Timeline & Prayer Request

March 28, 2009-God called us to adoption. We began to pray about when, where, who.

June 6,2009-Adoption Seminar(God told us WHERE)

September 27,2009-We surrendered our hearts to adoption

November 15,2009-We shared our calling with friends & family

November 19,2009-We knew it was time to submit our application, but Satan presented us with an obstacle!

November 30,3009-Praise God our obstacle was taken care of!!!

December 4,2009-Submitted the application to our agency

December 17,2009-Received our APPROVAL!To God be The Glory!



Since then we have been VERY busy! We have completed our international adoption training!WOOHOO! Learned alot BUT so glad to be done!LOTS of paperwork!!! Contacted our home study agency-more paperwork & lots of documents to gather! Cleaned out the room for the future lil Cantrell!!!=) Child proofed the house!:) Read two AWESOME books- The Strength of Mercy-Making a Difference in the world one Child at a Time by Jan Beazely and Adopted for Life by Russell Moore! I HIGHLY recommend reading Russell Moore's Adopted for Life if you are being led to adopt, considering adoption, or if you are totally against adoption!!!! Russell does an amazing job explaining our adoption by Christ! AND we have also sumbitted our 1st installment to the agency!


We would like to ask for your prayers as you follow our journey to our Kazak Prince/Princess!!! Please pray for his/her birth mother-pray that she will be given peace, pray for those taking care of them while in the orphanage,pray for his/her health, pray that he/she will be open to receiving us, pray that those we come in contact with through the journey will see Christ in us, pray that the Lord will prepare our hearts to be the best parents we can be, pray that the process will go as smooth as possible-pray that as we are about to be interviewed by social workers..they will be confident that we are called to parent this child, pray that our dossier will be received by Kazak gov on time, pray that our financial needs for the journey will be met, pray for safety as we travel, pray that the judge will grant us custody of the child God has chosen for us! Marty and I are very grateful to have you follow our journey and for the prayers that you are lifting up for our family! We love you all!