To pass the time...

It is truly amazing the things that you can find to occupy yourself with while you wait for time to pass. We are so anxious to get back to our boys that we can't sit around idly.  We are finding little projects to keep us busy and to take our minds off of the boys.  The fabulous spring weather certainly helps.  We took the opportunity to spruce up our back yard when we had such beautiful weather here last week.  As you can tell, we have more work to do.  Grass doesn't seem to grow well in our back yard.

We still don't know for sure when we will be going back to Russia.  We met with our case worker yesterday and turned in all of our paperwork for court.  Our case worker in Vladivostok has everything she needs to meet with the judge and set a court date.   However, there are several Russian holidays coming up.  Therefore, we should not expect to hear anything until mid-May.  If we receive some good news by then, we should be traveling in early June.  It will be about a three-week trip, so we may even be gone in part July.

We continue to pray for ALL waiting families and the children who really want to come home.  We know that patience is a virtue and will be rewarded when we hold our children in our arms.  

Love,

Joel and Clarion 

Even the dogs can't wait for the boys to come home!

Court Petition Sent!

Good news!  This morning we met with our coordinator at CHI to sign our court petition. What does this mean?  Well, first of all it means...more paperwork.  Today we felt like we were back in December 2006 (that's the month we completed our dossier).  Thankfully, we did a series of paperwork updates this past November, so we're not completely overloaded, but today we kicked it into high gear.  It's time for new physicals, a new letter from our bank that says we are able to buy a house (we need this since we currently rent), an extension for our I-171 (a form from CIS giving us permission to adopt two international orphans), a psychological interview and a couple other updates.  We don't think we're crazy, but we might be after all this paperwork.  Honestly, this is nothing compared to December 2006 and getting together the dossier.  It will take time and patience, but we can get it all done.

Secondly, filing our court petition means that we're getting closer to receiving a court date.  We're trying to get the above documents together as fast as we can.  There's no guarantee that that will make a court date come sooner, but it's always good to get it all done as quickly as possible, but also done correctly.  Some of the documents only have a three-month life, so we're confident that we'll return to Vladivostok, go to court, and bring home our boys before the three months are up.

We ask for your continued prayers, especially that we could get back to our boys in Vlad as soon as possible.  We miss them so much.  Since our court petition was headed off to Vlad today, we went ahead and included two new cards for the boys.  This week's cards included pictures of their finished room (if you haven't seen it check our previous post).  We're so ready to have our boys home!  So are the other 20 or so families who are also waiting to go back to Vlad for their children.  If there's one thing this whole journey has taught us, it's to look beyond ourselves and recognize that so many families are waiting to be reunited.  It's really all about the wonderful, beautiful children God has picked out for us all.  We pray that He would bring each of us together with our children at His appointed time.  We'll keep you posted as we know more.  The Lord be with you all.

Love,

Clarion & Joel

P.S. - Thanks, Mom, for chasing down marriage documents for us!!!  What would we do without you!

Room For Two

Greetings, Everyone!  No news as of yet on the adoption front.  As always, the waiting continues.  Joel spent last week in California traveling for the seminary.  While he was gone Clarion and her sisters got to work on the boys' room.  Most of it was set up. It just needed some paint and a little bit of decoration.  We decided to go with a sports theme.  We'll continue our search for some more wall hangings and the like, but for now the room is ready for our two boys.  And so are we!!!  What do you think of the room?

A blessed Easter to you all!

Joel & Clarion

Weekend in Houston

Things continue to be very busy for us as we wait for a court date in Vladivostok. Students visiting the Seminary, Joel's deliberation with his call to Freistatt, work, and preparing the house for the boys has left little free time. To add to the craziness, we had a surprise trip to Houston this past weekend. 

We were in Houston for the funeral of Clarion's grandfather. He was a beloved minister in the LCMS and a fantastic man. He was 94 years old and died peacefully with his children surrounding him. It was a sad time because he will be missed but it was good for us to see many extended family members. 

All of our family members were so excited to see pictures and video of our boys. We kept hearing how adorable they were and how excited everyone is to meet them. Hopefully, they won't have to wait too long. We ask for continued prayers that we will be heading back to Russia soon. Our prayers are with all families who are waiting, especially those who are traveling. 

Blessings,
Joel and Clarion

Lord, help the time pass quickly!

