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The Tells in Thailand March Update View this email in your browser Praise Reports Safe arrival back in Chiang Mai and reuniting as a family. A $500 increase in our monthly support this year. We're just $400 short of our monthly needs. God's financial provision for our adoption. Accomplishing almost everything needed to submit our dossier to Serbia. Rain that temporarily cleared the pollution before the girls came back. Ministry Update March brought exciting new partnerships to our support team! We had not planned on Jasmine focusing on any support team development while in the US, for sake of time and sanity, and yet God brought along two new churches, two new individuals and an increase in one donor's monthly giving. In all we saw a $500 increase in our monthly support which means we're now just $400 away from having 100% of our needed monthly support. Praise God! The other huge praise is that one of our new churches, Manzanita Baptist Church, has graciously set up an online giving option! Now you can donate online through them and receive a tax deduction. See the side bar for more info, and please remember to specify our name in the "Add special instructions to recipient". Subscribe Share Past Issues RSS Translate

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Page 1: Tells in thailand march update

The Tells in ThailandMarch Update

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Praise ReportsSafe arrivalback in ChiangMai andreuniting as afamily A $500increase in ourmonthlysupport thisyear Werejust $400 shortof our monthlyneeds Gods financialprovision forour adoptionAccomplishingalmosteverythingneeded tosubmit ourdossier toSerbiaRain thattemporarilycleared thepollution beforethe girls cameback

Ministry Update March brought exciting new partnerships to our support team We had notplanned on Jasmine focusing on any support team development while in theUS for sake of time and sanity and yet God brought along two new churchestwo new individuals and an increase in one donors monthly giving In all wesaw a $500 increase in our monthly support which means were now just $400away from having 100 of our needed monthly support Praise God The otherhuge praise is that one of our new churches Manzanita Baptist Church hasgraciously set up an online giving option Now you can donate online throughthem and receive a tax deduction See the side bar for more info and pleaseremember to specify our name in the Add special instructions to recipient

Subscribe Share Past Issues RSSTranslate

Such awonderful timewith familyincluding asurprise trip tovisit Joeysfamily in TN

Prayer Requests

Healing for thegirls who arestill strugglingwith coldsalmost sincewe first got tothe USFinancialprovision forour friend Tanto be able toattend the Joniand FriendsInternship inthe US inJunePlans forFamily Retreatin JulyMissions Dayat the churchon April 18thA good routinefor our familyas we get backinto life inThailandThe newfamiliesJasmine will beserving as aDoula for inApril The adoptionsupport groupJasmine isworking tostart and thata vision forOrphan Carewould grow

Sharing at Messiah in February

Plans for Family Retreat have been moving along wonderfully We havebeen asked to set up a booth at a two day Missions event at First Church inApril We are busy starting to prep for that and are working on a displaybanner brochure and other promotional materials We hope to promote not justFamily Retreat but also gain interest in the congregation to be part of theweekly wheelchair distributions at RICD Were very eager to get someonecoming weekly to share the gospel during our work day fittings and thusconnecting the recipients to First Church

If youd like to be part ofour financial support teamyou can do so by givingonline or by check

For online giving visithttpmanzanitabaptistorg On the right hand side thereis a button that saysDonate Select Missionsand then click Donate Youwill then be taken to aPayPal page Either log inor on the left side it will askif you have PayPal and hasan option to click Continuewithout logging in After youselect the amount you wishto give you will proceed tothe next page where you canconfirm your payment Youare asked to review yourpayment and you will noticeunder Missions that it saysAdd special instructions torecipient Click on this andthen add Tells in Thailand sothat the church can be sureto direct your donation to usIf you forget to do this youcan also send us an emailand we can give the churchyour name and they will thenmake the note that thedonation is for us Thechurch is charged 2 so bemindful of this whendonating You can alsoselect if you would like tomake this donationmonthly

For giving by check pleasemail toMessiah Lutheran Church800 S MohaveParker AZ 85344

Please make checkspayable to Messiah with aseparate note specifyingTells in Thailand

