It's official: We are going to Russia! We got the call this morning and have spent most of the day on the phone, working on our travel arrangements, and completing our visa applications. WE LEAVE IN 9 DAYS ... AHHHHHH!!! Needless to say, it has been a whirlwind of a day and my head is already spinning with all the things we need to do!
We will post updates as often as we can over the coming weeks. Right now, though, we are simply basking in the joy of this moment and thanking God for His faithfulness. If all goes well, we could have Hope home by Christmas. And what a Christmas present she would be ...
"Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life." ~ Proverbs 13:12
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"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." ~ James 1:27
Not flesh of my flesh
Nor bone of my bone,
But still miraculously my own.
Never forget for a single minute,
You didn't grow under my heart,
But in it.
~ Fleur Conkling Heylinger
About Us
We are the biological parents of three beautiful children: Benjamin, 9, Abigail, who would now be 6, and the tiny baby we miscarried in 2008, affectionately named Zacchaeus by his then 4 year old big brother, Ben. We lost Abby during labor in 2006 and, after a long road of stillbirth, miscarriage, and infertility, began our adoption journey in 2008. After almost three years of waiting, our sweet rainbow girl, Galina "Hope", finally came home from Russia on 11/9/11. This is the story of our "Journey to Hope!"
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For more of our story, please visit our daughter, Abigail's memorial website here:
Abby's Memorial Site
To follow our adoption journey from the beginning, click here:
The Journey To Hope
For more of our story, please visit our daughter, Abigail's memorial website here:
Abby's Memorial Site
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Support our adoption by buying Usborne books. Click the image above to visit our online bookstore!
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P.O. Box 44313
Cincinnati, OH 45244
Or, if you prefer to make a donation by check, please make it payable to "The Journey to Hope" and
mail it to:
Prayer Partners-HOPE
P.O. Box 44313
Cincinnati, OH 45244
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Natalie Faith
We were so touched and inspired by the adoption story of this little girl that we wanted to share her video on our blog. It gives you a peek into what our experience will be like when we finally bring Hope home. They brought Natalie Faith home from Russia last year and as the song says, "When love takes you home and says that you belong here, the lonliness ends and a new life begins ..."