Tag Archives: AWAA

On Deck!

Posted on 28. Dec, 2011 by in Adoption Process, Christianity/Faith, International Adoption

Four days before Christmas we got an email from our family coordinator at our agency, AWAA, letting us know we are now on deck! Honestly, this doesn’t change much for us since we’re in the yahoo group for our agency’s Ethiopia families and already knew (from tracking the “unofficial” list kept by all of us [...]

Reclaiming Christmas

Posted on 08. Dec, 2011 by in Christianity/Faith, Family Life, Parenting, Uncategorized

I just wonder what the wise men of old would’ve thought of us when they brought their sacrificial gifts to the little Lord Jesus and knelt before him?  What would Mary have said of the way we celebrate the birth of her Son, the Savior of the World, with crazed shopping and wrapping of piles [...]

Encouraging News

Posted on 30. Mar, 2011 by in Adoption Process, Christianity/Faith, International Adoption

We still don’t know a lot about how things are going to play out in Ethiopia, but the things that we do know at this point have been encouraging and positive.  First of all, our agency gave this bit of info a couple of weeks ago (I know.  I need to update more frequently.): America [...]

My Mailbox Obsession is Over!

Posted on 16. Sep, 2010 by in Adoption Process, International Adoption, Uncategorized

Finally, as of today, I am no longer a mail carrier stalker.  I will no longer hurry home from my errands just to check the mailbox.  I will no longer be thought strange by the neighbors who see me walk to the mailbox several times before 10 am and then run out the door as [...]