Tan and his first camper last year

We also are excited to announce that one of our wonderful volunteers andmember of the Family Retreat Leadership Team Tan has been accepted to aJoni and Friends internship this summer He will be traveling to Arizona in Juneand taking part in the Phoenix Area office internship It will involve serving at aFamily Retreat in Arizona taking the Beyond Suffering course othereducational and community work and a missions trip to Mexico all centeredon disability ministry and equipping him to return to Thailand and furthering thiswork here He has been awarded a scholarship that covers 80 of theinternship fees However we still need $2000 to cover the rest of theinternship fees and his visa and travel from Chiang Mai to Phoenix He hasbeen hard at work coming up with fundraising ideas and were very proud ofthe hard work he is putting into this However this is a very large sum andquite daunting Would you prayerfully consider being part of this endeavorThis is a very tangible investment in disability ministry in Thailand Tan is adeacon at First Church teaches and McGilvary Seminary here in Chiang Maiand was educated at Bob Jones University in the US He is a phenomenal guyand will have the ability to impact his church and community Please email us ifyou or your church would like to be involved in this

Keep up with our adoptionjourney

Get up to the minutesupdates form our Facebookpage

Your support helps us toequip and encourage ourlocal Thai brothers andsisters in DisabilityMinistry giving hope inChrist

Your prayers mean so muchto us Can we also pray foryou Please send us your

Tan leading a devotion at camp

A true servants heart hard at work in the kitchen at camp

As our relationship has continued to development with First Church we

prayer requests atjjtell89gmailcom

have also decided to begin attending First Church primarily We have beenreluctant to make the full switch because of how much we love our housechurch and the fellowship there We still hope to attend our house church oncea month This switch will also mean that we will be working hard to listen tosermons in Thai so please pray for our language skills Were excited to furtherbecome part of the fellowship and community of First Church and to see howGod will stretch us Please also pray as we work to build a weekly small groupwith a few other young missionary families to have community for us and thekids and spiritual growth in our native language

Some of the First Church team at GAC with some new friends with a Thaiconnection

Joey stayed quite busy with the Wheelchair Project in March He designeda new shelving system for the warehouse and was involved in a lot of newplans for the project We have received some new pediatric wheelchairsthrough an Australian foundation that we are very excited about as pediatricwheelchairs are so very difficult to come by

At Mount Olive in February

Thank you so much for praying us through Jasmines visit to the US Weare so excited for all God did especially with allowing the Thai Team such aspecial visit

Family Update

We continued to have an amazing time with family in the US Ilyria andCordelia just loved all the time being spoiled by family We even were blessedto be able to make an unexpected visit to Joeys family in Memphis

Tennessee Ilyria and Cordelia even has their first experience with snowincluding a snowball fight with Mr Matt and Grandma Wendy in the kitchen Weare so thankful for special memories made It means so much for our girls toknow their family and its eases our hearts to be able to continue talking aboutour family once home and keeping the relationships alive and real for themWhat a gift

Ilyria and Uncle Dan in the snow

Cordelia and Uncle Dan at the Pink Palace in Memphis

Wendy Lauren amp Jasmine (plus a bit of Cordelia)

We have made great strides in our adoption Our homestudy is completelydone and waiting at our agency for approval In addition Jasmine was able tocompletely notarize all of our dossier and parts of it are currently waiting to be

authenticated in Arizona and Ohio before going on to our agency Lastly wereawaiting the girls Certificates of Birth Abroad from the US government whichthen need to be authenticate and sent to our agency After that our dossier willbe complete and were praying it can be in Serbia in a month Then we awaittravel (Before you ask we have literally no idea when that could happen Weare telling ourselves November and if not November then January 2016) Wehave received a new update on our girl and though it kills us we cant reallyshare anything more about her We can say that God has answered a specificprayer we had for her development and that she is getting absolutelyphenomenal care which makes our hearts so happyWe can also share that we are only about $5shy7000 away from completelypaying for the adoption What a praise Once we have our homestudy we willbe applying for some grants and setting up a way to donate with a taxdeduction so stay tuned And thank you to all who made our pants fundraisera roaring success

Stories with Grandmama Crawford

Jasmine and the girls had a relatively easy trip home We pushed it back byone week to visit Joeys family avoid more of the pollution that was particularlybad and allow Jasmine more time to finish adoption paperwork They left LasVegas on the 27th and arrived in Chiang Mai on the 29th after 30+ long hoursof travel The kids did relatively well and were all overjoyed to be reunited after

