They are waiting on us...

So we just received these first pictures of the boys TOGETHER!! We are just delighted. We just can't imagine two more precious lives. We are leaving TP tomorrow so many last minute details to finish up, but I had to share these as we might be without Internet for a few days. Praising the Lord for this huge blessing tonight. The boys together at last!!

I love how Ezekiel is looking at his little brother. My heart is overflowing with joy.Such a sweet face!! We believe Ezekiel is our musical prodigy...actually just this week a friend gave us a verse for him and it had to do with Him making music for our King :)




Our first time to see Nehemiah in clothes...too cute!


Well, we have been super blessed this week by a surprise shower/blessing time from our wonderful co-workers, and many last moments with our local friends. Our hearts feel torn to leave, but we trust the Father that soon we will return to this part of the world. Now, we are looking ahead...in just 17 days we will meet our sons. Truly He is good.

joy and hope

WE ARE REALLY GOING!!!

We just recieved word that we have a Embassy date on August 4, therefore we will be leaving from TX for Ethiopia on the evening of August 1 (the Lord willing). On July 29 we return to the states from East Asia and then our sweet sister and wonderful future brother in love are getting married on August 1st (which Chris is performing). So pretty much right after the wedding it looks like we will be beginning the journey to pick up our little boys. Hopefully, they will be in our arms on August 3rd. We are soooooooooooooo excited and a little overwhelmed as there is a lot to do and many hours of travel in between. :)

So appreciate all your prayers, notes and emails these past few weeks, we were just saying today that it has been so encouraging and reminded us over and over how blessed we are by all of you. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

We will ask again for your prayers for these next few weeks. More to write later...we are off to bed.


And praise the Lord we have 2 more sisters who accepted the Father's love tonight. What a day!!

You will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy; in Your right hand there are pleasures forever.
Ps 16:11

Here are our cuties!!

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The Lord has worked wonders!! We can't wait to share in detail...but until then enjoy.

TRULY HE IS GOOD, TRULY HIS LOVINGKINDNESS IS EVERLASTING. 2 CHRONICLES 7:3

Happy 6th Anniversary to us...

We went south this weekend to celebrate our 6th anniversary...it was such a wonderful time. Being married to my hubby has just been incredible...he daily draws me closer to the Lord, is the person I respect most in this world and loves me in such a deep and tender way that daily I stand in awe of the grace that God has poured out on my life. Plus, he is just sooooooooo handsome, smart and fun!! I could of course go on and on about him!!

Here are some pictures of our wonderful weekend at the beach. We were going to do some adventurous things but actually just soaked up the time on the beach and getting refreshed as life is about to get real busy!! :)

We decided to take some pictures on our anniversary night. Most of them were done with the timer and the camera on top of a rock, so not the best quality but a fun memory as we had to run back and forth about a hundred times to get some good shots.Here we are doing a little dance. Jumping for joy because we are about a month from picking up our babies!! We jumped a little too early hence our feet already being on the ground.

And we did a little shopping too!! He is just too cute in these yellow glasses.

We met some new friends!!

Enjoying some beach time. We actually have changed a lot these past 3 years and actually don't like to get too much sunshine. We were able to rent this umbrella for the whole day and have a picnic, protect ourselves from the blazing sun and enjoy some rest and relaxation.

A picture of the beautiful beach in the morning.


the amazing ocean

My hubby was so sweet and agreed to wake up at 4:15Am with me so that we could go and see the amazing sunrise!!

The busy streets. They sure like hitting the streets at night.

There was a good Mexican restaurant in town so we got eat some yummy food.


Chris riding the waves. There were a few of them that actually took us under and we swallowed a big gulp of salt water.

Again, we are asking for prayers as tomorrow is when Ezekiel's case goes before the court again so that they can correct the clerical error from last time. We would so appreciate your prayers. We will hopefully be updating tomorrow with very exciting news!! Praising the Lord this night for all that He has done...and will do. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and FOREVER!! Amen.

Praising Jesus

Nehemiah has recovered and is back at the orphanage!! Thank you all for your prayers these past few days, petitioning the Father on behalf of his healing and our comfort and peace. He has heard and has completely healed Nehemiah and lifted our hearts and filled them with thanksgiving. He is Jehovah Rapha our healer in time of need! So appreciate your kinds words through email and FB!! You all are amazing!!

How great is His goodness Ps 31:19a

Love,
Chris and Anna