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Abeba Joy Lilah (Avé) (4)
Mick
...and her girl
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About Me
First, 2 continents collided...
...And then 2 continents became 3.
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My Oldest Son
Jack Orion Lincoln (10)
My Youngest Son
Benjamin Peter Sirius (8)
My Daughter
Abeba Joy Lilah (Avé) (4)
The Husband
Mick
The Blogger
...and her girl
A Little More About Me...
I try to live my life following the teachings of Jesus. If you are also a believer, try not to be offended by my love for irreverence and penchant for recreational cursing. If you are not a believer, try not to be offended by my, well, belief.
Books I've read lately...
- Growing Up Black in White by Kevin Hoffmann
- The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis
- How to Talk So Your Kids Will Listen... by Faber and Mazlish
- Adopted for Life by Russell D. Moore
- Attaching in Adoption by Deborah D. Gray
- Scared by Tom Davis
- The Hole in our Gospel by Richard Stearns
- 28 Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolan
- Red Letters- Living a Faith that Bleeds by Tom Davis
- In Their Own Voices: Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories by Prof. Rita J. Simon
- A Love Like No Other- Stories of Adoption by various authors
- The Family of Adoption by Joyce Maguire Pavao
- There is No Me Without You by Melissa Fay Greeene
- Ethiopia In Pictures by Daniel Abebe
- I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla by Marguerite Wright
Adoption Timeline
- 2010
- March 11-22 Travel to ET to get Avé!
- February 8 Court Date! PASSED!!!
- 2009
- December 3 REFERRAL DAY!!!~
- July 10 ON THE WAIT LIST!!!
- July 2 CIS Approval letter arrives!
- June 16 CIS fingerprinting
- May 28 received CIS letter about fingerprint date
- May 27 corrected Homestudy received
- May 10 Homestudy has to be re-written b/c it says that Mick is an American citizen. Which he is not.
- May 7 OFFICIALLY "GLADNEY APPROVED!"
- May 7 Homestudy sent to CIS
- April 30 mailed Mick's passport ap AGAIN and mailed TONS of stuff to Dossier service!
- April 28 got fingerprints back from FBI stamped w/ "No Arrest Record"
- April 22 got Mick's passport ap back b/c signature went outside box. :-/
- April 15 sent fingerprints to the FBI and mailed Mick's passport renewal ap
- April 14 sent in application to renew my passport
- April 7 Fingerprinted for the FBI
- March 23 re-sent background check to OK Bureau of Investigation w/ the RIGHT form this time
- March 12 got Mick's birth certificate from Australia
- March 10 Homestudy!
- Feb. 17 mailed ALL Gladney paperwork- groups 1, 2, and 3!!!
- Feb. 14 mailed info to KBS Dossier service
- Jan. 26 mailed background check to OK Bureau of Investigation
- Jan. 20 Mailed the I-600A form and payment to Immigration
- Jan. 22 woke up with the PEACE. Whew!
- Jan. 12 -21 totally freaked out about what we were doing!
- Jan. 13 faxed "Application to get the Application"
- Jan. 11 went to Gladney's adoption seminar in OKC
- Jan. 7 Phone Orientation w/ Gladney
- 2008
- Dec. 9 Sent online request to Gladney to get Info Packet
- 2001
- May sometime... Felt like the Lord placed the future adoption of a daughter in my heart.
Fav Quotes
- "We must BE the change we want to see in the world." Gandhi
- "I know now, Lord, why you give no answer. You yourself ARE the answer. Before your face, all questions die away." CS Lewis 'Till We Have Faces'
- "But if I knew everything there would be no wonder, because what I believe is far more than what I know." Madeline L'Engle
- "The better part of one's life consists of his friendships." Abraham Lincoln
3 comments:
THANK YOU! I saw this several weeks ago on a blog and I could not find it again to show my family. This was an answer to prayer!
Heartbreaking! but the hope it stirs! We must act, as the Lord leads!
Thank you again for posting this!
I'm sobbing...thank you for sharing that. x
Hey Gayla,
I just set down to read your email and I clicked on your blog. I was browsing around in total awe at everything you are going through...bless your heart!
I clicked on the Sam and Esther link. Then, Lucia yelled for help. Of course, I am a wonderful mother, so I quickly got up to find out what she needed. At that very moment, Adelina walked into the room, stopped and began to watch the video. Next came Diego then Lucia. When I turned around all 3 of my children were starring at the computer screen watching the video with great intensity. I decided to just set back and see how they reacted. I don't believe I have ever seen all three of my children mesmerized at the same time like that. I am sure it will not surprise you that it was Diego that began with questions immediately after the video ended. Why don't they have clothes, why was he crying, why don't they have anything to eat, where did she get the water and finally...why doesn't someone help them. I told him that you were helping by adopting two children from Ethiopia and by telling people you know about children that don't have all that we have...God Bless You!!!
Lezlie
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