45 very long days

Reunited

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Such awonderful timewith familyincluding asurprise trip tovisit Joeysfamily in TN

Prayer Requests

Healing for thegirls who arestill strugglingwith coldsalmost sincewe first got tothe USFinancialprovision forour friend Tanto be able toattend the Joniand FriendsInternship inthe US inJunePlans forFamily Retreatin JulyMissions Dayat the churchon April 18thA good routinefor our familyas we get backinto life inThailandThe newfamiliesJasmine will beserving as aDoula for inApril The adoptionsupport groupJasmine isworking tostart and thata vision forOrphan Carewould grow

Sharing at Messiah in February

Plans for Family Retreat have been moving along wonderfully We havebeen asked to set up a booth at a two day Missions event at First Church inApril We are busy starting to prep for that and are working on a displaybanner brochure and other promotional materials We hope to promote not justFamily Retreat but also gain interest in the congregation to be part of theweekly wheelchair distributions at RICD Were very eager to get someonecoming weekly to share the gospel during our work day fittings and thusconnecting the recipients to First Church

If youd like to be part ofour financial support teamyou can do so by givingonline or by check

For online giving visithttpmanzanitabaptistorg On the right hand side thereis a button that saysDonate Select Missionsand then click Donate Youwill then be taken to aPayPal page Either log inor on the left side it will askif you have PayPal and hasan option to click Continuewithout logging in After youselect the amount you wishto give you will proceed tothe next page where you canconfirm your payment Youare asked to review yourpayment and you will noticeunder Missions that it saysAdd special instructions torecipient Click on this andthen add Tells in Thailand sothat the church can be sureto direct your donation to usIf you forget to do this youcan also send us an emailand we can give the churchyour name and they will thenmake the note that thedonation is for us Thechurch is charged 2 so bemindful of this whendonating You can alsoselect if you would like tomake this donationmonthly

For giving by check pleasemail toMessiah Lutheran Church800 S MohaveParker AZ 85344

Please make checkspayable to Messiah with aseparate note specifyingTells in Thailand

Tan and his first camper last year

We also are excited to announce that one of our wonderful volunteers andmember of the Family Retreat Leadership Team Tan has been accepted to aJoni and Friends internship this summer He will be traveling to Arizona in Juneand taking part in the Phoenix Area office internship It will involve serving at aFamily Retreat in Arizona taking the Beyond Suffering course othereducational and community work and a missions trip to Mexico all centeredon disability ministry and equipping him to return to Thailand and furthering thiswork here He has been awarded a scholarship that covers 80 of theinternship fees However we still need $2000 to cover the rest of theinternship fees and his visa and travel from Chiang Mai to Phoenix He hasbeen hard at work coming up with fundraising ideas and were very proud ofthe hard work he is putting into this However this is a very large sum andquite daunting Would you prayerfully consider being part of this endeavorThis is a very tangible investment in disability ministry in Thailand Tan is adeacon at First Church teaches and McGilvary Seminary here in Chiang Maiand was educated at Bob Jones University in the US He is a phenomenal guyand will have the ability to impact his church and community Please email us ifyou or your church would like to be involved in this

Keep up with our adoptionjourney

Get up to the minutesupdates form our Facebookpage

Your support helps us toequip and encourage ourlocal Thai brothers andsisters in DisabilityMinistry giving hope inChrist

Your prayers mean so muchto us Can we also pray foryou Please send us your

Tan leading a devotion at camp

A true servants heart hard at work in the kitchen at camp

As our relationship has continued to development with First Church we

prayer requests atjjtell89gmailcom

have also decided to begin attending First Church primarily We have beenreluctant to make the full switch because of how much we love our housechurch and the fellowship there We still hope to attend our house church oncea month This switch will also mean that we will be working hard to listen tosermons in Thai so please pray for our language skills Were excited to furtherbecome part of the fellowship and community of First Church and to see howGod will stretch us Please also pray as we work to build a weekly small groupwith a few other young missionary families to have community for us and thekids and spiritual growth in our native language

Some of the First Church team at GAC with some new friends with a Thaiconnection

Joey stayed quite busy with the Wheelchair Project in March He designeda new shelving system for the warehouse and was involved in a lot of newplans for the project We have received some new pediatric wheelchairsthrough an Australian foundation that we are very excited about as pediatricwheelchairs are so very difficult to come by

