WAHOOO! Our Chinese Letter of Acceptance is Here!

We are soooooo happy to tell everyone that we are officially approved to adopt Isabella Grace. Please continue to pray that we will be united with Isabella before her birthday on June 11th. We also are praying that God will provide the funds we need for Isabella's cleft palate surgery. He continues to bless us each day with more good news about getting one step closer to bringing home Isabella. We are preparing to travel at the end of May or first of June if possible! We both are thrilled and are so thankful for today's blessings!
Love,
Dawn & Frank

We Are Matched!!! Our Baby Girl Will Be Home Soon!!!

Dawn and I are proud to announce that we have been matched and accepted a beautiful baby girl who is 9 months old. Dawn and I ask that you keep her in your prayers as she will still need surgery for her cleft palate once she is home. Her american name will be Isabella Grace Fegel. This has been what seems like a long journey that will now be over soon. The next step for Dawn and I will be, of course fill out more paperwork and then travel to China in about 3-5 months from now to bring Isabella home. We would like to say thankyou to everyone who has already sent their warm wishes to Dawn and I. We will keep everyone posted when the time nears for us to travel. Take care, and God bless!!

Chinese New Year....

We are still waiting to be matched with our daughter. We have decided to name her Isabella Grace. We decided to join the Savannah Families of Chinese Children group so we could be with other families who have adopted children from China. On Valentine's Day we celebrated the Chinese New Year with the SFCC group at Chen's which is a great Chinese restaurant in Savannah. We had a fabulous time getting to know all of the families and really enjoyed all of the children ranging from 15 months to 15 years old. I've included a picture of me with Stephanie and Jamie, two of my former students who also are a part of the group. We had a great time and look forward to more activities with the group. More good news.......yesterday we found out that my sister Diane is having a little girl and is naming her Carson....... so Isabella will have a family play mate in July. Continue to pray that Isabella will be safe, healthy, happy, and with a Godly caregiver until we can be together.

Love,

Dawn & Frank

Isabella update....

We are still anxiously awaiting a child match. We had heard that there were only five more people to match before we would be matched with our daughter Isabella. We are praying that we will be matched before Valentine's Day! Isabella's room is ready for her! It is pink and is decorated with dragonflies, butterflies, and lady bugs. On a praise note, we are so happy and thankful that the families who have been waiting to adopt children from Haiti have been matched and have gone to Haiti to collect their loved ones! WHOOO- HOO! God has shown His glory in a devastating situation! We are praying that God will continue to take care of all the people who are in Haiti with the relief efforts. May God give them the emotional and physical stamina to overcome any obstacles while they are there and surround them with angels as they help!

Fantastic News!!

Dawn and I have just found out that CCAI is now just months away from possibly matching us with our precious baby girl!! Dawn was told that CCAI was reviewing and matching families with special need checklists that were submitted in May 2008 and our checklist was submitted in August of 2008. We are praying that this will be a speedy process and maybe in a few more months we will be closer to receiving our own child match. We hope that everyone will keep us in their prayers as Dawn and I wait patiently for more information. We are both very excited! We'll post more updates as we receive them.

God bless!

Frank and Dawn

Still Waiting......Keep Praying.........

Hi Everyone~



We received an email from the gift of adoption and they have moved our review date until September. We are waiting to hear whether we will receive an adoption grant. Please pray that God will show favor on us when reviewing our financial file for our adoption. I have started my new job but am not getting that many hours each week. I know God is teaching us to look to Him for all our needs and I know He is developing my character in this uncertain time. I am enjoying being able to spend more time with Him in the mornings and have started devoting more time to my health. Hannah is enjoying these walks with me in the morning. I pray that God will continue to bless us and our child with a Godly caregiver until we can bring her home. We will keep you posted as
our adventure continues to unfold.

God Bless!

Dawn

Prayer Request

Dawn and I have been informed that the Gift of Adoption grant that we have applied for is up for review next month. Please pray for our Gift of Adoption grant to be approved and that the Grant Selection Committee will be able to provide our requested monetary amount or any monetary amount in order to help us pay for the remaining adoption fees.

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers, Love Frank and Dawn.