It's been quite a while since I've updated. I'll just give you a quick update on our vacation. The trip to the museum was fun as always, but it was overcast and rainy. Fortunately the exhibits are inside and the only time we had to go out was to get from one building to the next. I'll try to get some pictures posted in the near future.
Our vacation ended all to soon, but we had to get home so that Edward could begin his college career. He started the Monday after we got home (August 27) with two days of orientation and then two days of classes. He is now in his 3rd week of college. He enjoys Western Civilization and NT Literature, but abhors College Writing and thinks that Pre-Calculus is boring. I think that he enjoys Logic, but I'm not sure. That's a 3 hour, Wednesday afternoon class.
That's enough about the rest of my life. Since this is supposed to be a blog about our adoption, I better update you all. Our homestudy is on Friday, September 14 at 11:00 AM. It's about a 3 hour process. Hopefully, I'll be able to post an update. On Saturday, my extended family is holding a yard sale as a fund raiser for us so we will be headed to Pennsylvania for that.
Our biggest news is that we have made a decision about which country!!! We have decided to go with Zambia for a number of reasons, the least of which are the finances. We weren't really country specific originally. We just knew that we wanted to adopt and didn't have a whole lot of $$. It looks like we should be able to have a completed adoption within 9-12 months. We are excited about this and really feel that the Lord has led us in this direction. This means changing agencies and that's the saddest part. I loved working with the people from Christian World Adoption -- they have been so loving and caring. I will miss them!! I have had contact with the director of the Zambian program at our new agency, Faithful Adoptions. She is a Christian and has also been a pleasure to work with. I look forward to our future relationship as we work together to bring our child(ren) home.
Please keep us in your prayers this Friday. The house is clean and we are ready to go! :-)
Showing posts with label Adirondacks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adirondacks. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
We're Still Here!
Since there are no adoption updates while we are away, I though sharing about our vacation would be fun, at least for me.
One of the things that I love about this place is the cool weather -- although, I understand it's cool at home too. I checked the weather online today, for this beautiful place, and it's supposed to go down to 36 tonight!! Now, that's cold for August.
One of the other neat aspects of this vacation is the expense or lack thereof. First Baptist Church of Indian Lake owns the house in which we are staying and they provide it free of charge to people that are in full-time ministry. It's "rented" on a first come, first served basis, but we usally don't have much trouble getting the dates we want. This is the place where we are staying.
Even when the weather has been warm, this house stays quite cool -- it's completely shaded all day long. We love the swing on the front porch. That seems to be Johannah's favorite place to sit and read.
We prefer to come after Labor Day when most vactioners are home and being homeschoolers, that has always been possible. But with Edward starting college before Labor Day this year, we had to come earlier.
Earlier today we went to the Barton garnet mine, on Gore Mountain, for a tour. It's an interesting place to see especially Henry Hudson Barton V was one of Ralph's college roommates. Johannah bought a beautiful sterling silver garnet necklace that goes with the ring that she got last year. Tomorrow's agenda calls for a visit to the Adirondack Museum.
Although, this is vacation, it doesn't always seem like it to me because I still have to cook. However, the men cooked dinner this evening and cleaned up. The proof is in the picture below:
and what a good dinner it was, too. Actually, I think that Ralph is a better cook than I am and Edward has become familiar with the kitchen having worked the last three summers in the kitchen at Pinebrook Bible Conference.
Our other favorite past time while here is reading. Vito, Edward's friend that is along for the week, took advantage of the down time before dinner to read.
Tomorrow is the museum, so hopefully I'll have more to share then.
One of the things that I love about this place is the cool weather -- although, I understand it's cool at home too. I checked the weather online today, for this beautiful place, and it's supposed to go down to 36 tonight!! Now, that's cold for August.
One of the other neat aspects of this vacation is the expense or lack thereof. First Baptist Church of Indian Lake owns the house in which we are staying and they provide it free of charge to people that are in full-time ministry. It's "rented" on a first come, first served basis, but we usally don't have much trouble getting the dates we want. This is the place where we are staying.
Even when the weather has been warm, this house stays quite cool -- it's completely shaded all day long. We love the swing on the front porch. That seems to be Johannah's favorite place to sit and read.
We prefer to come after Labor Day when most vactioners are home and being homeschoolers, that has always been possible. But with Edward starting college before Labor Day this year, we had to come earlier.
Earlier today we went to the Barton garnet mine, on Gore Mountain, for a tour. It's an interesting place to see especially Henry Hudson Barton V was one of Ralph's college roommates. Johannah bought a beautiful sterling silver garnet necklace that goes with the ring that she got last year. Tomorrow's agenda calls for a visit to the Adirondack Museum.
Although, this is vacation, it doesn't always seem like it to me because I still have to cook. However, the men cooked dinner this evening and cleaned up. The proof is in the picture below:
and what a good dinner it was, too. Actually, I think that Ralph is a better cook than I am and Edward has become familiar with the kitchen having worked the last three summers in the kitchen at Pinebrook Bible Conference.
Our other favorite past time while here is reading. Vito, Edward's friend that is along for the week, took advantage of the down time before dinner to read.
Tomorrow is the museum, so hopefully I'll have more to share then.
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