so here's my first post. if you are going to read this you will just have to look past my bad punctuation and grammar. i'm a very lazy typer. i do it one handed so you won't be seeing any caps. sorry! my name is Melissa. i've been married for seven years this august to the most wonderful husband ever! his name is Aaron. we've got a little girl named Harley she'll be two in September and our boy Axle turned 4 in January. We've got a dog named Ferdinand (after the bull from a Munro Leaf book). so, the reason we are posting this blog is so that everyone can read updates on our adoption progress. we also wanted to keep record and bear witness to all the crazy, amazing things God is doing in and around our family. up to this point it's just too much to list in a single post. i am sooooooooooo anxious and excited (and maybe a little impatient) to get my kid(s) home , whoever they are!! we are going through the adoption agency Adoption Advocates International for many reasons. i'll be honest the amazing Anita sealed the deal. God's timing is perfect. long story. we are adopting from Ghana. if you don't know anything about Ghana, it's a small country in West Africa about the size of Oregon. UNICEF estimates that there are over 1 million orphans in Ghana. AAI's orphanage is in Accra and is called the Eban House. i have been learning so much lately, thanks to AAI's Yahoo group (i love you people!). one woman is in Ghana right now and posting blogs about her trip. every time i read about these sweet little ones i'm holding back tears. i want them all! this Sunday we are going to be selling muffins and hot dogs at church on behalf of it's brand new adoption ministry for lightening the financial burden on parents who are adopting. separately i will be selling my tees, dresses, pants, dolls, hair clips, and diaper bags on etsy. im still working on my etsy shop, so if you go there you wont see anything for sale yet. my wholesale site is up! harleyandaxle.com. i don't have adult shirts on there yet but i'm trying! well that's all for now. i have to go work on the adoption ministry flyers.
Please don't forget the little ones in your prayers. also pray for Steven Curtis Chapman and his family especially his son. his youngest adopted daughter Maria was killed in a car accident in the families driveway on Wednesday. Steven's son was driving. It makes me absolutely sick to think about the pain they are going through and the guilt his son must be feeling.
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Way to go Melissa! We are doing our part in populating the internet with our Ghana blogs. I think that is 3 new ones this week from us AAIers. I'll be praying for your process to go quickly. We signed with AAI Dec. 1 and should have Williams home before the end of the summer. Amazing!
Amy J.
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