Throughout the LONG periods of waiting in the journey of international adoption, one of our prayers has certainly always been: "Lord, help the time pass quickly!" Well, He certainly tends to give us things to keep us busy. Yesterday it was a snow day.

I (Joel) just spent the weekend in Houston where the temperature was in the upper 70s. Even in St. Louis, the temperature got into that 70s range on Sunday. But then, on Tuesday...SNOW DAY! What do you do on a snow day? Well, if you're Joel and you have bronchitis, you sit home at the computer all day catching up on work (e-mails, planning, etc.) then read all of your favorite adoption blogs. If you're Clarion, you play outside with your dogs in the snow, then cozy up with them in the recliner and study some Russian.

Also, to help pass the time during the waiting period, I have received a call to serve as pastor of a congregation in Southwest Missouri, about 4 hours from St. Louis. For those of you who don't know, I am a pastor. I have served as a parish pastor in Wyoming and in Texas, but for the past almost three years I have served on staff at the Seminary from which I graduated in 2000. In our church, the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, when a pastor receives a call to another congregation, he takes some time and prays for the Holy Spirit's guidance in where he should serve. Anyway, that's where we're at. We'll be adding that to our prayers over the next few weeks. If it is the Lord's will for us to move, then we will wait until after we've come back from our second trip and have brought our boys home. We welcome your comments and especially your prayers. God's blessings to all of you who are waiting!

In Christ,

Joel & Clarion

More waiting...

Dear Everyone,

Thank you so much for your many prayers and words of encouragement during our first trip to Vladivostok!  What a fantastic trip we had.  So many of our prayers were answered.  The Lord brought us safely to our beautiful sons in Vladivostok and safely back home to St. Louis.  We miss the boys tremendously and are counting the days until we receive a phone call from CHI to tell us we have a court date and can return to Russia.  We expect at the least a three-month wait, but it could be longer (let's hope not!).  Until then we're both trying to keep busy with work, fixing up the boys' room and doing some traveling to see friends and family.

As we get further and further into this adoption journey, we come into contact with so many people with similar stories.  Some of them have already brought their children home.  Some of them are waiting for their first trips to Russia.  Some, like us, are waiting to return for court.  Some of them have been waiting for quite some time.  We ask that you would continue to keep us in your prayers, but also all of the families who are waiting to bring their children home.  The Lord be with you all.

Love,

Clarion and Joel

P.S. - I'm getting better at tinkering with the blog.  You'd think somebody like me (Joel) who is in to technology could get a handle on this stuff.  A little time and patience and it becomes a cinch.  Earlier this evening I put the Vladivostok and St. Louis clocks on the blog as well as a ticker to count the days since we concluded trip #1.

The BIG day!

Now that we have WIFI internet (for who knows how long) we thought we'd do a quick blog update.  Our time in Vlad is going very well.  On Monday we met our boys.  The day began with a visit to the Ministry of Education to officially receive our referral.  It was quick and painless and we were off to see the boys.  We cannot list names or post pictures, but we can briefly tell the story.

The boys are ages 2 and 4 and are at different institutions because of their age difference.  Children age 3 and younger are in baby homes and children 4 and older are in orphanages.  We went to the baby home first to meet our first son.  He is a little sweetie!  The meeting was perfect.  He did not cry or scream.  He smiled.  He laughed.  He hugged us.  What an answer to prayer.  We only had thirty minutes with him that first day, but they were thirty wonderful minutes both of us will never forget.  He is healthy and happy!

After our time at the baby home we went to the orphanage to meet son #2.  He has a much quieter, shy personality than his little brother, but is an extremely sweet and brave boy.  We played with him and a bear that we brought him.  He hugged us both and smiled at us.  I think he has been through a lot in his four short years.  He has not seen his little brother for almost a year.  He was extremely attached to him.  On our second visit we were able to show him pictures from our visit with his brother.  You could see the look of sadness in his face at seeing his brother.  But we assured him that his brother is happy and healthy.

After reviewing the medical records of both boys, we are committed to adopting them and bringing them home in the months ahead.  We will be able to visit the boys more over the next couple of days.  Hopefully we will be able to post more.  But we wanted you all to know what a blessing this trip has been and how wonderful the boys are.  We can't wait till we can show off our sons to all of you!  Thanks for your continued prayers.  And thanks for the comments you've been leaving us on this blog.  Keep 'em coming!

