As we set out on this path that the Lord has chosen for us, we would greatly appreciate your encouragement and prayers! 

     When we first wrestled with the idea to adopt two years ago, we came to the conclusion that it was much too expensive for us to take on.  Although our financial situation has not changed much, we now believe that we are to launch out in faith that He will provide for our needs as we embark on this adventure.  God is truly and wonderfully faithful, and now is no time for us to be remiss as we move ahead to claim the children that He has set aside for us in Russia. The mere fact that we are adopting two, and not the one we couldn’t afford two years ago, leads us to believe that God is going to work a miracle in our lives as we trust Him! 

     Recognizing that adoption is a perfect picture of what God has done for each of us in making us His children through Christ, we covet all of your prayers in our endeavor...  It is our desire to have the power of Christians everywhere praying for us!

 
    A special thank-you to all of you who have given so generously, as well as those of you who keep us and Samuel and David in your prayers!