The Beginning of this Journey...

The Lord began this journey towards our second adoption about 1 year ago. He put on our hearts to sponsor Kay - at Harmony Outreach and we did. When i first saw her, i fell in love with her and prayed for her to join our family. It wasn't until May 2008 that the Lord began to use her to open our hearts to adoption again. That was when we had John Bentley from Harmony Outreach (her foster program) staying with us and he told us that Kay was ready to be adopted internationally. We prayed about her and began the adoption process again. Unfortunately, it wasn't in God's plan for her to join our family but He did use her to open our hearts up to adoption again and we are excited to see where He takes us. We are Trusting in Him.

The Lord has brought Maylynn into our lives and hearts on Nov. 21st (that is when we received her referral). We are excited to see Him bring her home to us. Please pray for the rest of our journey. We can't wait to bring Maylynn home...

Friday, June 19, 2009

Care Package


This is the care package that Maylynn should be recieving in the next few days from Red Thread China.
As you can see, we are giving her foster family a camera to take pictures of her and her foster family and a letter with many questions - we are hoping to get these things back when we get her. It will give us SO much valuable information about her likes and dislikes etc...
We gave her a pretty prink dress and a little musical stuffed animal to enjoy -as well as, some candies for the family. The red bag on the top left has a tag with it - and this is being given to her with the hopes that the foster family with send with her a few precious things that they feel that Maylynn will treasure for her life. I am really praying that some things will come home with her.:)
Paperwork update - ??? not too sure... On Monday, we were issued our provisional approval letter - this gets sent to me, our agency and the Dept of State Visa Center (to learn about the Hague process we are going thru - click HERE) The D. of State then cables our information to the Consulate in China - we are waiting to hear about this step! Please keep praying for quick paperwork processing!!!
BTW- thanks for the prayers for the update on Maylynn - we are so very grateful for them!
BTW - we compared the measurements with Hayleigh and Maylynn is 2.5 years younger than Hayleigh but is only 5 pounds lighter and will be at Hayleigh's nose! They will look like little twins!!! :):) Too funny!

2 comments:

Jolene Powell said...

I am replying to the question you left on my blog: I don't know what we're going to do. I think I'm going to see how Lola's situation plays out. No matter what, one of us will go. I keep hoping this nightmare will end. If it gets worse, I don't see how China can sustain its current practice of the quarantines. I do know that when TA comes, I'm leaving my house as little as possible, taking lots of vitamins, and on the day of travel tylenol! We are trusting God at this point!

The Ordinary Horse said...

Hi, I'm Sarah...also waiting for LOA/TA (tho, I'm on the old I-600A process) for my Guilin daughter, Meiying. She just turned 7 last week and I got some wonderful updated pictures of her as well. I'm so excited for you. Who knows, we might end up traveling together? Maylin is beautiful! Keep the faith...this is our 2nd adoption from China and it doesn't get any easier, but when you finally get the word, the heartache of the waiting is a far-away memory! Feel free to visit my blog for Anna Meiying updates: www.tobringherhome.blogspot.com