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As you pray about growing your family…

The last couple of days/weeks, emails have begun to trickle in with general questions about adoption. How thankful I am to see and hear that God is stirring hearts to bring little ones home to a forever family!!! I remember in the beginning for us–we felt like adopting was something that had always been something […]

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Melissa DeBardeleben - November 20, 2009 - 10:22 pm

Great information! I feel like a learned some things, especially things to ask your agency.

Kristi J - November 20, 2009 - 11:26 pm

Awesome post…great info for people…Thanks for the sweet "shout out" Have a great weekend, kristi

Karee - November 23, 2009 - 6:28 pm

Thank you for your encouragement, Andrea! It was fun to "meet" you over the phone the other day. 🙂

Love Maps:)

Parenting. Eeek. We hear that word…and the next thing I think about is the phrase: good parenting. Then I think of: effective parenting. What is one of the first things that comes to mind when you think about being a good, effective parent? We all have our mommy blogs we go to for inspiration on parenting. […]

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Melissa DeBardeleben - November 8, 2009 - 2:25 pm

Wow! Great post! I needed to hear this. I feel like Dee and I are really starting to work things out too!

Heather Wamble - November 8, 2009 - 3:33 pm

You are such an encouragement to me, and I'm so thankful for you!
I feel like we're both in the same boat! I've struggled so much with balancing my photography business & being the wife/mommy I'm called to be for the past three years since we stepped out in faith to this new path. And of course, I try to get my act together, and it doesn't work! It's because only HE can do it! 😉

Yesterday I was at our church Ladies' Retreat, and the sweet girl who spoke to us challenged us to let God lead, and see where he takes us. I have so much trouble staying out of God's way.

So, today, I'm refreshed, excited, encouraged by you, and can't wait to see where he leads us!!!

Are These Kids All Yours? - November 8, 2009 - 3:51 pm

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!! We all have areas we need to work on to get our order right! Thank you for your post 🙂

Sweet morning of prayer…

My how good the Lord is to us! I am humbled and so thankful that two of my bestfriends spent two hours of their KID-FREE morning at my house to pray for our adoption, our baby’s birth mother, our baby and our family during our adoption process. Thank you April and Addie for being such […]

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Are These Kids All Yours? - November 6, 2009 - 4:13 pm

That is amazing! What wonderful friends 🙂 Praise God for great people to stand with you in your calling to your son!!!!!

Melissa DeBardeleben - November 6, 2009 - 6:37 pm

I am glad you had such a special time today. Maybe I will be able to join you one Friday!

My REALLY good…exciting…better than a movie news!!!

OK–I did not, have not and probably will not hear from AGCI today whether our home study was approved yet or not. I’m constantly reminded that the Lord is in control and He is the one carefully putting us in line where He needs us to be. He reminds me. Friends remind me. Me reminds […]

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Are These Kids All Yours? - November 5, 2009 - 9:07 am

Praising God with you!!!! How AMAZING!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love to hear that God is moving in someone's heart- and there will be one less orphan….now we just need to find a few million more (or 140million or so more) and heal our world!!! Yeah!!!

Heidi Armstrong - November 5, 2009 - 11:46 am

I'm so excited for you and I'm sure it will be so fun to have your dear friend to walk this journey of a lifetime with. I have been following your blog since the beginning .. I just LOVE your writing .. it's just straight from your heart and so captivating. We just sent in our Dossier last Friday. You too will get there before you know it.. just like you said it's all in God's timing. I'm praying for you. Here our blog address.. http://www.armstrongfamilyof5.blogspot.com

Melissa DeBardeleben - November 5, 2009 - 12:38 pm

We are excited to be joining this journey with you! Thanks for all your kind words!

angie - November 5, 2009 - 8:22 pm

small world again! joe knows dee! joe's little bro, tim, and dee are friends! i knew the last name sounded familiar so i was asking joe how we might know them!

so crazy 🙂

Kim - November 6, 2009 - 6:49 am

what great news!

Kristi J - November 7, 2009 - 11:22 pm

yayyyyyyyyy…it is just the beginning for you…God is going to blow your mind 🙂 WAy to go…one less orphan BECAUSE you guys said YES!!! kj

The Power of Prayer…even babes cry out to Him!

Still waiting to hear from AGCI whether our home study is approved or needs revision. I left my cell phone in my car for a few hours yesterday simply so I could actually “live life” a little and not walk around waiting for water to boil and waiting for my cell to ring. I finally […]

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Kim - November 3, 2009 - 6:53 am

How gracious of God to bring such faithful prayer warriors into your life!
Praising Him,
Kim