Yep, that’s right. Its been a crazy two weeks around the Hiestand house. First comes news of another new baby and Friday night we heard from our adoption agency that we are officially done with the final part of the adoption process. (Actually, the papers were signed off on May 11 and they sat on a desk till yesterday to officially signed off on – sigh).
Anyways…since we are out of PGN (that’s what they call the last process) we are waiting for our embassy appointment down in Guatemala.
We’re hoping to head down there the first week or so of August, we’ll get informed of the date in about 1-2 weeks and then we’ll have week or so to scramble for tickets and get down there.
Of course right now, we’re scrambling to find $10,000. That should be a good time! (Have I mentioned there is a place you can give a little donation in the sidebar via paypal? Every dollar helps!)
Tim said...
1That is fabulous brother. I am so glad to hear that our prayers for you and your family seem to be answered.
God is a great answerer of prayer!
:)
07/8/07 6:03 AM | Comment Link
D.G. Hollums said...
2Congrats man! Love yall!
07/9/07 12:31 PM | Comment Link
Pat said...
3Fantastic, Todd!!! That’s awesome news!
07/10/07 7:24 AM | Comment Link
Gabrielle said...
4The whole church family is just going nuts over yous guys! 2 kids, 6 months…we are there to help you! Congradulations he’ll be here before you know it!
07/11/07 9:16 AM | Comment Link
Chuck Norris said...
5Congrats!
- Chuck
07/13/07 1:01 PM | Comment Link
Jason Kovacs said...
6Todd,
I stumbled onto your site and it been great to read your thoughts on the church and its mission and to see that you adopted! My background was in the church but now I work fulltime for an non-profit called The ABBA Fund (www.abbafund.org). Our mission is to help Christian couples overcome the financial obstacles to adoption by providing interest-free loans. We also help local churches establish matching grant/interest-free loan funds for adoption so that the local community is the one to help couples tangibly. I would love to hear more about your adoption and know if there’s any ways I can serve you and your church when it comes to caring for orphans and making more adoptions possible.
Feel free to contact me at jason [at] abbafund [dot] org anytime.
Grace and peace!
06/5/08 10:55 AM | Comment Link