Loren had a wonderful time at camp. He talked about swimming, talent shows, dress up games, and messy games. He was also excited about getting to ride and groom horses. He did come home with a burn where someone spilled hot chocolate on his ankle. That kind upset me that this happened and they did not call us. They had doctors there so they took care of it, I guess. We are the parents and should be informed if something happens to our child. Besides that, he had a wonderful time.
I believe Landon was glad to see his brother. They kind of hugged on each other and bonded some. He has had a lonesome week without his brother with him.
There is rumors that the TAs are arriving. Those are travel approvals. We may hear this week that we are appoved (or invited) to travel to China to pick up Myli. That is exciting. That means that the 21 of August is right. We will have to be approved after that for a consulate date in China to make sure, but is still exciting. We waited for so long without any news and now it is happening. Praise be to God.
I ask you to pray for Liz. She is having some difficulty at work.
Thank you for visiting us on our blog.
May God bless each of you.

Hey there everyone,
We went to our travel meeting on Monday and they still tell us that we should travel on 8/21. That is just four weeks from tomorrow. We have to send off for our China visa and wait for our travel letter. It is exciting to think that we will travel so soon after waiting over two and a half years.
We met two couples on Monday night at the travel meeting. One is from Lexington and the other is from Georgetown. They are real nice couples and it will be good traveling with them.
They tell us that the costs in Beijing will be higher due to the Olympics. Hotels that are generally $100 a night are now charging as much as $250 or more for the same rooms. We are debating if we should skip going to Beijing and seeing the Great Wall and the other sights due to the extra cost. It might be a once in a lifetime experience to see the sights, but we have to consider our budget.
Loren went to camp on Monday and he is still there. He must be having a good time. I miss the little fellow. He is growing up on me. To be gone for a week without his mom and dad is a big step for him. Landon misses him. He was just not the same child on Teusday without his brother.
Jeremy has band camp this week also. Landon and him is going to Bible School at night.
Please continue to pray for us.
May God richly bless each of you.

Hello everyone,
I have had two wonderful days fishing. I have never caught any walleye before and this was a good experience. Yesterday I caught one and today I caught three fish. Our boat caught ten today and a total of 16 over the two days. We won the tournament for most fish total. Our pastor won it for biggest fish.
It has been good being off from work these last few days. It seems that I have had another mini vacation.
Bible school starts Monday night at our church and lasts through Friday. We will not get to be there because we have our travel meeting in Lexington.
Please continue to pray for us. May God richly bless each of you.

The boys and I have had a guys day today. We went out this morning and played a little baseball together in the front yard. It was mostly me pitching and them hitting and getting the ball, but it was good. After lunch we went to the swimming pool for a while. Jeremy had band camp again today.
We went to the funeral home tonight. My aunt Clarine passed away on Teusday.
In the morning I am going fishing with some guys from church. We are having our own little fishing tournament. I am looking forward to it.
No more news about Myli. I don't know if I mentioned it or not but our estimated travel date is August 21. It wll be here before we know it. Please remember to keep us and Myli in your prayers.
May God bless each of you.

It has been several days since our last post. I have switched my schedual at work and I have not had much time the last few days. We are still very excited about our daughter. I promised a little more detail about Myli.
She was found abandoned at the gate of People’s Hospital of Xia Jiang County on Oct.31st,2007. A guy who went to the hospital for some business found a baby abandoned at the gate, he reported to Shui Bian police office of Xia Jiang Public Security Bureau right away. After searches and investigations made by the policemen, there was nowhere to find her biological parents or relatives, so she was confirmed to be an abandoned baby. She was sent to the Social Welfare Institute of Xia Jiang County for care. When she was sent to the institute, she had black hair, narrow face, light skin, there were a pack of formula, a bottle and two sweaters with her.
According to the information provided by the People’s Hospital of the county, it was estimated that the baby girl’s birthday and abandonment date are same, Oct 31st ,2007.
That is how our little girl became available for us to bring home. We are going Monday to a Travel meeting at our agency.
Before I forget, we are joining "The Story of You" website and will have a page on there for you to check out. We have a link on this page but here it is: http://www.thestoryofyou.net/Myli.html. (JOURNEY TO MYLI)
The rest of the family is good. The younger boys are playing their days through and the oldest has started band camp this week. He is a junior this year. Wow! He will soon be 18 years old.
I guess that is all for now. More later.
May God richly bless you.

I am sorry that I have not posted this week. It has been so exciting to show off the pictures and everything. We received our packet in the mail on Teusday and received the translation through email.
Her Chinese name is Xiao Xiu Lan. As far as I can translate what her chinese name means is Pretty Elegant Flower.
Everything seems to be wonderful. She is a healthy little girl and seems to be progressing well. Liz and I know that this little girl is from God. We need to have our acceptance letter in on Monday so Liz is going to take it to our agency then. I ask for you to pray as we get all the paperwork together for the wonderful trip to go and get her and pray for her continuing safety.
Hopefully I can get into the grove again to keep everyone posted on our journey. I will include more about her province and all maybe in the next post.
I can't thank everyone enough for your prayers for us.
May God bless you

We sure got a blessing today. I got a call at lunch from our agency to give them a call because they had some information for us. He said that we needed to call asap. I thought that they might have told us with what loggin dates we were with. I called and asked what was up and I was told we had a referral. I was so shocked. We were not expecting any news for a while. I could hardly believe it. We have been so disheartened by what has happened over the last 2 months.
Right away I asked for them to email us a picture of our precious child. She is so beautiful. I tried to call Liz with no avail to tell her the wonderful news and could not get in touch with her. She was in a meeting today and her phone was dead and she had it in her office to charge it up. It might be a good thing because I doubt that I could have come right out and told her right then without breaking down in tears. I left her a message to call me, call me, call me, call me.
Her birthdate is October 31, 2007. She is a little over 8 months old now. Our packet is still in Chinese so we do not know very much at all about her. Our agency is sending us the originals overnight.
God is so wonderful. He allowed me to go to Mexico City on a mission trip and He blessed me there. I came back home and He has blessed me again with the referral of my baby daughter. God allowed this to happen this way to give us this blessing when we were least expecting it. It was Him showing that He was in control.
We have already been calling people and showing the pictures off. If you did not get a call, we are sorry. It is hard to focus. Our prayers, and your prayers for us have been answered today. We ask for you to continue to pray for the rest of our journey as we now prepare to go and get her.
May God bless you and keep you.