We're still in waiting mode for those of you who've been wondering why we haven't posted in so long. We really do not have any new information. The wait has been really hard, but has been a good teacher of patience, which I need. The past few weeks have really been a time to slow down and to just be still and know that He is God. I want to sit at His feet and choose the better part instead of always fretting over the details.

Forever Families is bringing a group of orphans from Ethiopia for a short stay this summer. There are still several children who need sponser families. If anyone is interested or wants more information, please email me.

While praying for these children, one child in particular really struck my heart. She's only 6 and her name is Bethlehem. She still doesn't have a host family. They will be here around the same time that I'm in China, so we can't host a child at this time. Please pray that someone will take this sweet child into their home so she can experience the love of God through them.

Today, this is what is on my heart. My prayer for you is that you too will choose the good part. From Luke, Chapter 10:38-42 (NASB)

Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word. But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me."

But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her."

...and from Psalm 46:10:

"Be still, and know that I am God..."

We're Logged In!!!

We received an email today from Traci at CWA telling us that our logged in date was Feb. 7! We should get our travel announcement in 3-4 months.

We bought the paint for Brighton's room this week. I'll post pictures when we have some progress. It sure is hard trying to stay away from the stores. I want to buy him everything he's never had! (but I won't)

"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." Hebrews 10:23

We are shouting hellelujah's to the LORD and singing praises for His wonderful gifts tonight! The gifts keep coming, one after the other!!!! They have been coming in all forms...a letter from Brighton's teacher, then beautiful photos of our son to cry and laugh over at the same time! Then, a HUGE surprise that made me fall to my knees in wonderous praise of our LORD's wonderful blessings!

David came home this evening with an envelope that he was given by one of his builder's today with our names on the front. Inside there was the sweetest 'For the Parents-to-Be' card with the MOST PRECIOUS letter typed on the inside. Mr. Knight thought we were adopting a baby boy, but adopting none-the-less. I would like to type out what they wrote in the letter because it is the most beautiful heart-felt letter that I have ever received in my life and I feel it will encourage all of you who are struggling to adopt right now, or who are thinking about it. I am extremely thankful for the generous donation, but the letter itself is more the treasure to me! I will keep it in my diary for the rest of my life.

David & Tina,

People who make a difference in others lives are special people. Those who give love, hope, and a home to the children of the world are truly a special gift from God. You have been on our minds and in our prayers since we learned of your adoption of a beautiful baby boy. My wife, Kimm was adopted and holds a special place in her heart for you and those like you who give the gift of hope and belonging. I was fortunate to be raised in a loving Christian home where my parents taught us by example that our lives are defined, not by what we have, but how we use what we have to help others and to make a difference.

My father passed away in 2002, and my mother this past October. We recently received some money from their estate. I can think of nothing that would make my parents prouder than knowing that their teachings and labors are still paying forward the gift of love.

In honor of our parents, our family would like to give you and your family this gift of love to help in bringing your beautiful child home soon! Our hopes and prayers are with you daily.

Love, The Knights


(Okay, I have to go get the Puffs again) I want to hug and kiss every one of the members of this family for their beautiful gift. I thank God, not only for their donation, but for Randy's parents who raised their children in a Christian home with love and the understanding of that which is the better part. I am also thankful for Kimm's parents who gave her the most precious gift of a loving family.

For those who are reading this who have been thinking about adoption, but have been burdened by doubt over the financial aspect, PLEASE, PLEASE do not let that hold you back. If it is God's will for you, please trust that He will also provide for every need you might have along the journey. There are so many orphaned children around the world, in every country, who just need to "belong" to a loving family.

I know that some of these verses are repeats of what I've posted before, but they are so much in my heart right now that I had to post them again!

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone that asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened." Matthew 7:7-8

"If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like the wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all that he does." James 1:5-8



"And whatever things you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive." Matthew 21:22

New Pictures of Brighton!

We received these new pictures of Brighton from his 3rd grade teacher at the Anshan School for the Deaf. This was a party they had on December 30. They were celebrating the New Year. His teacher informed us that Brighton performed magic string tricks for his classmates and that he practiced for quite some time for the performance!