At Mount Olive in February

Thank you so much for praying us through Jasmines visit to the US Weare so excited for all God did especially with allowing the Thai Team such aspecial visit

Family Update

We continued to have an amazing time with family in the US Ilyria andCordelia just loved all the time being spoiled by family We even were blessedto be able to make an unexpected visit to Joeys family in Memphis

Tennessee Ilyria and Cordelia even has their first experience with snowincluding a snowball fight with Mr Matt and Grandma Wendy in the kitchen Weare so thankful for special memories made It means so much for our girls toknow their family and its eases our hearts to be able to continue talking aboutour family once home and keeping the relationships alive and real for themWhat a gift

Ilyria and Uncle Dan in the snow

Cordelia and Uncle Dan at the Pink Palace in Memphis

Wendy Lauren amp Jasmine (plus a bit of Cordelia)

We have made great strides in our adoption Our homestudy is completelydone and waiting at our agency for approval In addition Jasmine was able tocompletely notarize all of our dossier and parts of it are currently waiting to be

authenticated in Arizona and Ohio before going on to our agency Lastly wereawaiting the girls Certificates of Birth Abroad from the US government whichthen need to be authenticate and sent to our agency After that our dossier willbe complete and were praying it can be in Serbia in a month Then we awaittravel (Before you ask we have literally no idea when that could happen Weare telling ourselves November and if not November then January 2016) Wehave received a new update on our girl and though it kills us we cant reallyshare anything more about her We can say that God has answered a specificprayer we had for her development and that she is getting absolutelyphenomenal care which makes our hearts so happyWe can also share that we are only about $5shy7000 away from completelypaying for the adoption What a praise Once we have our homestudy we willbe applying for some grants and setting up a way to donate with a taxdeduction so stay tuned And thank you to all who made our pants fundraisera roaring success

Stories with Grandmama Crawford

Jasmine and the girls had a relatively easy trip home We pushed it back byone week to visit Joeys family avoid more of the pollution that was particularlybad and allow Jasmine more time to finish adoption paperwork They left LasVegas on the 27th and arrived in Chiang Mai on the 29th after 30+ long hoursof travel The kids did relatively well and were all overjoyed to be reunited after

45 very long days

Reunited

unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

Page 3: Tells in thailand march update

If youd like to be part ofour financial support teamyou can do so by givingonline or by check

For online giving visithttpmanzanitabaptistorg On the right hand side thereis a button that saysDonate Select Missionsand then click Donate Youwill then be taken to aPayPal page Either log inor on the left side it will askif you have PayPal and hasan option to click Continuewithout logging in After youselect the amount you wishto give you will proceed tothe next page where you canconfirm your payment Youare asked to review yourpayment and you will noticeunder Missions that it saysAdd special instructions torecipient Click on this andthen add Tells in Thailand sothat the church can be sureto direct your donation to usIf you forget to do this youcan also send us an emailand we can give the churchyour name and they will thenmake the note that thedonation is for us Thechurch is charged 2 so bemindful of this whendonating You can alsoselect if you would like tomake this donationmonthly

For giving by check pleasemail toMessiah Lutheran Church800 S MohaveParker AZ 85344

Please make checkspayable to Messiah with aseparate note specifyingTells in Thailand

Tan and his first camper last year

We also are excited to announce that one of our wonderful volunteers andmember of the Family Retreat Leadership Team Tan has been accepted to aJoni and Friends internship this summer He will be traveling to Arizona in Juneand taking part in the Phoenix Area office internship It will involve serving at aFamily Retreat in Arizona taking the Beyond Suffering course othereducational and community work and a missions trip to Mexico all centeredon disability ministry and equipping him to return to Thailand and furthering thiswork here He has been awarded a scholarship that covers 80 of theinternship fees However we still need $2000 to cover the rest of theinternship fees and his visa and travel from Chiang Mai to Phoenix He hasbeen hard at work coming up with fundraising ideas and were very proud ofthe hard work he is putting into this However this is a very large sum andquite daunting Would you prayerfully consider being part of this endeavorThis is a very tangible investment in disability ministry in Thailand Tan is adeacon at First Church teaches and McGilvary Seminary here in Chiang Maiand was educated at Bob Jones University in the US He is a phenomenal guyand will have the ability to impact his church and community Please email us ifyou or your church would like to be involved in this

