Rebecca Joy - Here we Come!

Rebecca Joy's Referral Photo

After our adoption of Anna Hope was completed in September 2007, we were convinced God wanted us to trust Him for one more child, even though we were both getting into the "upper 40's".  We applied through America World Adoption Association as soon as we could (March 2008) and eventually received a login date of March 2009.  On May 23, 2010, at a Global Day of Prayer service at our church, I (Phil) was impressed to ask God to identify our next child within 90 days.  Amazingly, God did this, and within 77 days we had been matched to Rebecca Joy, filed our electronic acceptance, received our pre-approval, received our referral agreement and filed our letter of acceptance.  She is currently 2 1/2 years old, which is 1 year and 9 months younger than Anna Hope.  Anna Hope is excited about meeting Rebecca Joy, and together God has now provided in abundance Hope and Joy.  What a great blessing.

We have filed the required paperwork, and are now waiting on our Travel Authorization from China.  Our best guess is that we will travel in late October, 2010, but Priscilla is hoping for earlier!

Our entire family is getting ready for another great adoption adventure.  Our oldest three children, Tim (20), Sarah (18) and Michael (17), are experiencing how great it is to see our younger children explore their world and experience life.   They are GREAT kids and really act like little "parents".  We have been asking God that our kids would see His hand move throughout the adoption process, and we are so thankful that this has been clearly evident.  Thank you, God, for this tremendous blessing.