Love,

Clarion & Joel

The Venture East

International adoption is a grand adventure, but for us, the real adventure has finally begun: traveling to the Far East. Preparations began about a week before departure. Thanks to Cheryl (Joel?s mom) for coming to St. Louis and getting us packed and ready to go! The days before our departure were certainly not stress free thanks to all of the weather forecasts. Snow! Why this week? Why Thursday? Does the Lord have a sense of humor? I?m sure He does, but it wasn?t for the sake of humor that He brought us snow on Thursday, the day of our departure. The fact that we were able to get out of St. Louis, despite a few inches of snow falling was a reminder that all things are in the hands of the Lord. What a way to begin such an arduous adventure!

Our flight from St. Louis to LAX was scheduled for a 7PM departure on Thursday, January 31. We took off about an hour and a half late, which would leave us about an hour and a half at LAX to make our connection on Korean Air to Seoul, South Korea. An hour and a half isn?t much time when you have to hit the bathroom, transfer to another terminal, get boarding passes, go through security (again!) and (maybe) get something to eat. In our case we got water, snack mix and chocolate covered raisins. No time for one last McDonalds! The good news: we made it to our gate, onto the plane, and in the air to the Far East. We knew we were really cool when the flight attendant announced on the flight to LAX that there were passengers that needed to connect to the Far East and needed to deplane first. That's us!

How can we describe the flight to Seoul? LONG!!! 13 HOURS LONG!!! But, it was a good flight nonetheless. We have to hand it to Korean Air. They know how to do a long flight. They have an outstanding in-flight video system and impeccable service. Movies, inflatable neck pillows (thanks, Mom!), wine, bimbap noodles (or something like that) and Tylenol PM are a must for a flight to Korea.

We landed in Seoul around 6:30AM on Saturday, February 2nd. Security was pretty painless. We didn?t have to take off our shoes or remove electronics from our backpacks. South Korea rocks! Incheon International Airport in Seoul is fantastic. They have KFC, Dunkin Donuts and (thanks be to God, says Clarion) Coca Cola! They also have everything in English and take U.S. Dollars! We stopped for a Coke and then did a lot of walking around to make up for 13 hours on a plane and two more hours on a plane to Vladivostok. We had about three hours to kill. Our entertainment at the gate for our flight to Vladivostok consisted of listening to Korean flight attendants shouting out the names of destination cities when it was time to board flights and listening to the good Russian folks around us and trying to pick out words we knew.

Our flight to Vladivostok took off on time (10AM) and we were off for the last leg of our journey to Vlad. We flew over the Sea of Japan (or the East Sea). I guess for some reason the pilot didn?t want to take a route over North Korea. Hmm. Probably a good thing too! They served a meal on the flight, but both of us were too excited to eat. We were almost there. Who needs food anyway when you had bimbap a number of hours ago? One of the best things about Korean Air?beer (not $4, not $3, $0). We thought 10AM a bit early for a beer, even though that?s 7PM CST back home. However, the nice Russian man next to us did indulge. My indulgence in Russian beer was to come later. Once we were flying over land, we noticed a lot of white color below us on the ground (i.e. snow). The captain announced the current temperature in Vlad: 3 degrees. The plane landed soon after and we found ourselves on a bus to the terminal.

We finally made it to Russian soil. We left the bus for passport control, customs and immigration. I watched as they let Clarion in the country, so I figured I was home free. Yep, they let me in too. It was actually very painless. Do you want to know what feels great after a long, long day (or more) of air travel? Seeing your luggage waiting for you at the baggage claim. Russian airport personnel even check your claim tickets, which never happens anymore in the US. I?m glad they do it hear. Our long Johns and special K bars made it to Russia. Woo hoo!

Lana and Irina (our CHI contacts in Vlad) were waiting for us when we came out with our bags. They are so nice! We loaded our bags into Irina?s Honda CRV and we were off to the Vlad Inn, but not without a few people cutting us off in the parking lot. The ladies filled us in on the state of the Vlad roads and gave us the low down on Vlad drivers. On our way to the Vlad Inn we saw a lot of rural countryside and a little bit of Vlad, but not the actual city yet. We saw houses, some big, but most small. We passed a Russian Orthodox church with the traditional dome you would expect to see. About twenty minutes later we were at the Vlad Inn. Time to chill. Irina and Lana said goodbye and told us they?ll be back Monday morning at 8:30AM. That gives us a day and a half to ourselves to get caught up on sleep and get situated.