Keep up with our adoptionjourney

Get up to the minutesupdates form our Facebookpage

Your support helps us toequip and encourage ourlocal Thai brothers andsisters in DisabilityMinistry giving hope inChrist

Your prayers mean so muchto us Can we also pray foryou Please send us your

Tan leading a devotion at camp

A true servants heart hard at work in the kitchen at camp

As our relationship has continued to development with First Church we

prayer requests atjjtell89gmailcom

have also decided to begin attending First Church primarily We have beenreluctant to make the full switch because of how much we love our housechurch and the fellowship there We still hope to attend our house church oncea month This switch will also mean that we will be working hard to listen tosermons in Thai so please pray for our language skills Were excited to furtherbecome part of the fellowship and community of First Church and to see howGod will stretch us Please also pray as we work to build a weekly small groupwith a few other young missionary families to have community for us and thekids and spiritual growth in our native language

Some of the First Church team at GAC with some new friends with a Thaiconnection

Joey stayed quite busy with the Wheelchair Project in March He designeda new shelving system for the warehouse and was involved in a lot of newplans for the project We have received some new pediatric wheelchairsthrough an Australian foundation that we are very excited about as pediatricwheelchairs are so very difficult to come by

At Mount Olive in February

Thank you so much for praying us through Jasmines visit to the US Weare so excited for all God did especially with allowing the Thai Team such aspecial visit

Family Update

We continued to have an amazing time with family in the US Ilyria andCordelia just loved all the time being spoiled by family We even were blessedto be able to make an unexpected visit to Joeys family in Memphis

Tennessee Ilyria and Cordelia even has their first experience with snowincluding a snowball fight with Mr Matt and Grandma Wendy in the kitchen Weare so thankful for special memories made It means so much for our girls toknow their family and its eases our hearts to be able to continue talking aboutour family once home and keeping the relationships alive and real for themWhat a gift

Ilyria and Uncle Dan in the snow

Cordelia and Uncle Dan at the Pink Palace in Memphis

Wendy Lauren amp Jasmine (plus a bit of Cordelia)

We have made great strides in our adoption Our homestudy is completelydone and waiting at our agency for approval In addition Jasmine was able tocompletely notarize all of our dossier and parts of it are currently waiting to be

authenticated in Arizona and Ohio before going on to our agency Lastly wereawaiting the girls Certificates of Birth Abroad from the US government whichthen need to be authenticate and sent to our agency After that our dossier willbe complete and were praying it can be in Serbia in a month Then we awaittravel (Before you ask we have literally no idea when that could happen Weare telling ourselves November and if not November then January 2016) Wehave received a new update on our girl and though it kills us we cant reallyshare anything more about her We can say that God has answered a specificprayer we had for her development and that she is getting absolutelyphenomenal care which makes our hearts so happyWe can also share that we are only about $5shy7000 away from completelypaying for the adoption What a praise Once we have our homestudy we willbe applying for some grants and setting up a way to donate with a taxdeduction so stay tuned And thank you to all who made our pants fundraisera roaring success

Stories with Grandmama Crawford

Jasmine and the girls had a relatively easy trip home We pushed it back byone week to visit Joeys family avoid more of the pollution that was particularlybad and allow Jasmine more time to finish adoption paperwork They left LasVegas on the 27th and arrived in Chiang Mai on the 29th after 30+ long hoursof travel The kids did relatively well and were all overjoyed to be reunited after

45 very long days

Reunited

unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

Page 4: Tells in thailand march update

Keep up with our adoptionjourney

Get up to the minutesupdates form our Facebookpage

Your support helps us toequip and encourage ourlocal Thai brothers andsisters in DisabilityMinistry giving hope inChrist

Your prayers mean so muchto us Can we also pray foryou Please send us your

Tan leading a devotion at camp

A true servants heart hard at work in the kitchen at camp

As our relationship has continued to development with First Church we

prayer requests atjjtell89gmailcom

have also decided to begin attending First Church primarily We have beenreluctant to make the full switch because of how much we love our housechurch and the fellowship there We still hope to attend our house church oncea month This switch will also mean that we will be working hard to listen tosermons in Thai so please pray for our language skills Were excited to furtherbecome part of the fellowship and community of First Church and to see howGod will stretch us Please also pray as we work to build a weekly small groupwith a few other young missionary families to have community for us and thekids and spiritual growth in our native language

