January 2013 Update

They are all growing and doing well. We have not gotten confirmation of them suffering from chicken pox even though it was spreading like wildfire through the Toddler House.  Yes you heard me right chicken pox.  My kids were like "What the heck is that?'    Makes you thankful that you can get a vaccination now days for that.  Below is an example of one of the kids with the chicken pox in Toddler House.

The Need for A Miracle

We have surpassed the year mark of waiting for a signature. Hence, we are in the process of updating our home study again so we can extend our immigration papers with the U.S Government.  Once you start the immigration papers you must continue updating them or the case is considered abandoned.
 We need a MIRACLE in a BIG way. 
Let me share with you the following email we were sent by the orphanage director Jan 10.  Yes it has taken me that long to process it and reprocess it.  To be clear before you read it:  the dossiers she is talking about are our 3.


Hi Wade and Jill,

I just posted an adoption update on the blog and then I received your email! We met with the lawyer and a formal inquiry has been made by IBESR and the Ministry of Justice to the Bureau of the President asking them to do a search for the dossiers that have been waiting almost exactly a year in Dispensation. IBESR kept telling us to be patient and wait. It seems to have been taking others about 6 to 9 months and there is no order in the way they come out. We first inquired with IBESR formally back in September/October. Then we spoke to the Minister of Justice and he said IBESR had resent a copy of all of the dossiers but they did not resend the files because they didn’t want the dossiers to be relogged in to the system and have to wait more time. So finally in November (the end), the Ministry of Justice sent this letter formally asking them to search and find your dossier. We have not heard anything yet and the lawyer is checking with them asking for a reply. Hopefully, we will hear something soon and then we will notify you.


Is your jaw on the floor? If you are confused let me translate for you: They are trying to find our dossier(paperwork) since Sept./Oct.    Adopting from Haiti is not for the faint of heart I tell you.  We need as many prayers as you can pester God with.  We serve a God who is bigger than any challenge we face. We need an army of prayers.  Put this on your personal list, your church list, anyone who likes to pray as them to pray for this situation.  Please.   

Significant gift

So the new year has started off with much needed encouragement.  My neighbor Michelle, was lucky enough to go on a cruise that took her and her family to Haiti during Christmas.  I was very jealous!  Not only did she enjoy the warm weather and being pampered but she also made it to a place I can not wait to go---Haiti.  She promised me that she would bring me back something from Haiti.  I could have never imagined the gift she brought back would have such significance.   God's timing is perfect as I am getting a little weary of waiting for a man's signature.   The story of this angel is that she looked all over for something that would have meaning for us.  She was approached by some people selling items on the beach.  She immediately saw the angel and said she had to have it.  " It is the angel that is going to help bring those kids home."  She tells me that there were no others like it, as she looked.  It is a beautiful soap stone carved angel.  It is so smooth and now is proudly displayed in our family room.  In addition the profit from her purchase goes to fund a school in Haiti.  How can I thank her for such a gift?  It truly is priceless to me because I know that God used her to bring us a message of hope.  I am just so glad she listened to His voice.

The Difference a Year Makes

Last Year's Christmas Picture:2011

This year:2012

Next year I am declaring that they will be home with us!!

Joyeux Noel 2012--Haiti

Hooray!  Hooray!  It's Christ's birthday today! 

Our Haitian Sensations got gifts today.

Julner bottom right

Julena right foreground

Vindy in Thomas the Train shirt

2013 Haiti Calendar Cover Model

The God's Littlest Angels fundraiser calendar is in print now.  Julner is on the cover.   We are so thrilled!!

8 updates, 2 birthdays and NO signature!!

Oh how I can not wait for the day when I can finally post that the President has signed our dossier.  Each week we wait expectantly for that email saying our dossier has been signed.  I was looking forward to going to Haiti before the end of 2012.  I want to touch our children.  I want to see them smile in person.  Here are some of the pictures we have received from the October update: Julena who had her 6th birthday yesterday is to the left of the teacher.

Julner with his friends.  He is in the orange shirt.  Love his authentic smile.

Vindy with his classmates.  He is in the red shirt that says Dad's best friend.

Please continue to pray for us.  We have had to start getting refingerprinted and an updated homestudy because they have expired.  US immigration department requirements.  More cash extraction.  Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Wade turns 44 and Jack turns 9 that day.  It doesn't seem possible that 9 years ago I celebrated Wade's 35th birthday with a hospital provided cake.  I am a blessed woman.