Families of our group - Dec. 2008
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
2008 Summer picnic Pictures
THANK YOU Deters for planning the picnic, Nate & Mindy for games and ALL of you who came for food and fun (and brought something to share.) Wednesday, June 18, 2008
June Family Picnic
EVERYBODY COME! Bring the whole family!
June 26, 2008
Hager Park
5:50 pm
Bring dish to pass
$5 per family towards pavilion
(and still need volunteer flatware, napkins, cups and lemonade)
It's going to be great!
See you there.
June 26, 2008
Hager Park
5:50 pm
Bring dish to pass
$5 per family towards pavilion
(and still need volunteer flatware, napkins, cups and lemonade)
It's going to be great!
See you there.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
November Prayer Requests Received
Please remember each other in prayer support:
Mindy & Nate Buikema : Our prayer request for the month would definitely be that we are in the tail end of gathering all our necessary paperwork for our dossier. We would ask for prayer that it all gets finished and that it is all correct.
By the way...we absolutely loved our meeting on Monday. It was so exciting to see so many new faces and especially to have those who have already adopted. They provided a lot of good insight and helped give us a better picture of some things we might expect after bringing our daughter home.
Marc & Shelby Andreas: Our prayer request which you probably already know is to hear immediately for receiving a travel date to go to Haiti. And pray for our girls’ hearts as they prepare to travel soon.
Crystal & Steve Deters: Still referral process. . . Still {That they will be chosen and have a picture to mold into their hearts.}
Tracy and Jeff Chapman - We're waiting for our I600 to be issued so that our daughter, who turns two tomorrow, can come home. This is a new snag in the Vietnam process, one we are hoping gets ironed out quickly.
Mark & Aditi Aromi -
1. Back in PGN for the 3rd time no later than Friday November 16th
2. Clear the PGN with our "Pink Slip" by December 7th (to avoid delay from holidays & hague in Jan)
3. Conflict resolution with Mark's mother
4. Wisdom on how to approach introducing the girls to their largely extended family
5. Encouragement for the girls to endure the last few weeks at the orphanage
6. Strength for the girls as they will have hard times saying good by to their home of 5 years
7. PRAY PRAY PRAY they are home to celebrate Christmas with us at home!!!
Mark and I are desperately need sound counsel from professionals as to how to handle Mothers and extended relatives when they are unsupportive of our adoption. If you have anyone who can speak on this topic please do let us know
Patrick & Jill Berends - are thankful to the Lord most of all, but also very thankful to all of you that meet together to pray, socialize, and support each other through your adoptions and afterwards. We were really touched and a little amazed that all of you felt much the same way as we did…that the Lord touched your hearts and you felt lead by the Holy Spirit to serve him this way and you were obedient to his calling. I have no doubt we will love our children! We will encourage and support them! We will protect and nurture them! But most importantly….we will teach them to LOVE GOD with all their hearts and to love (serve) others. I believe we all are being obedient to the Lord in this way. All throughout the Bible the Lord seems to pass his most favored blessings on to the generations that follow his most obedient servants. I’m sure you have pondered some of these thoughts? Who will your children become, where will they go and how many people might they touch and influence for the Lord?!....and who will there children become and where will they go and how many people might they touch and influence for the Lord and HIS eternal kingdom?!....and so it goes......and so it starts with the decision to be obedient to the Lord’s will and calling for you today! It is an honor and a privilege to serve God in this way! I pray the Lord sends you his most favored blessing upon you and your children. It appears it is something that you can take with you!
Kelley & Kirk Senkowski - Please pray that our DNA will GET DONE this month (after 15 months of waiting) and be into PGN by Dec 12th when Guatemala shuts down for the holiday. That NO OTHER snags will affect our boys cases.
Please pray protection over each one of these children (those known now and those not) and over the adopting families - those group members represented here and those not able to be on this message.
God be with you all!
Kelley & Kirk Senkowski
Mindy & Nate Buikema : Our prayer request for the month would definitely be that we are in the tail end of gathering all our necessary paperwork for our dossier. We would ask for prayer that it all gets finished and that it is all correct.
By the way...we absolutely loved our meeting on Monday. It was so exciting to see so many new faces and especially to have those who have already adopted. They provided a lot of good insight and helped give us a better picture of some things we might expect after bringing our daughter home.
Marc & Shelby Andreas: Our prayer request which you probably already know is to hear immediately for receiving a travel date to go to Haiti. And pray for our girls’ hearts as they prepare to travel soon.
Crystal & Steve Deters: Still referral process. . . Still {That they will be chosen and have a picture to mold into their hearts.}
Tracy and Jeff Chapman - We're waiting for our I600 to be issued so that our daughter, who turns two tomorrow, can come home. This is a new snag in the Vietnam process, one we are hoping gets ironed out quickly.