We got to our room, got cleaned up and went to explore our temporary home for the next few days. We didn?t venture too far yet, just around the hotel grounds. I posed by the Vlad Inn sign and stepped in about a foot of snow. We ate dinner at the Vlad Inn (where most of our meals will be on this trip). Chicken quesadillas, chicken fingers and fries brought a little taste of home. For Clarion, another Coke was a welcome treat. For me, nothing would do but a cold Russian beer (ok, maybe two). I did share the second with Clarion. We went back to our room to watch a movie, but fell asleep within ten minutes. It was about 6PM Vlad time.

We both got plenty of sleep and are about to enjoy Sunday brunch at the Vlad Inn, apparently a favorite for many of the locals. Tomorrow is the big day! We?ll spend the rest of the day discussing what is to come, reviewing Russian words and phrases, going over questions to ask at the orphanage, etc. For now, it is time to sign off. Sorry for the length, but we thought you?d enjoy the whole enchilada. Imagine how long the next post will be after we?ve met our sons! We miss you all and we continue to be grateful for your prayers. Please post comments on the blog. We love to hear from you!!! Dasfidanya!

Travel call and Visas!!!

Woo hoo!!!  We got our visas today and had a travel call with our case worker about all the little details once we get to Vladivostok.  8 more days to go!!!  

Our Itinerary

We have our itinerary and have sent off for our visas!  We will be leaving January 31 and getting back on February 8.  We will fly from St. Louis to LA to Seoul, Korea to Vladivostok, Russia. Can you say jet lag?? Keep checking the blog for updates when we are in Russia!

love,

Clarion and Joel

Yes, we're going! We really think it's for real this time!

Today we received our official travel dates!  Yes, you've heard that before!  BUT, we're really going this time.  We're filling out visa paperwork and everything.  The dates we have been assigned are January 31 - February 9.  We're not sure yet if we have to fly through Moscow or if we can take our preferred route through Seoul, South Korea.  We'll let you know as soon as we know more.  No other information yet.  Thanks again for all of your encouragement, love, support and prayers!  We cherish you all!

Love,

Clarion & Joel

Christmas in St. Louis???

As you can see, my last post indicated that we would most likely be spending Christmas in Russia. Well, that may not be the case now. We spoke with Marti at CHI yesterday. Since we've heard nothing since receiving the news about meeting our boys on December 25, it is likely that our trip to Russia will not happen over Christmas break. Nothing is set in stone. It could still happen, but with only three weeks until the 25th, it doesn't look promising. If we don't make the trip over Christmas, it will probably be within a couple of weeks after Christmas. It's still a lot to get used to, all of the waiting and asking ourselves "when??? when??? when???". We continue to have faith that the Lord will work everything out in His time. We've been assured by our friends at CHI that the referral is still ours and that we will make this first trip soon. The delays are most likely due to holiday plans and minor interferences, etc., nothing huge. Thank you for your prayers and words of encouragement. We know you are all waiting patiently along with us. What a blessing you all are to us! Hopefully more news soon! Don't forget to keep our two boys in your prayers as well.

Love,

Clarion & Joel

Christmas in Russia!

On Tuesday, Marti, our CHI case worker, came over to do our home study update. Everything went very well. She told us that she is in contact with CHI staff in Vladivostok and will hopefully have more information about our boys very soon. The next day she called to inform us that the first available date that we can meet our boys is none other than December 25, 2007. So...Christmas in Russia! Actually, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on January 7, but I'm sure there will be plenty of Christmas cheer there on December 25. Hopefully we'll have more good news to share soon. Thanks for your continued prayers and encouragement!

Joel & Clarion

Finally, the referral comes...

Dear Family and Friends,

Yes, it's been almost a year since we've posted anything on our international adoption blog. Our last post was October 16, 2006. The news at the time was...we got two puppies. In the past year there hasn't been much to report. The dogs have gotten bigger. Joel has gotten bigger (in all the wrong places, but he IS working on it). We turned in our dossier on our third wedding anniversary, December 27, 2006. That was our final paperwork submission in order to be eligible to receive a referral for the adoption of two children from Russia. Since then...waiting...more waiting...and even more waiting. Russia has been working through a long-term accreditation process with all of the international adoption agencies they work with. Hence, the extra long wait times. Hence, no posts on our blog.

