tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24742313656242912472024-03-20T03:15:48.347-07:00Our Family's Journey Continues...Ines Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01347678209787546676noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474231365624291247.post-7076603558877638862016-10-28T17:18:00.006-07:002016-10-28T17:36:09.033-07:00HERE WE GO....! <div style="color: #454545; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">
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Right now we are on our way to meet our "new little Wallace" </div>
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We have been crazy busy during the last 6 weeks , I haven't had much time to keep in touch with everybody through this time around!!. </div>
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We already left home! and now I will be posting here all updates, pictures and our prayers request , Thank you for traveling with us!!! </div>
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We have our appointment with the DAP this Monday October 31. </div>
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So....here we go again!! </div>
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(En estos momentos vamos de camino a conocer nuestro "pequeño(a) Wallace" nuevo(a).</div>
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Las últimas 6 semanas han sido muy intensas y nos ha resultado imposible mantenernos en contacto a través de fb. Ahora ya salimos de Casa asi es que será más fácil dedicarle más tiempo a fb para compartir con ustedes los detalles de esta adopción , fotos , etc.( tenemos cita en el Depto de Adopción del pais de nuestro pequeño(a) este lunes 31 de Octubre) ....asi es que aquî vamos denuevo!!!)<br />
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Ines Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01347678209787546676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474231365624291247.post-84395613743259885092016-10-11T17:17:00.001-07:002016-10-11T17:18:23.749-07:00Appointment moved up! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Quick update. Last week we received the unexpected news that our appointment at Department of adoption of our child's country was moved up to October 31. This has added extra stress to our Journey..... We have less time to be able to fully fund this adoption...... Please keep us in your prayers! </div>
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Ines Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01347678209787546676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474231365624291247.post-72495395801632433412016-10-03T07:29:00.001-07:002016-10-08T13:13:39.668-07:00Moving Forward ...<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> </span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">I must start this post with a huge THAN YOU to all our friends that have signed up to receive e-mailed notifications from this blog about new posts. Thank you for calling me to ask me for updates!! </span><br />
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In my last post I shared that few weeks ago on September 2nd we received the devastating news that our little "Ivan" was not longer available for adoption. </div>
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Thee days later we received the news that his country had approved all our paperwork (Dossier) and gave us a travel date, November 8, 2016, to finalize the adoption of another special needs child (if we still wanted to go through with this adoption) </div>
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It was then that we reached out to all our prayer warrior friends (again!!) We were in desperate need of prayer. We needed our Lord's wisdom for our next step. If it was His will for us to move forward with this adoption we needed for Him to open our hearts to the idea of adopting a different child than our little Ivan. It was a decision we couldn't make on our own.We needed the body of Christ more than ever before. </div>
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Today I can announce that after more tears and continued prayer we have decided to move forward and to keep our appointment at the Department of Adoption of our child's country on November 8th. We will receive in our hearts and in our family the child that our Lord has chosen for us.<br />
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Please , keep us in your prayers<br />
Thank you!!!<br />
"I will go before you and level the mountains;<br />
I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through the bars of iron" ( Isaiah 45:2)<br />
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Ines Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01347678209787546676noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474231365624291247.post-59283148386979201452016-09-08T21:26:00.001-07:002016-10-02T04:48:08.966-07:00Sad news It has been very hard to write this update. Few days ago we received the sad news that our little boy "Ivan" is not longer available. Please keep us in your prayers . The last 5 days have been very hard.We are heartbroken.We are unsure regarding our next step ...we are still grieving for our child.<br />
We are praying for wisdom right now.<br />
Thank you.Ines Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01347678209787546676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474231365624291247.post-81942263418831959552016-08-17T23:23:00.000-07:002016-08-17T23:23:40.404-07:00Our "Paper Baby" On The Way ....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I’m so sorry for taking this long to update this blog! ( I'll do better from now on!!) </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are done with all the paperwork!!!.Thank you God!!!....and the last 2 documents (FBI clearance and USCIS - I171H/Immigration ok to adopt ) that were missing from our dossier are right now flying to our little one's country in the hands of a very special lady! ( she was a crucial part of our in country facilitation team during our last adoption) . So , now we continue waiting....until we hear that our dossier was submitted in National Adoption Office ( in country) to be reviewed and to receive an appointment date ( traveling date!) . This could take 6 to 10 more weeks ....</span></div>
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44 Dossier documents Apostilled!!!!</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">While we wait we are getting nervous trying to work more in fundraising for our Family Sponsorship Program with Reece's Rainbow and also with Youcaring..... </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify;">I have received numerous e-mails from friends asking me how to pray for us and asking me for updates in this blog!! ( Sorry again for delay!) </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">It is a huge comfort to know that people are praying for us. Thank you Lord for the body of Christ!</span></div>
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<strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Please pray for our Lord's protection and love to cover him every minute of the day and night.....he has no idea that he has a</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"> mommy and a daddy on the other side of the world trying to bring him home....he </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">has no idea that he is already sooo very </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">loved...</span></strong></div>
