Bringing Phillip Home...: Heading Out!

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Heading Out!

Hey Friends!

We are almost out the door! Tomorrow at 5:27am our first plane will take off and we'll be on our way to get Phillip! It is so crazy to be this close! God has been carrying us through this adoption for months and now we're finally getting to the good stuff!

This blog is gonna be AWESOME for the next two weeks because we're gonna post as many pictures and stories from our trip as possible! We want all our friends and family to be able to keep up on the blog and continue to witness the joy of this process with us. Thank you all for your support, for your prayers, and for catching our passion for our boy. We are SO blessed by all of you who love us and lift us up to Him!

If all people tend to be either more stress-prone or more relaxation-prone, I'd say we Crofts are stress-prone. It would rock if you guys could just pray that we will turn all our worries, anxieties, fears, and the knots and butterflies in our stomachs over to God. Pray we'll enjoy this trip, delight in our good God, and find it easy to let go of control so our arms are free for hugs and stuff. Please also just ask God to be glorified in our family's almost instantaneous transition. Right now we have a family of four and all of us are at home. In two weeks, we'll be a family of five with two at home, two in Oregon, and one back and forth between home and an out of town job. There's no doubt, this is God's timing and God's plan, but it looks a little tricky to us. Just pray we'll trust Him and rest.

Thanks folks, can't wait to get there, get back, and introduce you to Phillip!

Kyle

1 comment:

KarolJuly 26, 2012 at 2:37 AM
So exciting! I'm praying for you all!
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Prayer Requests

1. Phillip's spiritual growth.

2. God's provision for Phillip's medical care

3. A new wheelchair that is better suited for Phillip

4. That God would work in and through us and help us to encourage, support and inspire Phillip as he adapts to life at home with his forever family.

5. That Phillip would be free from attachment and bonding issues.

6. That there would be no barriers to the work of the Holy Spirit in Phillip's life.

7. Insight and wisdom and commitment and compassion as we parent Phillip.

8. Phillip is sufffering fromhis third pressure in 7 months. This one is big and deep and has actually been operated on in the last couple of years.

9. That we would be able to help Phillip transition to life in Spokane and to find the best resources to help him.

10. That we would be able to find the best ways to educate Phillip and to help him read and write in English. He is so SMART!

If you'd like to help......

If you'd like to donate, you can go to http://www.intlcare.org/ .

1. Go to the Helping Us page.

2. Scroll down and click on Make a Donation.

3. This will direct you to Paypal

4. Mention the name The Crofts in the memo section.

5. A 3% fee is deducted for using Paypal.

OR

Checks can be mailed to:

I Care

P.O. Box 1603

Bel Air, Maryland 21014

You can include a brief note with our name on it, but don't write our name on the memo line of the check.

When Kyle and I were at Shepherd's Field Children's Village in August of 2010, we met Chris Dubell who interned at the orphanage. I was immediately blessed by her joyful spirit. When I got to observe Chris teaching English to the primary class, I was impressed by the amazing way that Chris very competently and lovingly managed her class of students with many physical, mental, and emotional special needs. It's a SMALL WORLD! When we made the decision to adopt Phillip, we were given the name of Chris' dad, Dan, who runs an organization that seeks to encourage, support, and inspire adoption. Dan has taken teams to SFCV in the past and has graciously set up an account for us to receive donations to help with the costs of adoption.

THANK YOU!

Karl, Kyle, Brittany, and Joni

A Thousand Gifts

We're keeping our eyes on God's ABUNDANT blessings by taking turns adding to our list of a thousand ways God has BLESSED us!

1. We get the joy of bringing Phillip into our home, but we understand that the blessing will extend to Phillip's support group of family and friends as well. This is so much bigger than our family!

2. Finally having time to clean and organize! Since Phillip's bedroom is our former office, all of the items from the office have needed to find new homes.

3. Trying new Pinterest recipes with Brittany. All of them were yummy winners.

4. Progress in Grammy Croft's recovery from staph infection that afflicted her whole body.

5. Watching the Corban videos in which Brit and Kyle got to take part.

6. Reminiscing about all of the milestones in Phillip's adoption process and how God so clearly led us to bring him home.

7. Listening to Phillip cut loose and totally enjoy America's Funniest Home Videos reruns and Shaun the Sheep videos.

8. Dreaming about finding some ways to inexpensively decorate and update this house.

9. New reading books from the library for Phillip to read! I love that place!

10. Having everybody home for spring break! Boy, am I ever gonna miss you guys!