Doesn't he have the most beautiful smile? These are the first pictures we have of him showing his beautiful teeth and the first pictures we have of him with his friends.

Letter From Brighton's Teacher:

亲爱的大卫和蒂娜：
你们好！
安声能有这样的机会、能有你们这么有爱心的父母我很为他高兴。
下面我介绍一下安声在学校期间的情况：
他目前就读于鞍山市盲聋哑学校，是三年级的学生。在校期间努力学习、遵守纪律，老师和同学们都很喜欢他。作为一名聋童，他从小生活在无声的世界里，语言环境的缺乏使他的语言发展、认知能力都与正常孩子还有差距，但是他是一个非常聪明的孩子，经过在聋哑学校三年的学习，他的手语、识字、理解能力、与他人的沟通能力等等都在逐渐的进步。
他每周周一到周四住在学校宿舍，周五到周日回到儿童福利院，除了不喜欢吃肉类以外对其他的食物并不是很挑剔。
对于他去美国的事我也与他进行了沟通，他对美国的生活并没有太明确的概念，但是知道了有人要领养他、做他的爸爸妈妈非常的高兴，也充满了希望。虽然他是个孤儿，又是聋哑孩子，但是只要用真心去对待他、爱护他，他也会用爱去回报你们。
安声写信给你们恐怕有一些困难，因为他年龄太小了，识字量和语言组织能力都有限，如果你们有什么需要可以写信给我，我很愿意帮助你们。
你们对于安声的祝福和希望我会一并转达！

What it Says in English:

Dear David and Tina,

Hope you are all well.
I am very happy for An Sheng that he has such a great opportunity and lovely parents like you both.

Below I will describe An Sheng's school situation:
He currently studies at AnShan school for the deaf and mute . He is in 3rd grade. At school, he works hard, very minding, all the techers and students all like him. Being deaf and live in a world without sound since little, he has a little language deficiency compares to the other children that are not deaf. But he is a very smart kids, being in this school for 3 years, his sign langauge, word recognition, and his ability to understand, his ability to communicate with others and etc have improved a bit.

He stays at the school from Monday through Thursday. On Friday, he goes back to the Anshan CWI. He does not like meat, otherwise, he is not a pickly eater.

I have discussed with him regarding going to US. He does not know much about lives in US. But he does know that someone want to adopt him, and want to be his parents, and he is very happy and very hopeful about that. Even though he is an orphan, and is deaf, if you raise him and protect him with lots of true love, he will repay you with with lots of true love!

It will be a little difficult for An Sheng to write letter to you because he is too young and know not that many words. But if you need something, you can write to me and I will be more than happy to help.

I will convey to An Sheng all your good wishes!

It is just so wonderful to have gotten this letter! We are thrilled and overjoyed to hear news of our son! We read it over and over and cry each time. It really sounds as if his teacher truly cares for him. Plesae pray for God's safety for Brighton while he's at the orphanage. Please also pray for God to help us with the remainder of the adoption fees. Sometimes doubt and fear creep in and it begins to feel like a mountain we can't climb. But, then we remember that God is sovereign and will provide for our every need as long as we have faith and do not doubt! He has provided exactly what we have needed at exactly the right time all the way up to this point!

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened!" Matthew 7:7-8

DTC!

We were officially DTC (Dossier to China) on January 9th. We are now waiting to be "logged in" in China. It has been taking about 2-4 weeks to get logged in because they are behind. It usually takes about 90 days to get travel approval, then another month before we travel. We were thinking we might be traveling around the middle of May, but now we are not so sure.

China has changed their guidelines for adopting again. We will now have to wait for them to send us another form called, "Letter of Seeking Confirmation From Adopter" that we must fill out and return to China before we can get our travel approval. We have been told that this can delay the adoption process by an additional 4 weeks. Please pray for patience for us!

Tina

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." Matthew 11:28-30

Merry Christmas!