Some of the First Church team at GAC with some new friends with a Thaiconnection

Joey stayed quite busy with the Wheelchair Project in March He designeda new shelving system for the warehouse and was involved in a lot of newplans for the project We have received some new pediatric wheelchairsthrough an Australian foundation that we are very excited about as pediatricwheelchairs are so very difficult to come by

At Mount Olive in February

Thank you so much for praying us through Jasmines visit to the US Weare so excited for all God did especially with allowing the Thai Team such aspecial visit

Family Update

We continued to have an amazing time with family in the US Ilyria andCordelia just loved all the time being spoiled by family We even were blessedto be able to make an unexpected visit to Joeys family in Memphis

Tennessee Ilyria and Cordelia even has their first experience with snowincluding a snowball fight with Mr Matt and Grandma Wendy in the kitchen Weare so thankful for special memories made It means so much for our girls toknow their family and its eases our hearts to be able to continue talking aboutour family once home and keeping the relationships alive and real for themWhat a gift

Ilyria and Uncle Dan in the snow

Cordelia and Uncle Dan at the Pink Palace in Memphis

Wendy Lauren amp Jasmine (plus a bit of Cordelia)

We have made great strides in our adoption Our homestudy is completelydone and waiting at our agency for approval In addition Jasmine was able tocompletely notarize all of our dossier and parts of it are currently waiting to be

authenticated in Arizona and Ohio before going on to our agency Lastly wereawaiting the girls Certificates of Birth Abroad from the US government whichthen need to be authenticate and sent to our agency After that our dossier willbe complete and were praying it can be in Serbia in a month Then we awaittravel (Before you ask we have literally no idea when that could happen Weare telling ourselves November and if not November then January 2016) Wehave received a new update on our girl and though it kills us we cant reallyshare anything more about her We can say that God has answered a specificprayer we had for her development and that she is getting absolutelyphenomenal care which makes our hearts so happyWe can also share that we are only about $5shy7000 away from completelypaying for the adoption What a praise Once we have our homestudy we willbe applying for some grants and setting up a way to donate with a taxdeduction so stay tuned And thank you to all who made our pants fundraisera roaring success

Stories with Grandmama Crawford

Jasmine and the girls had a relatively easy trip home We pushed it back byone week to visit Joeys family avoid more of the pollution that was particularlybad and allow Jasmine more time to finish adoption paperwork They left LasVegas on the 27th and arrived in Chiang Mai on the 29th after 30+ long hoursof travel The kids did relatively well and were all overjoyed to be reunited after

45 very long days

Reunited

unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

Page 5: Tells in thailand march update

prayer requests atjjtell89gmailcom

have also decided to begin attending First Church primarily We have beenreluctant to make the full switch because of how much we love our housechurch and the fellowship there We still hope to attend our house church oncea month This switch will also mean that we will be working hard to listen tosermons in Thai so please pray for our language skills Were excited to furtherbecome part of the fellowship and community of First Church and to see howGod will stretch us Please also pray as we work to build a weekly small groupwith a few other young missionary families to have community for us and thekids and spiritual growth in our native language

Some of the First Church team at GAC with some new friends with a Thaiconnection

Joey stayed quite busy with the Wheelchair Project in March He designeda new shelving system for the warehouse and was involved in a lot of newplans for the project We have received some new pediatric wheelchairsthrough an Australian foundation that we are very excited about as pediatricwheelchairs are so very difficult to come by

At Mount Olive in February

Thank you so much for praying us through Jasmines visit to the US Weare so excited for all God did especially with allowing the Thai Team such aspecial visit

Family Update

We continued to have an amazing time with family in the US Ilyria andCordelia just loved all the time being spoiled by family We even were blessedto be able to make an unexpected visit to Joeys family in Memphis

Tennessee Ilyria and Cordelia even has their first experience with snowincluding a snowball fight with Mr Matt and Grandma Wendy in the kitchen Weare so thankful for special memories made It means so much for our girls toknow their family and its eases our hearts to be able to continue talking aboutour family once home and keeping the relationships alive and real for themWhat a gift

