FINALLY! :))

We leave in the morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are overjoyed to be finally on our way to our little girl...well, sort of! We are spending a couple of days in the Bay Area with Roger's parents, which will break up the trip for little Emma. We leave for China on the 31st, and arrive on the 1st. We will have Nina Faith Hongli on the 2nd!!

Thank you so much for your prayers! We have felt them every step along this journey of faith. Please continue to pray for safe travel, and for both Nina and Emma, as our family makes this wonderful adjustment. Please also pray for Parker while we are gone. My parents are coming to stay (praise God), but he will be on his own a little more than usual. Pray that he drives safely, and makes good decisions! :)

We love you guys, and will post as soon as we are able!

Kris & Roger

Bear With Me!

I'm trying to figure out how to add a video. Hopefully this will work! If it does, we can add all kinds of videos for you to view while we are in China! (ONE THING THAT I'VE JUST DISCOVERED--BEFORE YOU PLAY THE VIDEO, MAKE SURE THAT YOU PAUSE THE MUSIC ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE BY SCROLLING DOWN AND CLICKING ON THE PAUSE BUTTON!!!)

BTW, we will be arriving in China on September 1st at 8:55 p.m., and will have Nina Faith HongLi in our arms the next morning!! We absolutely cannot wait! Everything is coming together with last minute immunizations, getting paperwork in order, and OF COURSE, the packing!!

Please pray for an easy flight, as I am not the *best* flyer in the world. Please also continue to pray for the safety of our entire family while we are away, and that Nina's transition goes as smoothly as can be expected. If you can, please also pray for Emma Claire, as this is a very big trip combined with a very big lifechange for her! BTW, she started kindergarten this week, and has loved it!

Love you guys!

Kris

A Day For Miracles!

Sunday was quite an amazing day for us! Little Jack Reed was born at approx. 12:30 p.m. Momma, Daddy, big sister and baby are all doing well. He is such a cutie, and reminds me of Parker when he was born.

Another FANTASTIC blessing that we received yesterday was a very large check from our Adult Bible Fellowship class at church, and another check from the Deacon's Fund!!! It is truly amazing how faithful God has been throughout this process....each and every time we have hit a setback, HE has provided in a BIG way!! We feel so loved, and are so overwhelmed at the mercy and grace of our Heavenly Daddy. He had a plan for us, as a family, to grow in our faith during this amazing journey. Just as we know that this is true, we know that He has a plan for Nina Faith Hongli, also. We cannot wait to tell her about how we started this process in faith, and God was there, through so many people, to provide. We just had to close our eyes and JUMP!

May God bless all of you as we have been so blessed!

Kris

Turned Down Again!

We found out yesterday that we were turned down for the grant again. We had reapplied, on the advice of the grant organization, and still no grant. Also, Roger's HR director informed him that the adoption benefits that he worked so hard to get would not be in effect before we left. We can at least apply for the benefits after we return, but we don't know exactly when they will get everything together.

God works in mysterious ways, but the one thing that we know is that our God is faithful! Perhaps some major life changes will take place as a result of the aforementioned decisions. Please pray for me, and for our family, as we pull together to make some life altering choices.


Kris

WE GOT IT!!!!

Our coordinator emailed us at 1:40 a.m. this morning.....our TA was mailed 7/30, and BAAS should have it tomorrow!!!!

We are in the process of making flight arrangements. I will post something as soon as we have an itinerary!!!

WE ARE GOING TO CHINA!!! Hang on Nina Faith!!!

K