Well, the time has come! Yesterday we received word from our agency that there are two little boys (natural siblings) ages two and three in Vladivostok, Russia who need a mom and a dad. Lord willing, by April 2008 we will be their mom and dad. We don't know too much in the way of details, but here is some tentative information. We will travel to Vladivostok, Russia sometime in December to meet our sons-to-be for the first time. We don't know yet how long we will stay there. On average, I think it's about a week for the first trip. At the end of the first trip is when you officially accept your referral. In other words you let Russia know that you want to adopt these children. Typically there is a waiting period of a couple of months while paperwork is drawn up and a court date is set. We've been told in our case to expect a return trip to Vladivostok in April 2008. Why four months? We don't know. More details should be coming in the days ahead, hopefully!

While it will be tough to wait out the time between the two trips, we'll have plenty to do at home. Since it will have been over a year since we turned in our dossier, a number of our documents will need to be redone. Russia gives a life of twelve months to most documents. Getting the paperwork done is always tedious and somewhat stressful, but knowing what lies ahead, two beautiful boys, I don't think we will care about what we have to do. We'll just do it! Plus this tentative timetable works out very well for Joel's work schedule. He travels a lot for the Seminary in the fall (usually done by November) then again in the spring (usualy done sometime in April). This way he can very easily work around his Sem travels. Clarion has been teaching part-time this year at three schools, all who are aware that she will need to bug out a couple times during the year for our adoption travel.

As we get more information, we will share it with you, probably here on the blog. The blog is bound to get more interesting, finally. In the meantime, here is some info about Vladivostok. It is a city in far eastern Russia, just off the Sea of Japan. Yes, Japan. Vladivostok is closer to North and South Korea and Japan than it is to Moscow. (We will still have to travel to Moscow on our second trip. What a trip that will be!) For detailed information about Vladivostok, check out the article at Wikepedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladivostok. Surprisingly, the weather averages for Vladivostok don't look too bad for December and April (see the chart at the Wikepedia article). December will be cold for sure, but not Siberia cold! April looks like it could be quite pleasant.

Check back once in a while for updates. We'll send e-mails out when we update the blog. As always, feel free to pass on a link to our blog to other friends and whoever else. We greatly treasure your prayers in our behalf, especially these next six months. Most importantly, we request your prayers for our two little guys in Vladivostok, that the Lord would keep them safe and well-cared for until we bring them home! To God be the glory! The Lord be with you!

In Christ,

Joel and Clarion

Dodger & Dandy

Hey Everybody! Well, we're almost done with paperwork. We went to downtown St. Louis a couple of weeks ago to be fingerprinted. We're waiting for clearance from Citizenship & Immigration Services. To ease the time during the waiting, I got two adorable little beagle puppies for Clarion for her birthday. We're having a lot of fun with them. They're really learning quickly. We hope to have them fairly well trained before the time comes to go to Russia to pick up and bring home our children. Here's a picture of Dodger (male) and Dandy (female). Keep in touch!

Love,

Joel & Clarion

Favorable Home Study

Dear Family and Friends,

I haven't posted anything on the blog since May. Please forgive me! We had a busy summer with moving and travels. Clarion and I moved onto the Concordia Seminary campus in July. The move slowed down our adoption paperwork a bit, but things are definitely in full swing at this point.

About three weeks ago our Home Study was conducted. Our case worker from Children's Hope came over and spent about three hours with us. Clarion and I each answered questions about our marriage and about parenting and numerous others. Then she did a walk-through of our house with us, pointing out things we can do for safety measures, etc. It all went very well.

This weekend we received the final Home Study Report. I am happy to announce that it was "favorable." The agency has approved us for adoption. It's great news. This is now a big part of the process that is now complete.

This morning I sent a final, notarized copy of the Homestudy to US Citizenship & Immigration Services. Upon receipt of it, they should notify us to schedule a time for each of us to be fingerprinted. That is part of the process of being approved by CIS. The fingerprints have to be run through the FBI and come back with a report listing no record for either of us. This can take up to 90 days, so all of our paperwork won't be complete until that comes back.