Ilyria and Uncle Dan in the snow

Cordelia and Uncle Dan at the Pink Palace in Memphis

Wendy Lauren amp Jasmine (plus a bit of Cordelia)

We have made great strides in our adoption Our homestudy is completelydone and waiting at our agency for approval In addition Jasmine was able tocompletely notarize all of our dossier and parts of it are currently waiting to be

authenticated in Arizona and Ohio before going on to our agency Lastly wereawaiting the girls Certificates of Birth Abroad from the US government whichthen need to be authenticate and sent to our agency After that our dossier willbe complete and were praying it can be in Serbia in a month Then we awaittravel (Before you ask we have literally no idea when that could happen Weare telling ourselves November and if not November then January 2016) Wehave received a new update on our girl and though it kills us we cant reallyshare anything more about her We can say that God has answered a specificprayer we had for her development and that she is getting absolutelyphenomenal care which makes our hearts so happyWe can also share that we are only about $5shy7000 away from completelypaying for the adoption What a praise Once we have our homestudy we willbe applying for some grants and setting up a way to donate with a taxdeduction so stay tuned And thank you to all who made our pants fundraisera roaring success

Stories with Grandmama Crawford

Jasmine and the girls had a relatively easy trip home We pushed it back byone week to visit Joeys family avoid more of the pollution that was particularlybad and allow Jasmine more time to finish adoption paperwork They left LasVegas on the 27th and arrived in Chiang Mai on the 29th after 30+ long hoursof travel The kids did relatively well and were all overjoyed to be reunited after

45 very long days

Reunited

unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

Page 6: Tells in thailand march update

At Mount Olive in February

Thank you so much for praying us through Jasmines visit to the US Weare so excited for all God did especially with allowing the Thai Team such aspecial visit

Family Update

We continued to have an amazing time with family in the US Ilyria andCordelia just loved all the time being spoiled by family We even were blessedto be able to make an unexpected visit to Joeys family in Memphis

Tennessee Ilyria and Cordelia even has their first experience with snowincluding a snowball fight with Mr Matt and Grandma Wendy in the kitchen Weare so thankful for special memories made It means so much for our girls toknow their family and its eases our hearts to be able to continue talking aboutour family once home and keeping the relationships alive and real for themWhat a gift

Ilyria and Uncle Dan in the snow

Cordelia and Uncle Dan at the Pink Palace in Memphis

Wendy Lauren amp Jasmine (plus a bit of Cordelia)

We have made great strides in our adoption Our homestudy is completelydone and waiting at our agency for approval In addition Jasmine was able tocompletely notarize all of our dossier and parts of it are currently waiting to be

authenticated in Arizona and Ohio before going on to our agency Lastly wereawaiting the girls Certificates of Birth Abroad from the US government whichthen need to be authenticate and sent to our agency After that our dossier willbe complete and were praying it can be in Serbia in a month Then we awaittravel (Before you ask we have literally no idea when that could happen Weare telling ourselves November and if not November then January 2016) Wehave received a new update on our girl and though it kills us we cant reallyshare anything more about her We can say that God has answered a specificprayer we had for her development and that she is getting absolutelyphenomenal care which makes our hearts so happyWe can also share that we are only about $5shy7000 away from completelypaying for the adoption What a praise Once we have our homestudy we willbe applying for some grants and setting up a way to donate with a taxdeduction so stay tuned And thank you to all who made our pants fundraisera roaring success

Stories with Grandmama Crawford

Jasmine and the girls had a relatively easy trip home We pushed it back byone week to visit Joeys family avoid more of the pollution that was particularlybad and allow Jasmine more time to finish adoption paperwork They left LasVegas on the 27th and arrived in Chiang Mai on the 29th after 30+ long hoursof travel The kids did relatively well and were all overjoyed to be reunited after

45 very long days

Reunited

unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences

Page 7: Tells in thailand march update

Tennessee Ilyria and Cordelia even has their first experience with snowincluding a snowball fight with Mr Matt and Grandma Wendy in the kitchen Weare so thankful for special memories made It means so much for our girls toknow their family and its eases our hearts to be able to continue talking aboutour family once home and keeping the relationships alive and real for themWhat a gift

