"We were not separated at your birth.

It was the moment at which we began our journey toward each other."

Nancy McGuire Roche

The journey has begun .. 

  Ours to Naomi and Naomi's to us ..

My journey to Naomi begins with lists of requirements.

My journey requires me to jump through every possible hoop that might prove me to be an acceptable and effective parent.

Along this journey I tackle a massive questionnaire with intense, thoughtful questions, medical reports and health statements from my doctors, employment verification, health insurance verification, financial statements and proof of investments, copies of  three years' worth of tax returns, police clearances from two countries, a child abuse registry check, two or three letters of recommendation, a certificate of completion of parental training, and proof that I don't have various diseases and ailments!

At the completion of all of this . . .is the home study, where I will fly in our social worker to interview us both, examine our home environment and return to write his report stating whether or not he deems me to be a fit parent, ready to adopt.

All of this . . . only the beginning of my journey to precious blessing #2!

Naomi's journey is one of waiting and shifting; a journey she doesn't yet understand.

She is born and shifted from her mother's warmth to distant relatives who have kindly agreed to care for and protect her, for a time.

She is soon to be shifted to an orphanage where locals are paid to care for those precious souls who are on the same journey as Naomi, waiting . .. .shifting . ..

Our journey also requires faith in God, wisdom and prayer.

Our journey requires an enormous amount of money, almost immediately.

And that brings us back to faith

in God.

Please receive my invitation to journey with us in faith,

and pray for Naomi

and for her homecoming.