Jacob - Our Second Adoption Journey

Welcome to our adoption blog as we invite you to follow along and partner with us in prayer on our adoption journey to bring our son Jacob home from China. We don't know who he is yet, but we know the Lord has already chosen him for us! We can't wait to meet the child which God has picked out for us!

For us this is more than just about expanding our family. This is also a ministry that we feel called to do. It is an oportunity for us to introduce another child to Christ. And, we are commanded in the scriptures to care for the orphans. There are currently over 200 million orphans in the world. Almost half of those are in China alone. Many of these children will never have parents. Many will be turned out on the streets to fend for themselves once they reach a particular age. Many more who have "special needs" will live out their lives in an institution.

God has placed upon our hearts to do our own small part to not only provide a home and family for an orphan, but to introduce them to God's grace and an opportunity for a "second adoption" into His family as well. We hope that you will remember us in your prayers as we continue on our Journey to bring Jacob home.

In Christ's Love,
Ken, Trish, & Ellie


Sunday, August 21, 2011

The Almonds are in China!

Hello everyone! This is Donna, Trish's sister. They are having some technical issues right now, so she asked me if I could please do a quick update on here. No problem, sis! (I hope I do this right; I've never "blogged" before!) :)
Trish & Ken made it to China, and they have a really nice guide helping them around town. And the best news yet....drum roll, please.......I am excited to say that they have Jacob!!! Yay! They got him probably around 4am Sunday St Louis time. I was very fortunate that I was able to Skype with them for just a few minutes before their computer battery quit. Like I said, I only had a few minutes, but I was able to see my sweet adorable little nephew! He is so, so cute! I want to squeeze his little cheeks! He was very happy and full of smiles! He even tried to say "hi" back to us.
They had paperwork and a doctor to visit on Monday, (that is Sunday night for us). I'm not sure what else they will be doing, hopefully they can find a new battery for their computer. This might be the only update they will have on here for a while.
Please continue to keep all of them in your prayers. I know it's been tough on sweet little Ellie to be away from Mom and Dad, and vice versa. Thank you all!

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