first off, thank you for reading this blog...and praying for us on this journey. please add us to your blog roll, but please do not use our... ahem..real name(s).


if you are meeting us for the first time we are the Incredibles..we live in Under Water Village.... (all our names and locations are aliases btw) ;)

Abe: dad
Vada: mom
Shore: 9yr old son
Sister Sun: daughter (she went to Heaven when she was almost 4 months old. 6 years ago)
Praise: 5 yr old daughter. she joined our family through adoption when she was 11 months old.
Dew Drop: 7 yr old daughter. she joined our family through adoption when she was 4 1/2 yrs old.
Brother Moon: 2 yr old son
Marigold: 9 yr old in process to adopt her...


almost one year ago a really cool family came to stay with us for one night as they were preparing to pack up and move to Lantern Lights. we will call them the Fantasticals. and boy are they fantastic! after they left Abe and I began talking about what it is that God is calling us to at this moment in our lives? through a few conversations with a few different people..and to make a VERY long story short... we believe that God is calling us to pursue the adoption of a beautiful 9 year old girl, Marigold. I know right?!?!?!? I was just as surprised as you are. Marigold lives in Lantern Lights, the same country where Praise and Dew Drop are from. God is with her. we started the paper chase in January...

I wish Sister Sun was here to join in on this excitement. some day we will be reunited in Heaven and I can thank her for all the wonderful things she taught me. thank you Heavenly Father for her.

for the past few years Shore has been asking us if we could adopt a girl his age or older. he said he has always wanted a twin sister. Marigold and Shepherd are basically twins. and from everything we hear about Marigold..I think the two of them will share a very special bond. oh please dear Father let her become our sister/daughter.

we had our home study updated on Sister Sun's birthday...what better way to celebrate her life!?!? our initial immigration approval was granted on Brother Moon's birthday....so here we are...

our agency let us know that on august first (july 31 our time) our file will be sent to Lantern Lights in attempt to have our file logged in. then we will find out if they will approve our family... particularly our family size.... will you please join us in prayer? this is a HUGE obstacle as they have no real rules in place...just case by case, family by family decisions. many changes have taken place in Lantern Lights...in the way adoptions are being processed. making it much more difficult for families to be matched with specific children..

we believe that God has brought us on this journey for a reason. and though I was hesitant at first. it is becoming harder and harder to imagine Marigold NOT a part of our family. I feel a different type of urgency with her than I felt with Praise and Dew Drop. praying for the peace of God to guard our hearts and minds.

so that's the scoop. will you join us in prayer for this sweet child of God? please pray that we will find favor with the Lantern Lights... please pray that we will be granted this amazing honor of being Marigold's family. God be with us all.

Love,
Vada

disclaimer: "not by chance me and you" are lyrics to a song. not just bad grammar... although, my grammar is poor... sorry mom!