Please Pray! Adoption of Ella in Jeopardy

I will fully explain at a later date but for now, please pray that God will bring Ella home to us. Our adoption of Ella is in serious jeopardy. The situation appears hopeless to us but our God can do anything. Only God can intervene now. Thank you.
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Jake's Update

Jake is finally scheduled for his surgery. On November 20th, he will have his surgery at the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas. We have been waiting on this for some time, since June. There were a lot of hoops to jump through to get him into the program. In the end, we are sure this is where he needs to be. The Scottish Rite Hospital will cover all of his surgical needs as well as other medical issues until he is 18 years old. As Jake has several medical needs this will enable the best care possible for him.

Adoption Update:
As many of you know, We are adopting Jake and Ella. They are both special needs children from Russia. We feel God directing every step of this process. We are very grateful to have this opportunity to add two very precious children to our family. Both Jake and Ella have been collected into ONE adoption. That means less costs and only one trip over to Russia to finalize the adoption. However, since Jake is here on a medical visa, he must have his surgery and recuperation BEFORE we can go finalize the adoption. This has meant that Ella has had to wait and wait for us to come get her. She has know about us since the middle of June. My prayer is that she not loose hope.

Things are finally rolling along so it looks like we may be able to go over and finalize the adoption in early 2010. My hope was to have Ella home by Christmas. That will only be possible now as a gift from God. We cannot wait to have them both home with us.

Abbie @ Camp

Abbie wanted to go to camp (like her big sister). So we arranged for her to go to "Grandparent Camp." She stayed part of the week with Pappy and Granny Edde (pictured here) and the remainder of the week spent with her Grandma and Grandpa Owens. She had a lot of fun going to the zoo and playing with her cousins. She cried when the week was over. She wanted to stay a little longer at Grandparent Camp.

Ashleigh @ Camp

Ashleigh went to camp this July. She loved it. Here she is at the entrance. She went to Brookhill Camp outside of Hot Springs. She got very sick during the camp. However, she kept most of her discomfort to herself and stayed the whole week, most of which she had a very high temperature. It took her about a month the get over it all. She got the flu at camp and later got a slight case of pnemonia. But she is fine now and has great memories of her time at camp.

Ashleigh on her bunk.

Ashleigh and her counselors. These ladies were very good. They did a great job with all the girls.

Ashleigh and a friend at camp.

Preparing for Surgery

We are making plans to have Jake's foot surgery. It is going to be performed by two groups of doctors. One group from the LEAP Foundation and another group from the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital. They each have certain specialties that may be necessary to successfully treat Jake's feet. The LEAP Foundation is a missionary doctor group treating mostly facial deformities. They are the primary doctors operating on his foot. Jake came over early on a medical visa for this very purpose. We are a little anxious. This will be our first child to have major surgery. He is a tough little guy but when he cries, he cries great big crocodile tears. It makes you want to grab him up in your arms and hug him and protect him. Please pray that the operation is successful and he has very little pain. Also, pray that he recovers quickly. We still have a little girl we are ready to meet in Russia. After Jake has recovered we will be heading to Russia to finalize the adoption of our two newest children.

You Better Have Some Beans

Jake Boone
"Hey you fellas, how about some beans? Ya want some beans? Goin' through some mighty rough country tomorrow - you better have some beans!" quote from Treasure of the Sierra Madras

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