We have a few more documents to finish and some to clean up a bit, then we should be pretty much done with our dossier. We should be able to get this done before (or by the time) our CIS approval comes in. Then it's time to wait for a referral. We've already been waiting several months as we've worked through the paperwork process. Once our dossier is done, the real waiting begins!

Thank you for your continued prayers. I'll try to do more frequent updates to the blog so that you're all well informed. The Lord be with you!

Joel & Clarion

This is only the beginning!

Hey everybody! Sorry it has been a few weeks since we posted an update. Basically we've spent the last few weeks filling out various forms. This is only the beginning of the paperwork. We've filled out forms for Russian visas as well as some for different types of background checks. We're also preparing to send CHI names and addresses of people to contact for letters of recommendation in our behalf. Today Clarion and I each wrote a 2-4 page autobiography including details about our parents, siblings, upbringing, marriage and much, much more. It was interesting for each of us to reflect back on our lives and see what makes each of us who we are and then to describe how those things will influence the way we raise our children. This is all part of our homestudy.

It's all going well so far! We'll let you know when we have any significant news to pass along.

God bless!

Joel & Clarion

We have been accepted by CHI

On Friday, April 14 we received a packet from Children's Hope International (CHI). Their review committee has approved our application. Final approval for adoption is based on a favorable Home Study as well as approval by Immigration and Naturalization Services for adoption abroad.

Included in the packet was the "Adoption Guide for Russia's Children," outlining all the details and steps we will need to follow in the months ahead. We begin by filling out some forms to get the immigration process going. Even though the identity of the children we will adopt is not yet known, a lot of immigration paperwork is done in advance to speed up the process once we do know who our children are. We will also fill out some forms to get the home study going. We will be writing an autobiography with details about each of our backgrounds, our marriage, finances, motivation to adopt, and support of family and friends. Once CHI receives these things, they will assign us one of their social workers who will conduct the home study. We have met several of these ladies and had some great talks with them before. Hopefully they don't find us too crazy! Ha!

Thank you for your prayers and support! We have been touched by the many wonderful e-mails we have received from all of you already! More news as it comes!

Letter to Family & Friends: The Adoption Journey Begins

Dear Family & Friends,

Greetings in the name of Jesus Christ, our Savior! Clarion and I are pleased to let you know that after months of prayer and discussion about adoption, we have submitted an application to adopt two children from Russia. We are working with an agency called "Children's Hope International" here in St. Louis. They also have offices in several other cities across the US, but St. Louis is the main office. We have been in contact with the staff there for several months and have been very impressed with them from the start. Last year they handled around 250 adoptions from Russia and a couple hundred more from several other countries. We are eager to become parents and finally decided that the time is right! We have applied for two natural siblings no older than age four. We have asked for a boy/boy or boy/girl pair. We even indicated that we are open to adopt twins.

The first step in the process is to send in your initial application. That is as far as we are in the process as of yesterday. We should hear back from CHI within two weeks. They will send us a packet with all of the information, the full details of the Russian adoption program. The two or three months following that are spent completing our dossier. The dossier includes tons of information on us, including a home study done by a social worker as well as financial documents and much much more. Following the completion of our dossier, we spend the next few months waiting for a referral. CHI has staff members in Russia that work with orphanages across the country to find children to match with adoptive parents. That part of the process usually takes at least four months if not six or more. Once you receive a referral, you let them know if you accept it or not. The referral could have quite a bit of info on the children or very little. Unfortunately, I think it's usually limited info. Once you accept a referral, you make your first of two trips to Russia. On the first trip you meet the children and spend a few days with them. Following that you indicate your desire to adopt them. Then comes the hard part--you have to go back home with out them for six weeks or so while the actual adoption process begins. Then you make your second trip to Russia to pick them up. You usually spend about ten days there on the second trip, which is a requirement of the Russian government. You have to appear before a Russian court before the adoption is approved and finalized by their government. Thankfully, CHI will have a staff member with us the whole time we're there to translate and basically assist us to get around.

That's it in a nutshell. Please keep us in your prayers throughout the next year as we work through this process. We hope and pray that all will go smoothly. We are very excited about this opportunity to become parents, especially to provide a loving home for two children who would otherwise probably never be adopted. We'll keep you all posted as we learn more and find out information along the way.

The Lord be with you as you celebrate His glorious resurrection!

In Christ,

Joel & Clarion