Our paperchase is now finished! I picked up all 12 of our documents today at the Chinese Consulate in Houston. They were all authenticated with no problems. We are now ready to send our dossier to CWA the first week of January (they are closed next week) and it should go to China on January 10th. It takes two weeks to get logged in to China, so I'm guessing January 24, 2007 we will be logged-in in China, which puts us on the waiting list for our travel announcement. That should be around 90 days. (18th of April?) So my best guesstimate would be that we will be traveling to China in May. Two months after that will be Brighton's 10th birthday!

I was doing so well waiting, being patient, understanding delays... until Christmas got closer. It is so hard not having our son home for Christmas. I keep thinking about the kids sitting by the fireplace in their pj's with messy bedhead, going through their stockings with huge grins on their faces, and one son sitting in China wondering what his family is doing. I miss him so much my heart aches! Please pray for safety and comfort for our little boy!

We sent out a huge package two weeks ago for the orphans and for Brighton. We hope we can get a confirmation soon on whether or not he received his package. I ordered stamps from China and sent self-addressed stamped envelopes in hopes that he might write to us.

Have a very Merry Christmas everyone and may you have a very blessed, Christ-filled New Year!

Love, Tina

"You will seek Me and find Me..." Jeremiah 29:13

Our I-171H is Finally Here!

We received our 1-171H in the mail from the Department of Homeland Security clearing us to bring Brighton home! Now we can finally get our dossier to China. Once we are DTC, it will be 3-4 months before we get TA (travel approval). Once we get TA, we must travel two weeks later.

Please pray for us to get all of the necessary stamps from the Secretary of State and the Chinese Consulate in Houston in a timely manner so we can be DTC by Christmas. Please also pray for provisions for all of the fees. We've only payed for about half of the adoption fees. The Lord has provided exactly what we've needed when we've needed it! We are going to continue to trust Him for His provisions. He has been leading this adoption from the very beginning and we are faithfully following His lead.

I took Dani to her Christmas Around the World dress rehearsal today. The parents were allowed to sit in the stands and watch the entire performance. There are several children from different countries skating to songs from their countries. There was this sweet little Chinese girl who skated to Chinese festival music while skating with Chinese silks and firecrackers, which are always lit for festivites in China. She was so precious, and it brought tears to my eyes thinking about Brighton not being home for Christmas.

My computer crashed this week, and it's been so frustrating not being able to check my email or post to the adoption forums we're on. Every time we think we're getting ahead, something else sems to crash or go haywire! We had to completely gut our kitchen two weeks ago because we had a bad leak that caused black mold under the cabinets. Two weeks before that it was our car. I'm beginning to think a horse and buggy and a tent would be just fine! LOL!

Our social worker told us to call her if anything changed. I'm wondering if the kitchen qualifies? I was nervous about this because we haven't been able to afford to finish it, then I heard on the news that her Taekwondo school was infested with bats. I'm sure she understands better than anyone how freak things can happen!

I will post more news when I know something else. Sorry about the huge paragraphs. Blogger isn't being cooperative again.

Tina

"Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift!" 2 Corinthians 9:15

No New News Yet

It's November 29th and we still haven't received our I-171 from the USCIS. This is the only thing standing in the way of us getting our dossier to China. It's truly frustrating that the government can get one family their I-171 within days of being fingerprinted (they said it only takes 48 hours for the FBI background check) and others have to wait months. We just have to rest in the knowledge that God's timing is perfect and He is in control.

We have a package for Brighton that we're sending out at the end of this week with goodies and a self-addressed, stamped envelope. We're praying that he will write to us! It's going to be a tough Christmas without our little boy. Third Day has a Christmas song out called, "Merry Christmas." It was written by their guitarist who is adopting from China. Here are some of the words:

There's a little girl trembling on a cold December morn

Crying for mama's arms

At an orphanage just outside a little China town

Where the forgotten are

But half a world away I hang the stockings by the fire

And dream about the day when I can finally call you mine

It's Christmas time again but you're not home

Your family is here and yet you're someplace else alone

So tonight I pray that God will come and hold you in His arms

And tell you from my heart

I wish you Merry Christmas

Okay, I'm crying again. The wait is getting more and more difficult as it gets closer to Christmas. The children are all getting so excited about the preparations and the caroling, etc... I feel like part of my heart is missing.

