Category: Adoption

Just an update to let everyone know how Emmanuella is doing.  She came home right in the thick of Thanksgiving weekend. However, she quickly joined her cousins and brothers and played and tried new foods. We had a wonderful, quieter December and Christmas went wonderfully. She gave us a sense of just how we have […]

We had a relaxing Tuesday at the hotel… packing, napping, the boys took a walk. We went to the airport around dinner time and went through all the check-in, TSA and immigration hoops. Emmanuella Ama did wonderfully, although she was tired and wanted to be held (by Mommy only) the whole time. My arms are […]

We had a great day today for our last whole day in Ghana. We had breakfast at the hotel and then went around town. First we played a little, took pictures and collected shells at the beach. The fishermen were out but many boats were on the beach getting repairs. After that we went to […]

Today was a rest day also. We just stayed at the hotel: ate, swam and napped. We tried a food we hadn’t tried before here: Banku with pepper sauce. Very spicy but good. Pepper sauce is like VERY hot salsa with different chilis, not jalapeno. Anyway, Emmanuella REALLy likes pepper sauce. We’re pretty sure she […]

Well, I’ve been making notes and will be more detailed later (maybe)…but for now here is a quick run-through of the events in Africa so far… Wednesday: Got here, checked in at the hotel, went to see Emmanuella Ama, went out to eat with our social worker, Ama and her foster brother, came home and […]

The journey of adopting a child from overseas is full of many ups and downs. A journey of things happening quickly and then seemingly stopping. This process has taught me a lot about how I need to be patiently waiting for God’s timing in all things. It is with great joy that I wait these […]

Well, the last few weeks have been a good time to sit back and say “God, You are in control and if Your plan includes us not bringing home our little girl right away, I trust You.” It was hard and yet calming at the same time. I really needed to get to this point. […]

So, sometimes God doesn’t answer your requests quite like you imagine:) As you know the process has had its little ups and downs. Today… I THINK we had an up!!!! Our power of attorney was asked to come back today and we thought maybe the “administrative review” was finished and they would ask him to […]

Just an update… Our first visa interview didn’t happen, but the rescheduled visa interview happened today! It went well, however sometimes the US Embassy puts their cases on “administrative review” for a while to find out more info. They usually don’t give their reasons why. This is the case with our adoption. Friends of ours […]

Just a quick update to let you all know where our adoption process is right now. Our daughter’s visa interview with the US Embassy is on September 24th! After that if all goes well, the US Embassy will print her visa right away and we can go get her! Best case scenario is that we […]