Circus Dog

International adoption is not for the faint of heart. Going through the adoption process takes a toll on everyone.  I literally feel like a check is needed at every turn.  Today I sent off a large check to Homeland Security so that they could tell Haiti it’s ok to send a child home with us. Then I had to send documents to the Texas Secretary of State for them to certify that people that had to notarize all of our documents were in fact notaries.  All of this is crazy to me.  I feel like a circus dog jumping through hoops.  This explains to me why there are 147 million orphans in the world.  If I had to work full time and did not have a good support system around me to help out with my little ones there is no way we would be able to continue on this journey and that would just leave one more orphan unnecessarily abandoned.

To bring this into perspective, for me, I was brought into another journey of a sweet little girl.  She was adopted at a young age and now her family no longer wants to parent her.  You read this right they have decided to “give her back.”  Our home is fighting so hard to do all we can while another family is throwing in the towel.  I am so thankful that we serve a God that brings justice to all and that He knows the lives of all of these children and loves them even when they feel alone.  “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.” Matt. 8:10 We will continue to fight for the orphans of this world both next door and 1,818 miles away.

Our sweet Esther is a day closer to be united with us, her forever family and ALL of the glory goes to God and much of the thanks goes to each of you that are reading this and faithfully praying for us, passing along our story, and donating to our fund so that we can bring her home!

Blessings,

Tiffany