Our Chosen Child
We had our appointment today at the SDA. Everything went very smoothly.
The people were very nice! We were shown several photos of available
children. Some sibling pairs and some individual children. After just a
short discussion, we chose our child. He, yes HE, is 2 years old. He
will be 3 on January 23rd. He is in an orphanage in Donetzk (Don-yetzk).
We are hoping to travel by train tomorrow (overnight) to that region. It
is approximately 400 miles from Kiev. All we can tell you right now is
that he has blonde hair and grey-blue eyes. It has been a very big day
and we feel very blessed already, and we have yet to meet him!
Our facilitator, Natasha, will be staying with us every step of our journey.
Please continue to pray for us as we have a long road ahead with lots of
paperwork and waiting.
More updates soon.
Steph & Joe
The people were very nice! We were shown several photos of available
children. Some sibling pairs and some individual children. After just a
short discussion, we chose our child. He, yes HE, is 2 years old. He
will be 3 on January 23rd. He is in an orphanage in Donetzk (Don-yetzk).
We are hoping to travel by train tomorrow (overnight) to that region. It
is approximately 400 miles from Kiev. All we can tell you right now is
that he has blonde hair and grey-blue eyes. It has been a very big day
and we feel very blessed already, and we have yet to meet him!
Our facilitator, Natasha, will be staying with us every step of our journey.
Please continue to pray for us as we have a long road ahead with lots of
paperwork and waiting.
More updates soon.
Steph & Joe
posted by Baldwin at 1:13 PM
16 Comments:
Awesome!!! We are excited and we can't wait to meet our new nephew!! We are praying for all 3 of you!!
K & J
Wow! We can't wait to see him. What a blessing. You are in our prayers and we love you!
Byron, Marjorie, Jace & Tricia
Joe and Stephanie, Congratulations!! We are thrilled to hear about your new son! God is so faithful. I'm crying tears of joy as a write this! Really! It brings back many memories. Love and prayers, Mary Alice(and Alan, Janette, and Dennis)
So exciting!!!!!!! I can't wait to meet my new nephew!!!
WOW, great news!!!! so exciting. I read this right after school, I am crying tears of joy.Can't wait to read this to Dad when he calls. I wish he could be here to share this moment with me. Have a good trip tomorrow. Sue L. says the trains in Europe are really fast, and much nicer than we have here.
Love, Mom
GOD IS GOOD!!!
Rebecca told me in her prayers God gave her a vision of blonde little Baldwin boy. May peace continue for you and may God light your path as you continue.
All our Prayers
Steve Rebecca and the 4 B girls
God is faithful! We so excited to meet your new son! Thanks so much for letting everyone know the path you're taking! We love you! John and Karen
Steph, (& Joe)
We read your posting at 2:30 and there was no more work the rest of the day! We are so happy for you both. Lots of prayers are being lifted for you both, for a safe journey, tickets for when & where you need to go, and a blessed Thanksgiving with your son! Much love, your G8way family and speed dial #3. :-)
That's great!! We are so excited for you! Brookelyn will be very excited to meet her new cousin...right about her age!! We love you guys!! We will be praying the rest of this journey goes smoothly.
Karen, Brett, and Brookelyn
Great news!! Never had a nephew before! We can't wait!
Dear Steph and Joe,
I am so excited for all three of you! I can only imagine how you must be feeling!!! Take in each and every sight, sound and emotion for it all has a part in this wonderous event! I cant wait to hear more details. Update as soon as you can so maybe Gateway will be able to get back to work haha we are all thinking of you and praying for God to keep you safe and guide your travels.
Love
Shelley
Was so excited to hear from you last night as well as read the blog. We can hardly wait to see our new grandson. We love you and miss you very much.
Dad & Mom B.
Emma & Ella are here and they want to type something to you.
I am thankful for the baby. I wish that you have a great time at the Ukraine. I miss you.
love, Emma
I hope you have a great time. I love you.
Ella
Emma & Ella were at grandpa & grandma's house.
PRAISE THE LORD!! We are SOOOO happy for you both and can't wait to hear more and maybe see pictures?? Jill & I have been praying for the day we could have you and your child in our home with our entire small group. We look forward to that WONDERFUL Tuesday night maybe smoetime in Jan. We love you!!
Jim & Jill
He is so handsome. We are so happy for both of you and for Ethan!!! We leave in 13 days are are totally excited!! You all are in our prayers.
Chris, Terri & Nicholas Diehl
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