Welivebyjohn3:16: Today is the Day!!

Happy Birthday Abigayle Jo. You are the best 10 year old ever and so beautiful. I am so proud of you!! Momma Loves you.

Hopefully I can get some pictures of the birthday party down-loaded later...

Aleena's Adoption Timeline

May 5th, 2009; Home with Aleena Saron
April 30, 2009 Visa Appt.
April 6, 2009; Court Passed
January 23: Court date recieved (04/06)
December 31st, 2008; Our paperwork is being processed in Ethiopia and we are officially waiting on a court date.
December 17th 2008; Aleena's referral
April 7, 2008 Dossier sent to Ethiopia, officially on the waiting list!!
February 2008 USCIS approved for a little girl 12-36 months
Nov. 07-Jan.2008 Passports and Paperwork for Dossier
Thanksgiving week 2007 accepted into the Ethiopian program through CHI
Spring 2007= research and prayer

Verses to Ponder

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Psalm 27:4 "Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord."
Psalm 130:5 "I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in His word I put my hope."
My favorite:
Isaiah 40 :31 "But they that wait upon the Lord; shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run, and not by weary; and they shall walk, and not faint."

ETHIOPIAN FACTS AND FIGURES

Life expectancy: 42 years old
Population subsisting below $2/day -
close to 80%Average births per woman: 6.14Deaths from pregnancy/abortion related:
1 in 7Women dying from TB is 96 per 100,000Children dying from AIDS:
1 in 16Percentage of AIDS cases in the world: 7%Female genital mutilation: >80%Women experiencing rape: 25%Newborns dying before age one - 1 in 10Children dying before age 5 - 1 in 6Orphans - 4 millionChildren under 5 stunted from malnutrition - >50%Literacy 41%for women 26.4%
High school attendance for females 8.5%

Welivebyjohn3:16

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Today is the Day!!

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