us and our child.
Tony