August 20, 2017

Hello everyone!

We can't express to you how humbled we are that you follow our blog and most importantly shower us with prayers as we continue our journey to add a little one to our family! We received word on August 17th that the committee was finally able to meet again to conclude their meeting that started in June! What does that mean..........

• Now Pierre (our social worker in Burundi) and other members of the Burundi community get those children ready to be officially placed with their forever family! This means ensuring those children are truly orphans and no family members are around that could adopt them into their homes. Once this process is completed, our agency gets word regarding who received referrals and who will still be waiting. 
• The process above typically takes 6-8 weeks. We currently have 14 families from our agency including us, waiting. 
• We will receive an email if we do not receive a referral and a phone call if we receive one! This communication comes from our agency All God's Children International. 

We ask that you continue to pray for ALL the families waiting for their precious little ones! We also ask for prayers of acceptance no matter what form of communication we receive from All God's Children International regarding the results of this meeting. Jim is honestly handling the roller coaster of emotions much better than I am, that's just the truth. I trust in God and know this process will workout in his time, but it's a struggle on some days! Well let me just be honest, on most days! 

Today in church the theme was Because We Are Family. Pastor Clint's wife spoke about how God adopted us into his family, he chose us. We have full confidence in the fact that he is choosing the perfect little one to come into our lives! It's just hard keeping that in perspective sometimes! 

Hebrews 10:23 tells us he is faithful with his promises! 

Love and Prayers,

Jim and Kelly 

August 15, 2017

Jim and I adore our adoption agency, All God's Children International. They've created a Facebook community of other families adopting from Burundi. It's honestly a HUGE blessing as we navigate the roller coaster of emotions this process unintentionally causes!

This was posted recently....... We truly appreciate any and all prayers as we "wait" for our little angel!

If you want to learn a little more about Burundi and how you can pray for the country, check out the link below....

Prayercast- Burundi 

                                          Love, 

                                   Jim and Kelly 

August 3, 2017


Update:

The committee was unable to meet yesterday as planned. Pierre told AGCI they are hopeful the meeting will happen soon. AGCI is continuing to advocate for all the waiting families.

Love, 

Jim and Kelly 

August 2, 2017

🙏 Calling all Prayer Warriors! 🙏 We received word the committee is supposed to meet today and finish the meeting they started in June!

🌹 Pray for the committee members and their tough decisions ahead

🌹 Pray for all the families that are anxiously waiting to hear the results of the meeting (including us) 

🌹 Pray for strength and patience and understanding it's in his time!

🌹 Most importantly, pray for the children waiting to be matched with their forever families and the orphanages keeping them safe until then!

This is truly a journey of pray and patience as well as trust in God. 

Love, 

Jim and Kelly 

July 17, 2017


Hello everyone! Jim and I have been receiving a lot of messages and questions since the last time we wrote! Here's your update...........

The committee did finally meet in mid-June. They did not complete the meeting, so they scheduled to finish on June 28th. (We're hoping the meeting took so long because they are placing more families than they have previously during these meetings.) Well the Central Authority was called away to Italy, so the conclusion of the meeting just happened last week.

Typically our agency hears from Pierre (the social worker our agency collaborates with in the adoption process) 4-6 weeks after the conclusion of the meeting.  Pierre is hoping to speed that portion of the wait up, but there is no guarantee. Once our agency, All God's Children International, hears from Pierre. We will hear from our agency either way. We requested an email if we did not receive a referral and a phone call if we receive one!


So here's to more waiting!!!!!  We will certainly keep everyone updated!!!

LOVE,

Jim and Kelly 

June 13, 2017

I've been meaning to sit down for the past few days to let everyone know where we are in the process, but there really isn't anything new to share...............................

STILL WAITING

Our social worker from All God's Children International called to check on us today. It was nice talking with her and simply processing the wait. Then around 7pm this evening, we received an email from Melissa, our social worker, she heard from Pierre, our social worker in Burundi, shortly after we got off the phone. The Committee is planning to meet tomorrow in order to assign the first round of referrals for 2017!!! This is exciting, but of course comes with more waiting!!!!!  

• We need to pray the committee actually meets! 
• Once the committee meets, All God's Children International won't know anything about how many referrals our agency received or who received them for 3-4 weeks. We need to pray we're one of the lucky families! 

Until then we will continue to pray and save money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOVE, 

Jim and Kelly 

Anxious!

April 29, 2017

Ourselves and all the other families adopting from Burundi through All God's Children International are anxiously awaiting the next Committee meeting. We are eligible to get a referral, but it doesn't mean we will. The committee is scheduled to meet in May, fingers crossed sooner rather than later in the month!

In the meantime, families from our agency have been traveling to Burundi to meet and pick up their children. Check out this picture......... It simply melts our hearts! Cannot wait to experience this day. Jim is team girl!

We still have a lot of money to save! We truly appreciate all the support, love and prayers we've received during this process! 

LOVE,

Jim and Kelly