Marathon for Millions

I have a good friend who is running in the Twin Cities Marathon this weekend to raise money for the 143 Million orphans that live in our world.  As I was thinking about her this morning and all the training she has done to prepare for her 26 mile journey, I was reminded of her passion to unite orphans with their forever families.  For most of us, to live without family is incomprehensible.  We have no idea what it means to not belong to anyone.  Think on that for a moment...then think on the fact that there are 143 million children in our world today...who live this way. They belong to no one yet long to have a family.    It is those thoughts that drive my friend to push her body to run for almost four hour with the hope that she can impact the life of even just one of those children.

If you would like to sponsor my running friend, you can send donation to Katelyn's fund  www.katelynsfund.org and note that your donation is for the marathon.  Katelyn's fund is an organization that give grants to families that are in the adoption process, helping with the financial aspect of adoption, so that one more child can have a forever family.   Toni

143,000,000 Orphans

As I watched this video for the first time, reality came crashing down on me. I had always known that people lived in poverty, and some children didn't have parents. But I had never realized how many children did not have homes, food, school, medical care but most importantly parents to care for them. My prayer is that this video impacts you as much as it did me.
-Jordyn-

Home Study Approved

After being in a holding pattern for a while it seems like things are picking up speed.  Yipee!!!  We received our approved home study in the mail last week and are now ready to send in our dossier as soon as we have all of the fee that goes with the dossier.  Once that paperwork is approved, we will go on THE WAITING LIST!!!!  This is where the real 'waiting' begins. 

We thought we should mention that we are working with All God's Children International out of Portland, OR.  They have a relatively young program in Ethiopia but have established Hannah's Hope which is AGCI's transition home for children waiting to be placed with their forever families.  The children at Hannah's Hope receive wonderful attention and great care while staying at HH. We so appreciate AGCI's focus on doing all that is best for each child and for seeing each child as a treasure from God.

FBI

GREAT NEWS!!!!   We received our clearance letters from the FBI.  This will allow us to move forward with our home study (HS) and dossier process.  Our home study was in a holding pattern ...waiting on the FBI letters so now it is making its way through the approval process with All God's Children International.   Once the HS is approved we can apply for grants and submit our dossier papers.   The waiting list is now in site.  Current wait times are 9-12 months.  What a treasure to know that it is all in God's perfect timing.    (remind me of this when I complain about the waiting  :-) )