Tina

"And whatever things you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive." Matthew 21:22

Sorry It's Been So Long!

There has been so much going on in the past month. Our home study is finished, approved and sent to the USCIS in San Antonio. We received our appointment letter from the USCIS last Saturday and will be travelling tomorrow morning to San Antonio to be fingerprinted.

I've been sick for the past week and a half and really haven't had much energy. Everyone finally talked me into going to the doctor, who told me I have bronchitis, and gave me wonderful medicine to help me sleep. The down side here is that I want to document everything in photos for Brighton's Life Book. I'm sure the photo of me being fingerprinted tomorrow will be a doozy. My nose is all red from repeated blowing and wiping, and I look like I've been through the ringer. Hopefully it doesn't turn out looking like a mugshot! LOL!

My friend Jane is travelling to China tomorow to pick up her son, Jack! I am so excited for her. Jack is in western China where it is cold, arid and desert-like. It looks nothing like the eastern portion of China where Brighton is from. Jack is very handsome and looks like a little prince. He will be so excited to finally meet his new mom and dad and big brother Ben.

I will post more tomorrow after we are fingerprinted!

Tina

"How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!..." 1 John 3:1

We went to our first ASL (American Sign Language) class last night! It was such a good class. We learned the entire alphabet (which we pretty much knew already) and around 40 new signs. The instructor, Tony Cook, is deaf and was wonderful. He made learning ASL fun and easy to remember. If we are going to learn 40-50 new signs a day, in 8 weeks we will have learned about 400 signs! The most difficult signs to learn are the ones that have 3 or 4 different signs for one single word. We have to learn them all so that if we are talking with someone who uses a sign we do not use.

During class, he was teaching us how important facial expressions are when signing. You do not smile while saying you're sorry. Another instructor came in and signed with him a bit. She signed "sorry," but was smiling. He laughed and signed to us that she wasn't really sorry because she smiled.

We are through gathering documents for our dossier. We are now waiting on our home study draft and our fingerprinting appointment from the USCIS. We sent our authenticated birth certificates to the Chinese Consulate in Chicago to be authenticated by them. We are going to send off a packet of other documents this week to be authenticated by the Texas Secretary of State. We are also waiting to hear back from Congressman Chet Edwards office as to why the USCIS in San Antonio has a different fingerprinting policy than the rest of the US. This will hold our adoption up by about 2 months.

The package that we are getting together for Brighton is about ready. I just need to get the letter and photos translated for him. We are hoping and praying that Brighton will be excited about becoming part of our family and that he will not be too fearful of the unknown. We are also praying that he will be allowed to write us back and tell us more about himself and what he likes/dislikes, etc... Please pray that Brighton will look at the photos we are sending and will feel a sense of safety and not of fear.

Tina


"Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him dumb or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to say." Exodus 4:11-12

MORE GOOD NEWS!

Praise the LORD! We received an email today from a wonderful lady at CWA (Mei) about our little boy! I emailed Jane in China, asking for updated information from Brighton's CWI. They took 7 photos of him yesterday and sent us an update. The info is below, followed by the photos we received. He looks much older in these photos than the last photos. Isn't he handsome??? Please leave comments too! We would love to hear from you! Click on the "comment" at the end and leave us a message!

Current Report on An Sheng

Current Condition
HT-147cm; WT-37kg; Head Circumference-53cm; Chest Circumference-72cm; Foot Length-24cm; # of Teeth-26 (height 4'9" weight 81lb. Dani is 4'10" and weighs 71 lbs., so I can take her shopping to find clothes to fit him!!!)

Health Condition
An Sheng is in excellent health condition. He runs, jumps, moves around freely. He is very strong physically. He seldom gets sick.

