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A Pure Religion: December 2013
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Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble." James 1:27. Saturday, December 7, 2013. September - 3 months home. After 2 months of trying to find our new groove, we are settling into the new house and feeling pretty comfortable with our new family of 8! Our journey thus far has honestly been pure joy! It's also hard to hear Susie Q cry! We used a modified Baby Wise approach for our bio kids (some earlier kids got less modification! So I am u...
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Living Life By Grace: March 2012
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Living Life By Grace. Tuesday, March 27, 2012. 8 sleeps 'til travel and counting! I'm sure it's been said once, twice, or a million times by now, but we have never played in the sprinkler during spring break! Or played in the pool without freezing! Or worn our summer clothes in late february! So alas, our warmest spring break on record. along with a little soccer action! Elliott still won't take pictures. So here is Maxwell, always trying to please. And here is Maxwell trying to get Elliott to appease us.
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A Pure Religion: June 2012
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Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble." James 1:27. Wednesday, June 20, 2012. Waiting for Baby Girl! So, that one really doesn't count! We were out of the county in Cabo, Mexico and I have to admit that I was a little anxious hoping to receive an email with the face of our baby girl. But, it didn't happen and in my head, I knew it wasn't going to happen, but . . . the heart was longing! Oh, how we love you already baby girl! Aug 8, 2011.
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A Pure Religion: We made it home!
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Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble." James 1:27. Sunday, June 30, 2013. We made it home! After 33 hours of travel, we finally made it home Thursday morning at 3:30 am! We started our journey home at 7:30 am on Wednesday morning (6:30 pm on Tuesday, TN time! When we had to leave our hotel to catch at 10:00 flight to Beijing. Baby girl did great on this flight with no crying as long as she was entertained! Thank you, Lord! They made m...
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A Pure Religion: November 2013
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Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble." James 1:27. Thursday, November 14, 2013. August - 2 months home. Suzie Q adapted very well to the move to our new, temporary home. She is sleeping in her own room for the first time and in her crib instead of the pack-n-play. She didn't have any trouble with the transition! Thank you, Lord! That's hard to beat! All ready for her first time to go to church! Cruising around the couch! Suzie Q had h...
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Things that Matter. | Our Wall
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The McGowan Family's Adventures, from A to Z. July 1, 2012. Middot; by killeenmcg. Middot; in Gratitude. Middot; 2 Comments. This week was a reminder of how all of it can so easily be swept away. How one can go from a very comfortable-seeming life, to almost nothing to her name. Thankfully, they got out just fine. For shock value, here’s what they found when they were finally allowed to return home. Until it happens. To a friend. To family. To me. To you. The Diane and Kitty Paton Fund. Beautifully writt...
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3 Weeks In. | Our Wall
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The McGowan Family's Adventures, from A to Z. December 22, 2011. Middot; by killeenmcg. Middot; in Path to Acacia. Middot; Leave a comment. 8221; is the real topic everyone is interested in. So, with due diligence to our travels, Click here for our (facebook) album of favorite pics from trip #2. For something that was not meant to be a vacation, it had some pretty great vaca-like moments. Now for all things baby…. So far, Acacia will try anything, but definitely favors certain foods. Patrick has shif...
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Path to Acacia | Our Wall
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The McGowan Family's Adventures, from A to Z. Path to Acacia came to mean a lot of things over the past two years. Most literally, it was what we dubbed the span of time that it took to have our second daughter, Acacia, join our family. That path wound us through:. I always knew inside of me that I wanted to adopt. Patrick did too. But what did that feeling inside of us look like on the outside? Were we ready to go from being a family of three to a family of four? In the middle of the process, Ethiopia u...
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Our Journey to Ethiopia: Why Adopt?
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Our Journey to Ethiopia. A story only God could write. A video of our journey. My eyes have been opened to the devastating statistics of Ethiopia, and orphans worldwide. The reality of the number of children without a family or a home is haunting. The need is great. There are over 147 MILLION orphans worldwide. A number far too great to comprehend. God has called us to adopt. I whole heartedly believe this is HIS will for our lives. Because, My life is not my own. I belong to my faithful Savior. And I wo...