Mark & Aditi Aromi -
1. Back in PGN for the 3rd time no later than Friday November 16th
2. Clear the PGN with our "Pink Slip" by December 7th (to avoid delay from holidays & hague in Jan)
3. Conflict resolution with Mark's mother
4. Wisdom on how to approach introducing the girls to their largely extended family
5. Encouragement for the girls to endure the last few weeks at the orphanage
6. Strength for the girls as they will have hard times saying good by to their home of 5 years
7. PRAY PRAY PRAY they are home to celebrate Christmas with us at home!!!
Mark and I are desperately need sound counsel from professionals as to how to handle Mothers and extended relatives when they are unsupportive of our adoption. If you have anyone who can speak on this topic please do let us know
Patrick & Jill Berends - are thankful to the Lord most of all, but also very thankful to all of you that meet together to pray, socialize, and support each other through your adoptions and afterwards. We were really touched and a little amazed that all of you felt much the same way as we did…that the Lord touched your hearts and you felt lead by the Holy Spirit to serve him this way and you were obedient to his calling. I have no doubt we will love our children! We will encourage and support them! We will protect and nurture them! But most importantly….we will teach them to LOVE GOD with all their hearts and to love (serve) others. I believe we all are being obedient to the Lord in this way. All throughout the Bible the Lord seems to pass his most favored blessings on to the generations that follow his most obedient servants. I’m sure you have pondered some of these thoughts? Who will your children become, where will they go and how many people might they touch and influence for the Lord?!....and who will there children become and where will they go and how many people might they touch and influence for the Lord and HIS eternal kingdom?!....and so it goes......and so it starts with the decision to be obedient to the Lord’s will and calling for you today! It is an honor and a privilege to serve God in this way! I pray the Lord sends you his most favored blessing upon you and your children. It appears it is something that you can take with you!
Kelley & Kirk Senkowski - Please pray that our DNA will GET DONE this month (after 15 months of waiting) and be into PGN by Dec 12th when Guatemala shuts down for the holiday. That NO OTHER snags will affect our boys cases.
Please pray protection over each one of these children (those known now and those not) and over the adopting families - those group members represented here and those not able to be on this message.
God be with you all!
Kelley & Kirk Senkowski
Prayer request
Hello to all!
Our family had a great time visiting and enjoying stories with our bi-yearly group of Haitian adopted families today. We were almost to the gathering when our 4 year old son blurted out, ”Will Adeline and Lovely be there?”. Those are our daughters we are waiting for from Haiti and Marc and my heart sank. Then our 6 year old girl said, “I really want my sisters to come today!” The mouths of children speak the truth so clearly and we wished we could have granted the wish only we had to soften the blow and say that God was going to bring them home very soon. Please add our children to your prayer list in that they will continue to have passion and love to meet their sisters and be content in the waiting process. What a blessing it is to meet monthly and to share freely on this blog site. If any of you want to hang and if any need to chat please call and we can get together. This is what community is for.
Blessings, Shelby Andreas
"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed."
Mother Teresa
Our family had a great time visiting and enjoying stories with our bi-yearly group of Haitian adopted families today. We were almost to the gathering when our 4 year old son blurted out, ”Will Adeline and Lovely be there?”. Those are our daughters we are waiting for from Haiti and Marc and my heart sank. Then our 6 year old girl said, “I really want my sisters to come today!” The mouths of children speak the truth so clearly and we wished we could have granted the wish only we had to soften the blow and say that God was going to bring them home very soon. Please add our children to your prayer list in that they will continue to have passion and love to meet their sisters and be content in the waiting process. What a blessing it is to meet monthly and to share freely on this blog site. If any of you want to hang and if any need to chat please call and we can get together. This is what community is for.
Blessings, Shelby Andreas
"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed."
Mother Teresa
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Funding Options
Hello All! This is Mindy, wondering about funding options. My husband and I are currently applying for the Shaohannah's Hope grant, but are wondering if anyone on this blog knows of any other grant possibilities. We already have a loan out to cover a bunch of our adoption cost, so we'd prefer NOT to do any other loans. We have also sent out letters to our friends and family to ask for their support and have received an INCREDIBLE response from them. I thought this would be a good group to ask. Thanks for the help! See you all in two weeks!
Mindy Buikema (& Nate)
Adopting infant girl from Ethiopia
Fingerprint appointment on Friday!
Mindy Buikema (& Nate)
Adopting infant girl from Ethiopia
Fingerprint appointment on Friday!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Be Still My Soul
Be still, my soul: the Lord is on your side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain; leave to your God to order and provide; in every change God faithful will remain. Be still, my soul: your best, your heavenly friend through thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
Be still, my soul: your God will undertake to guide the future, as in ages past. Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake; all now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know the Christ who ruled them while he dwelt below.
This song was sung at worship this morning at Mars Hill. It moved me so very much and was what I needed to hear. Kelley felt the same way. This adoption is a gift from God. When we are in the thick of it, we forget and let the enemy have a foothold. I re-dedictate my self to this adoption, I give once again my life to the Lord and all that he has instore for me. Praise be to God!!! He is awesome.
Blessings to you!
Kirk
Be still, my soul: your God will undertake to guide the future, as in ages past. Your hope, your confidence let nothing shake; all now mysterious shall be bright at last. Be still, my soul: the waves and winds still know the Christ who ruled them while he dwelt below.
This song was sung at worship this morning at Mars Hill. It moved me so very much and was what I needed to hear. Kelley felt the same way. This adoption is a gift from God. When we are in the thick of it, we forget and let the enemy have a foothold. I re-dedictate my self to this adoption, I give once again my life to the Lord and all that he has instore for me. Praise be to God!!! He is awesome.
Blessings to you!
Kirk
Monday, September 10, 2007
Topics
Please list topics that you would be interested in the group discussing. If you know a speaker or a resource that may be utilized for topic, that would be helpful.
Initial Topic Ideas from Kirk and Kelley:
* Gospel of Adoption / Spiritual warfare
* Financial realities of Adoption
* Attachment of Adoptive child(ren)
* Transitioning home – young & older children
* Life Stories
* Teen years of an adopted child
Initial Topic Ideas from Kirk and Kelley:
* Gospel of Adoption / Spiritual warfare
* Financial realities of Adoption
* Attachment of Adoptive child(ren)
* Transitioning home – young & older children
* Life Stories
* Teen years of an adopted child
Resources
Please list resources you have used that have been helpful. Please indicate who they are from, what the resource is and how it helped. Also include a contact number or email.
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