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<strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><i>Please pray that we would keep our eyes on and trust in Jesus</i></strong></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> It is easy to get distracted, worry about the money we need to make..raise ...save, ...ups and downs at work, ..updated adoption </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: justify;">classes we had to take and books we needed to read , </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">complete boat loads of paperwork ...days, weeks .. months go by in </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">the midst of all this, it is easy to take our eyes of Jesus . Kee</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">ping our focus on Him, waiting on Him, trusting in Him is exactly what we need to keep doing.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Psalm 27:13,14. It says, “</span><em style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I am confident of this, I will see the goodness of the Lord…Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord</em><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">.” I have continued to hold onto this verse since our first adoption ...everything is easier to handle when our eyes are fixed on Jesus and not our circumstances.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><i>Please pray for financial provision</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span>While we don’t know how or when He will provide for us, we take comfort in that He has all those details worked out already.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Philippians 4:19 says, </span><em style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“And my God will supply ever need of yours according to his riches…”</em><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We understand that we cannot put our trust in our own will and way. While we lack the vision to see how our circumstances will best glorify Your name , we can trust that You Lord are working for our good and Your purpose. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: uictfonttextstylebody;"> </span></h4>
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Ines Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01347678209787546676noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474231365624291247.post-27518273932992981182016-06-18T17:09:00.002-07:002016-06-26T17:22:13.435-07:00Working On Dossier... <br />
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Once again feeling very "paper pregnant!!" . This past week was a very busy one. Our Dossier is almost finished . 42 documents already finished and notarized so far, on the way to Tallahassee to get Apostilled ( to make documents legal internationally) .We need just 2 more documents to be completely done with our adoption paperwork requirements... for now ....<br />
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( After 48hrs working almost non stop in our Dossier , in full term paper pregnancy!)<br />
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Thank you!Ines Wallacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01347678209787546676noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2474231365624291247.post-55702323360610739372016-06-08T12:03:00.000-07:002016-06-26T17:20:03.867-07:00Our Home Study is finalized!! <br />
We received news this morning that our Home Study is finished and in the mail on its way to our house (all 4 originals we need!!) this is great! We are moving few steps closer to our little one!<br />
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Three years ago, Willy and I fell in love with little "Ivan" who was 2 years old at the time. Since birth, “Ivan” has been dealing with some unresolved cardiac problems. It was in 2013 that we pursued his adoption, but little “Ivan” was only available for adoption in his country ( in Eastern Europe) . For the last three years we have been praying that “Ivan” would be adopted so he could receive the love of a family and the proper medical care he needed. On March 2016 we received news that "Ivan" was still in his orphanage waiting for a family. This update broke our hearts, and brought us to our knees. After months of prayer we decided to look further into his adoption. “Ivan” is now 5 years old and available for international adoption. Sadly "Ivan” will be soon facing transfer from the "Baby House" orphanage to an older children - young adult institutional setting due to he turning five (this is NOT a good thing , for endless reasons). Here is a pic of Ivan from 3 years ago:<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> We have shared our adoption news with just a few friends and we have received wonderful encouragement . Thank You!. From our past experience we know that we will hear numerous: "why</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">?" "</span>work situation <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">in the medical field in general is not the best right now!", "</span>why <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">more work?"...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> Although It has been a prayerful decision for us and Willy does a very good job at calming my fearful heart....</span>almost every day ,since we signed on to pursue this adoption, I’ve had moments of fear. Even the strength of God’s calling us to this child , and at this time,does not drown out the fears and insecurities I have about adding "one more" to our home....</div>
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There are huge costs in adopting children. Some are financial; some are emotional. There are costs in time and stress for the rest of your life. You never stop being a parent till you die. And the stresses of being parents of adult children can be as great, or greater, than the stresses of caring for young children.... But there is something very deep and right about the embrace of this cost for the life of a child!</div>
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During the last 3 years ( since we adopted Nicholas) mission trips to Orphanages in Africa , Latin America and Eastern Europe kept popping up in my life... Although physically draining and heart wrenching ... " short term mission trips" is always a welcomed tempting opportunity that God places in our lives to "safely" share His love ... It’s one thing to take a missions trip to a foreign country and risk the potential health hazards and time away from family and friends...It’s another to add children to your home that will have a forever, and daily, impact on your family. “Success”, how many might define it, is not a guarantee.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I want God, not safety. I want His plans for my life, more than I want a life of ease. (At least most days.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This time around, I’m moving a little more slowly Not because of that fear but because my quiet times sitting at my Father’s feet seem even more essential.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It’s here that He calmly whispers ..<em style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><a href="http://everybitterthingissweet.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/when-can-we-do-it-again/" style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">I made you for this</a>.</em></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The body of Christ has precious hard working souls trying to get water to the thirsty. Others spending countless hours praying for those same sick bodies to be healed. Still others are called to worship God in the marketplace, and dreaming up business opportunities to fund food and clothing for these who are fatherless.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But me, my heart is to </span><a href="http://everybitterthingissweet.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/dont-leave-mommy/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration: none;">be their mommy</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My reach will not be as broad. My money may not go as far. And my time will be isolated on just a few. But God has invited us to do this, now, at this time. Who can measure the infinite worth of a life (or three) given wings by the love from a mother or father?.... We couldn't just stop here... We must go back for our little boy , for the son we left behind...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We are moving forward with this adoption , with trembling hands, and expectant hearts. Please keep us in your prayers! </span></div>
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