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

Finally Online, Sort Of.....

Hi everyone, still no luck with the power situation with our laptop. So, I am in the Business Center of our hotel and trying to get caught up on some postings.
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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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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Almost Time to Travel.....

Where has the time gone? We can't believe our time to go get Jacob has arrived! We praise God for all of His merciful provisions and for working out all the details to make this possible! Below is our Itinerary while we are in China. Clicking on it will enlarge it so that it is more readable. Thanks to all our friends and family for your prayers and words of encouragement! Lord willing we will see everyone again soon with a new addition to our family!

Blessings,
Ken, Trish, Ellie, and Jacob











































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Monday, July 25, 2011

We have our Travel Approval!!!

We did recieve our travel approval from China on 07-11. This is much quicker than we had anticipated since we just got our SCL on 06-27. Praise God!!! Also we believe we have all the funds we need now (unless something we don't know about comes up.) Praise God for His financial provision as well!! We have also recieved our itenary from CHI and we will leave for China on 08-19 and return on 09-01. Based on this we were able to get our International Travel booked. We are now waiting for CHI to get our inside China travel arrangements booked for us.

This is finally becoming real and there is so much to get done to prepare for our trip now! Besides determining what all we need to pack and how to pack it, we now have Ellie's activities to factor in as well. Such as her Classical Conversations homeschool classes and soccer practices.
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Signed & Sealed!

We signed our Seeking Confirmation Letter today, it is sealed up and on it's way back to China! Praise the Lord! We were able to list Jacob's name as it will appear on all the paperwork and his Chinese Birth Certificate: Jacob Josia GuoShi Almond. We should get our Travel Approval back in about a month. We are so excited!!

Blessings,
Ken, Trish, Ellie, & Jacob
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