Daily Routines
An Sheng’s life is very structured. He goes to the School for Deaf and Mute in our city from Monday to Friday. He follows his school schedule. He gets up, bathes, eats, takes classes, and goes to bed, on time. He takes care of himself in his daily routine activities.

Personality & Hobbies
An Sheng is an open, active, diligent, and strong child. He also is very helpful to others.. Every Saturday and Sunday after he finishes his homework, he volunteers to help care takers with their chores. He loves sports, especially basketball.

School Condition
An Sheng started school in 2005 and is now in 3rd Grade (I am not sure how their school works.—notes by Mei). He can converse using simple sign language. He can understand teachers’ sign language and basically has no problem communicating with his classmates and teachers. An Sheng makes B, C grades. He is able to focus on teachers’ lectures in class and finish homework in time. According to his teachers, An Sheng is a smart child.

The People’s Republic of China
Liaoning Province, Anshan City,
Anshan City Children’s Welfare Institute


(Info Dated on 9/6/2006)

Our handsome son!

The Good News Keeps Coming!

Today, the UPS guy brought us a package we weren't expecting. That's always fun! (as long as it's not C.O.D. and you're not sure who it's from) But this package was from CWA, our adoption agency, and I tore into it like it was Christmas morning.

The first page was a beautiful congratulations letter, purposely typed on quality stationary, from a sweet woman at CWA. Everyone there has just been so supportive and have been praying for Brighton and for us! It explained that they were sending us the original pre-approval document from China, all of the records CWA had kept on An Sheng (Brighton), and a few more color photos of him that are just darling. I'm going to have to take out stock in Puffs!

One of the documents had more information than we had heard before. This is what it said, word for word: "An Sheng, male, was found abandoned on bus No. 24 in the evening of July 4, 2001 by the driver. After searching for his birth parents in vain by public security bureau of the police station of Anshan City, he was sent to our orphanage to be raised the next day by the approval of Civil Affairs Bureau of Anshan City." I hope my poor child didn't have to spend the night at the police station! I know he must have been terrified!

The caretakers at his orphanage stated in one document that he's never had an accident or been hurt. That was from 2004. His hobby is reading books! We put a request in today for more information form his orphanage. We requested that they ask them if he can read Chinese, and if so, what grade level, if he's learning Chinese sign language, how his health is, if he needs anything, if the orphanage needs anything, and a few other things that I can't remember off the top of my head. We will be sending several care packages over the next few months, so if anyone would like to add to it for the orphanage, let me know! I'll have a list of items they need soon. We can not send anything religious, bulky or heavy. Bulky doesn't include blankets, diapers, etc...

I would like to thank everyone who has been praying for Brighton. It just warms our hearts and means so much to us to know you love our little boy so much! Please also remember the thousands of children in the world who need parents. Most will never know what it's like to feel safe, have a warm hug, a family meal, a mom and dad who love them, a roof over their heads, and most of all a chance to see our sweet Savior modeled to them by loving parents. It's just hard to fathom, with all the wealth we see daily, how the plight of these sweet children goes unnoticed. But the most important thing they need is prayer. It's absolutely free!!! My heartfelt prayer is that every orphan at least gets the chance to learn about our Lord and savior. Even if their surroundings and circumstances cannot be changed, their hearts can, and God will always be there with them, wherever they are.

If you would like to get more involved, there are links to the right for Christian World Adoption and Christian World Foundation.

"Christian World Foundation exists to help feed, clothe, medicate, educate, and care for children of the world without regard for their color or class, based on the teachings and love of our Lord Jesus Christ." http://www.cwa.org/cwf.html

Our love and many thanks to everyone!

David & Tina

"If you love Me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever--- the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him because He lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." John 14:15-18

This is the larger photo that was cropped for the small photo on the first post.

We have PA! Hooray! Halelujah! Praise the LORD!
(Now we know what our names look like in Chinese!)

We Have PA! Pre-Approval from China for Brighton!!!

It's been awhile since I posted, I know. August was a hectic month and we were really busy! We had our first home visit on August 19, our second on August 29, and our third will be September 1.

