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


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Day 4 - More Paperwork........


This morning we went back to the Adoption Center for another round of paperwork and a lot of just sitting and waiting. We were able to get a copy of Jacob's "Finding Ad" which is what they put in the papers when a child is found abandoned in a public place. We also received his adoption certificate making him officially ours! Yeahh!!!.

We then finished up some paperwork so his passport application could be completed. We then had to go on another "half hour drive" (each trip we have made so far we were told by our guide that it was a half hour drive) to the "new construction area" to deliver the the rest of the passport paperwork to the office responsible for issuing passports.
It will take about 5 days for Jacob to get his Chinese passport. We should get it back on Friday so we can depart for Gaungzhou that evening.
The rest of the day we just chilled out in hotel room playing with Jacob. And I went to the business office center in the hotel to get some of the blogging done. Fortunately I wrote most of it out on paper so I could remember it. That night we discovered one challenging habit that Jacob has. He sometimes likes to spit and then laugh really big because he thinks its so funny. Mommy and daddy are going to have to work on that one. Jacob went to sleep much easier tonight.
Tomorrow morning we are off for a tour of an ancient old town village.

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