I miss Africa
Just sitting here this morning thinking about how much I miss Africa, mainly the people and the lively Sunday morning church. I can’t wait until the day we get to go back. with love, Chantel
adoption details
Okay, now that Jared and I each have our 30-page personal history documents done I can finally fill you in on some of our adoption details. Adoption has been something we have always talked about together, we knew that we wanted to adopt someday. Last fall we started talking about when that someday would be and…
adoption
Thank you to every one on your comments, email, messages, texts and excitement at the news of our adoption. We are really excited about it. We started our home study last week and have been busy answering lots of questions and getting paperwork completed for our dossier. Hopefully early next week I will be done this 30…
depraved indifference
Warning: this video makes me cry every single time I watch it. If you are a movie crier are in a public setting right now maybe wait to watch it. And if you aren’t a crier I still think this video should make you cry. As he imagines his son, Hudson, in that situation I…
big life changes
It is no secret that I have always had a passion for orphans and orphan care, after all, part of the purpose of this blog is to raise awareness of the plight of orphans around the world. So it only made sense when six months ago Jared and I made the decision to adopt a…
uganda {araphat’s story}
Araphat’s mom couldn’t afford to feed both him and his sister so he decided to go live on the streets of Kabale so that his sister could eat. He was only 7 years old. This boy is smart -he was often used as a translator at Humura and all his English he picked up on…
