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.