Kayla and the chili

The other night we were eating a very cozy meal of chili and cornbread when Kayla decided that she wanted to eat another piece of cornbread and skip the chili.  I explained to her that we don't eat our dinner like that, if she wanted more cornbread she would need to eat some chili.  After a scowl and almost an out burst, yes, I said almost, my clever little girl decided on another tack at this meal.  Kayla reached her spoon into the chili bowl and lifted an empty spoon into her mouth and said, "Mmmm, delicious!'  She continued with her loud exclamations of  'mmmm' and threw in 'yummy' or 'delicious' for the next 15 minutes.  In all of Kayla's enthusiasm, she managed to never eat a single bite of chili.

Making some changes

The reason for this long time without updates is that after much prayer and research we have made some changes in the direction we are going with the adoption.  Bulgaria was not going to end up being as needy a country as we thought and the wait for a boy with the specific needs we were considering could have been years (apparently Bulgarians do adopt children with minor special needs).  As our direction started shifting and we began to consider other countries our hearts continued to be inclined toward the Eastern European orphans.  All this is leading up to us announcing we are now starting a program to adopt a child from the Ukraine.  We have seen several little boys, some who are actually babies, with minor/moderate needs available on waiting lists.  We are praying specifically about adopting a precious little guy on one of these lists.  Please pray with us that God would give us wisdom and peace as we move forward with Ukraine and choose a child.  We are very excited to see what God may have for us in the months ahead.  We will keep you posted on any new developments.