Where we are now..

hello friends!
I just wanted to keep everybody informed of where we are to date. We have had so many sweet friends asking!
We are over half way through with the homestudy! yay! It has really been so much fun and we LOVE our sweet social worker. God really answered our prayers!

I am slowly getting into raising funds for getting our daughter home. I know it seems odd raising money for something like this but it is a really common thing to do! Clark and I have entered into this with much prayer and discussion but not with the funds. This part we are going blindly and praying God will meet our needs in this process.

I've decided to just kindof lay it on the table. I want everyone to know where the money will go. It will cost us $30,000 when its all said and done. This can seem very overwhelming, huh? It sure is to us.
Clark and I will be donating 5% of what we raise to Anna Corinne's orphanage and 5% to starting a fund at our church to help other families with the initial cost with adoption. You can't apply for any grants, etc..until post homestudy but the homestudy is close to $5000. I think this will be such a blessing to other families with these "start up" cost :)
I am going to be using this site to post some of my latest fundraising options. I hope you like some of the items I will be selling! I'm going to also include a link to paypal if you would want to donate. MOST importantly, above fundraising, etc.., we'd love your prayers.  I'm going to have a running prayer list on this blog. Clark and I would greatly appreciate you taking one or two and praying with us! 

Finally....

   So, Today at 8:01 am I received a wonderful phone call from our adoption agency. She said we were officially PA. This stands for pre-approved meaning that China recognizes the fact we desire to adopt this one precious child. What a wonderful feeling to be able to announce this to the world!
   I'm going to use this site to blog this journey for our family. I'm going to use it for raising funds to bring her home. I'm going to use it as we seek out prayer warriors during certain times.
   While this is all very scary to both myself and Clark, I pray that we can embrace this journey as we are answering a call from our Lord.

Chen Fang Hong was born June 16, 2010 in or around Nancheng City. I was drawn to her like a moth to a flame. Although we've already faced a few challenges, I believe with my whole heart that she is meant to belong in our family and I'm craving the day she is ours forever!


Our current step is the Home Study. This will take a few months to complete! We will be sure to blog as often as we can! Hope you enjoy!

I CANNOT wait for more pictures to share!