Tag Archives: clearance
March 19th, US Embassy
Hi – Our interview at the Embassy was this morning and it went really well. Simple, to the point, and after months of red tape, thereView full post »
March 17th
Hi all – We have had a full day today with an outing for coffee and shoes and a drive through the city up to Mount Entoto. PleaseView full post »
Together FOREVER!
We have her!!! Fasika Louise Richmond is in our arms! I am using the guest house computer, so I’ll have to upload photos from myView full post »
Addis Ababa, Thursday 9pm
We made it! It is a pretty brutal trek, but Emma did remarkably well all things considered. She finally allowed herself to be still longView full post »
BNA to MSP to AMS to ADD
We have made it through our first of six flights over the next ten days. Nearly there! 😉 It was of course a fair bit of crazy getting threeView full post »
Beautifully Welcomed Chaos
Hi! So sorry we haven’t had a chance to update you all via the blog since we were cleared to travel. It has been non-stop to getView full post »
Like a Child
The video below is what happens when you (and all your friends) have been praying and waiting SO patiently for your baby sister to comeView full post »
Kindness, Songs & Chocolate
I have incredible friends. Friends who may not know how or why my heart aches the way it has these past three months, but they try theirView full post »
Arrived in Kenya
Friends, at 1:52am we received an email from USCIS in Nairobi, Kenya confirming our file had been received from Addis. Never did we imagineView full post »
Line by Line
Several weeks ago now, Rob and I both independently began to walk away from our times of prayer with an understanding that this journey isView full post »
A Hard Bend in the Road
Friends- In the early hours of the day we received an email from the USE that our case indeed had already been sent to USCIS in Nairobi. IView full post »
Created to fit
The director of our agency’s Ethiopia program was in Africa last week and was kind enough to send us some new photos of our girl. SheView full post »