'Glory in His Holy Name...'

As I have said over and over again, we continue to stand in awe of how our GREAT and AWESOME God works!  On Thursday, we had our home study visit (the first of two) with our social worker Kelly. Although she didn't look through our home, which we scrubbed from top to bottom, we still got a lot accomplished on her check list. We've been working diligently the past 3 weeks to get documents in, state clearances sent, paperwork filled out, & papers filed. So, this left just a few things for us to fill out while she was here for 3 1/2 hrs and mainly left the visit to interviews and discussions about family, life, and international adoption. We're doing great so far (as in approvals from state clearances etc.) and we're still working to finish a few last documents she needs to close our home study. She will return, once we move to New Orleans, to assess our home there and to have us sign a few more documents. Then, she will finish her report which is compiled to be our "home study report" which will tell the government here and in Malawi that we are eligible and capable to adopt a child.

 As God has called us all biblically to care for orphans and widows in there time of need (James 1:27), we have felt, as you have read, to bring that conviction to heart and into our home (if that even makes sense). But the process is not a short one nor is a cheap one. And in the home study interviews, our social worker asked many times if we had the support of our family, friends, and church and we said YESSS because we know that we do! That support mainly comes through prayer and encouragement and we are so grateful for that! Another way to support our journey is to buy a T-SHIRT! My father took the design we had in our heads and put it to computer which will intern be put onto a T-SHIRT. We are selling one design in three different shirt colors: black and white for $15 and the red shirts for $18. Local delivery fees are free and any other shipping will be $2. We are excited to be able to use these shirts to allow ya'll to be a part of our journey, but also to one day show our son or daughter that we had a world of prayer warriors that helped bring them HOME!!!

Thank you for loving us and being a part of this amazing journey that God is taking us on!!!!!!


Starting tomorrow, we'll have a way that you can purchase the shirts through paypal. You can also call with orders: Trey's cell # (985) 474-4930 or Ashley's cell # (662) 554-8038