But the best news is, Virginia, our caseworker from CWA, called with the great news that we have pre-approval from China! Boy did I cry my eyes out. I laughed, I cried, then laughed some more, jumped up and down, ran through the house shouting hallelujahs and had the kids wondering what I did with their mother.

What our pre-approval means is that Brighton is basically our child in the eyes of China. We still have to submit our required documents, but for information purposes, not to wait to see if we are accepted. We can now send him letters, packages, photos of home, mom, dad and sisters and brothers!

We still have February or March as our tentative travel date to pick him up. That could happen sooner, or later than that depending on how long the paperwork and governments' take.

David and the kids and I went out to eat to celebrate the good news. Everyone is so excited! Hopefully we will now be getting some updated photos of our sweet boy to post.

Blessings,
David and Tina

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. Hebrews 10:23

We finally have our home study appointment! The social worker is coming this Saturday to do our home study. I'm so excited because we are one step closer to bringing Brighton home. We're still waiting on pre-approval, which should come any day. Once that comes, we can get more updated photos of Brighton.

I took Charly to U Paint It for her birthday. She painted a frog for her wall, Dani painted a dog bowl for Isabelle, and I painted a plate with Brighton's name on it. It turned out really cute. I can't wait to give it to him.

The mom who adopted Brighton's best friend emailed me again today. She told me that Nick said Brighton can make sounds. We are hoping that we can teach him to speak English while learning to sign.

She also told me that Nick loves his bed. In China they sleep on a hard surface with a straw mat, no pillow, and one blanket. I can't wait to tuck Brighton into his new, soft bed.

This past weekend I had a dream about Brighton. It was his first night home and he was scared to sleep alone. I snuggled next to him, and he wrapped my arm around him and went to sleep. I woke up smiling. It is something I've wondered about. The kids there sleep in one big room all together. Being alone in a room at night may not feel safe to him.

Josh flew home yesterday from California. We were so happy to see him! He's really excited about being able to be a big brother to Brighton. I think they will bond right away.

Thank you so much for keeping us in your prayers! We love all of you!


Love,
David & Tina


"The body is one and has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ." 1 Corinthians 12:12

Hello friends and family! We are still in the gathering stage. We finally got all of our documents together for the social worker. The packet that we mailed LSSS was an inch thick! We are now just waiting on an appointment for the home study. The great news is that during the paper chase for the documents for the SW, we ended up with most of the paperwork needed for the dossier! WooHoo! We've also finished our I-600A form for the USCIS. That will go out tomorrow, and then we wait on a fingerprinting appointment in San Antonio.

It's strange how each state and each country is so different when it comes to paperwork requirements and the time it takes them to process things. Colorado made a certified copy of David's birth certificate, sent it off to the secretary of state and had it back to us within a week. Michigan told me that mine would take 3-4 weeks. Talk about slow!

We are still waiting on our pre-approval from China. I am gathering photos for Brighton for his photo album. I'll have to get the English words translated into Chinese before I send it.

Our yard sale was a HUGE success! We couldn't believe how many donations we received. The love just keeps pouring in. Charly made bracelets and sold 8 of them! She also put a donation basket out and received quite a bit. In all, we made almost exactly what we needed for the USCIS I-600A fee and fingerprinting fees with about $40 left over. God is still providing every step of the way! Thank you so much to everyone who donated financially, with yard sale items, by purchasing bracelets or with donating time to help price items and work at the yard sale. I love you all so much!

Our case worker at CWA called and counseled me on finding a male family member to go with me to China since Brighton is a 9-year-old boy. I do not want to get stuck in a situation where we are in a strange city and he needs to use the restroom alone. I called Josh and he's excited to go! He was a little sad that he wasn't going to spend much time with Brighton. Now he'll get to see him for nearly two weeks. This also means another $3700 tacked onto the end of the travel fees. Please pray for guidance for us as we seek God's direction on the travel arrangements.

Please continue to pray for safety for Brighton and that no roadblocks get thrown up to slow us down.

Tina

"So is my word that goes out from my mouth. It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:11