Ilyria and Uncle Dan in the snow

Cordelia and Uncle Dan at the Pink Palace in Memphis

Wendy Lauren amp Jasmine (plus a bit of Cordelia)

We have made great strides in our adoption Our homestudy is completelydone and waiting at our agency for approval In addition Jasmine was able tocompletely notarize all of our dossier and parts of it are currently waiting to be

authenticated in Arizona and Ohio before going on to our agency Lastly wereawaiting the girls Certificates of Birth Abroad from the US government whichthen need to be authenticate and sent to our agency After that our dossier willbe complete and were praying it can be in Serbia in a month Then we awaittravel (Before you ask we have literally no idea when that could happen Weare telling ourselves November and if not November then January 2016) Wehave received a new update on our girl and though it kills us we cant reallyshare anything more about her We can say that God has answered a specificprayer we had for her development and that she is getting absolutelyphenomenal care which makes our hearts so happyWe can also share that we are only about $5shy7000 away from completelypaying for the adoption What a praise Once we have our homestudy we willbe applying for some grants and setting up a way to donate with a taxdeduction so stay tuned And thank you to all who made our pants fundraisera roaring success

Stories with Grandmama Crawford

Jasmine and the girls had a relatively easy trip home We pushed it back byone week to visit Joeys family avoid more of the pollution that was particularlybad and allow Jasmine more time to finish adoption paperwork They left LasVegas on the 27th and arrived in Chiang Mai on the 29th after 30+ long hoursof travel The kids did relatively well and were all overjoyed to be reunited after

45 very long days

Reunited

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Cordelia and Uncle Dan at the Pink Palace in Memphis

Wendy Lauren amp Jasmine (plus a bit of Cordelia)

We have made great strides in our adoption Our homestudy is completelydone and waiting at our agency for approval In addition Jasmine was able tocompletely notarize all of our dossier and parts of it are currently waiting to be

authenticated in Arizona and Ohio before going on to our agency Lastly wereawaiting the girls Certificates of Birth Abroad from the US government whichthen need to be authenticate and sent to our agency After that our dossier willbe complete and were praying it can be in Serbia in a month Then we awaittravel (Before you ask we have literally no idea when that could happen Weare telling ourselves November and if not November then January 2016) Wehave received a new update on our girl and though it kills us we cant reallyshare anything more about her We can say that God has answered a specificprayer we had for her development and that she is getting absolutelyphenomenal care which makes our hearts so happyWe can also share that we are only about $5shy7000 away from completelypaying for the adoption What a praise Once we have our homestudy we willbe applying for some grants and setting up a way to donate with a taxdeduction so stay tuned And thank you to all who made our pants fundraisera roaring success

Stories with Grandmama Crawford

Jasmine and the girls had a relatively easy trip home We pushed it back byone week to visit Joeys family avoid more of the pollution that was particularlybad and allow Jasmine more time to finish adoption paperwork They left LasVegas on the 27th and arrived in Chiang Mai on the 29th after 30+ long hoursof travel The kids did relatively well and were all overjoyed to be reunited after

45 very long days

Reunited

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authenticated in Arizona and Ohio before going on to our agency Lastly wereawaiting the girls Certificates of Birth Abroad from the US government whichthen need to be authenticate and sent to our agency After that our dossier willbe complete and were praying it can be in Serbia in a month Then we awaittravel (Before you ask we have literally no idea when that could happen Weare telling ourselves November and if not November then January 2016) Wehave received a new update on our girl and though it kills us we cant reallyshare anything more about her We can say that God has answered a specificprayer we had for her development and that she is getting absolutelyphenomenal care which makes our hearts so happyWe can also share that we are only about $5shy7000 away from completelypaying for the adoption What a praise Once we have our homestudy we willbe applying for some grants and setting up a way to donate with a taxdeduction so stay tuned And thank you to all who made our pants fundraisera roaring success

Stories with Grandmama Crawford

Jasmine and the girls had a relatively easy trip home We pushed it back byone week to visit Joeys family avoid more of the pollution that was particularlybad and allow Jasmine more time to finish adoption paperwork They left LasVegas on the 27th and arrived in Chiang Mai on the 29th after 30+ long hoursof travel The kids did relatively well and were all overjoyed to be reunited after

45 very long days

Reunited

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45 very long days

Reunited

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