"I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine" Isaiah 43:1

We received our log in number from China last Tuesday, July 19th, and with that number we were ready to receive the much anticipated referral we've been waiting on since we began our adoption journey.  I knew that China normally updates their databank with a new group of orphans at the end of each month.  So, on Tuesday, the26th, I couldn't stop thinking, --when, when, WHEN!  When are we going to hear from our agency with "the call", the call we've been waiting for?!?  When are we going to get to look at the face of our daughter and find out where she lives and what she eats and how she sleeps and how old she is and what she likes and what type of health problems she has and how much she weighs and... 

...and then the phone rang, and it was All God's Children International!!!  And Tiffany at AGCI said, "Hi!  I found a little girl..."

We are SO EXCITED!!  This is the moment we've been waiting for since we began our adoption journey in December 2010.  We have received a referral, which means we have have been matched with a specific child and our agency put a hold on her so that no one else can claim her while we finish all our paperwork to finalize the adoption.  I am not allowed to give any information about her on a blog or internet for privacy reasons until we have her in our custody.  However, if you want details, get in touch with me, because I would LOVE to tell you all about her!! 

Greg and I told our adoption agency that we do want to adopt her and they have sent our information to China to request an approval from them.  Now we are waiting on approval from China (which takes about three weeks) before we know for sure that she is ours!!
I praise my God and Father for this precious daughter of the King!!!  I praise Him for a unified vision between Greg and I about her and I praise Him for the confirmations He has blessed us with, even before we received her referral that she is the one He has chosen for our family.

Thank you so much for ALL your prayers and your support!  Please pray for her health and that God would prepare her to be a member of our family and that she will bond and attach to us quickly.
OH, We are already so smitten with her!  The next 5-6 months will be hard as we wait for all the paperwork to be prepared and completed before we can travel.

"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine." Isaiah 43:1

Both Hands Project

We had a great day at Mr Strecker's house!!  It was a very hot day!!  We didn't find out until a few days after the project that the heat index that day was 108 degrees!!!  We had a few team members to get too hot, but after a time of rest, everyone recuperated.  We praise the Lord that we had no injuries and we accomplished SO MUCH for Mr Strecker!  We have been blessed to get to spend time with Mr Strecker over the past month and get to know him better and what a blessing that has been to Greg and I.  I believe all our team members were blessed to meet him and serve him also. 

We have THE BEST FRIENDS in the world!  Greg and I were humbled by our friends and family giving their lives for the day to serve Mr Strecker and help us bring home our daughter.  "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." John 15:13.  Our team members laid down their lives for us that day!!!  Greg and I pray that we can return the favor and pay it forward.  We were also amazed at the generosity of Marvin's, a local store that donated lots and lots of materials and supplies, Lumber Junction, who donated ALL the lumber we needed, CVS, who donated LOTS of bottled water, and Speed Screen, who donated all the screen to re-screen Mr Strecker's porch!  We are in AWE of the generosity of family and friends who have donated financially toward our adoption expenses! 

Check out our Both Hands project video at http://bothhandsfoundation.org/greg-and-angie-jones.aspx.  Thank you to everyone and God Bless!