On Our Way!

Ryan and I are so excited to be beginning a new adventure in our already fun-filled life! After much prayer and consideration, we feel confident that God is calling us to begin the process of adopting a child from Ethiopia. We are hoping that ultimately the whole journey will end with a new Campbell baby, but whatever happens, we know this is a door that God is leading us to walk through at this time. We hope this blog will help us to share our journey with friends and family. We also hope that those who are considering adoption may benefit from the details of our experiences the same way that we have benefited from the blogs we've been reading for the last several months (thanks to all the Gladney families that we've been anonymously following- we feel like we know you!). Here are a couple of the details of what we've accomplished so far:

• We have narrowed down a variety of options concerning when, where, and how. At this point, we are planning to adopt an infant from Ethiopia through the Gladney adoption agency. We are already in the beginning stages of the process. If everything goes according to the "normal" time line, we should be bringing a baby home before Christmas.
• We have begun to gather the initial paperwork necessary for the immigration portion of our process and we expect to receive our Gladney application at the beginning of the week.

We would certainly covet your prayers as we seek to be obedient on this journey. It's easy to get overwhelmed with all of the things that must be accomplished to make this happen. The paperwork alone qualifies as a part time job!

We look forward to posting more details about how we arrived at this point in the coming days and weeks!