I have emailed a woman Mz R and she has responded quickly. She has been very helpful. She is very informed on international adoption. She isa client of Dillon International. She is in the process of trying to adopt a pair of children herself. After reading her emails it is clear she is a christian with strong faith. I went to Dillon International and sent them a lengthy email with as much info as I could but it did not take. So I went to their blog but couldn`t get anywher with that. I jotted down the number of their Indiana office and I hope to reach them tomorrow. I have gotten an email from Mz A saying they are in need of funds for the Homes of Hope and thatthey would not be getting anymore goverment funding for Allison. With each step I take it seems I meet with more and more negativaty. All we want is to love this little girl and give her a home where she knoes she is loved.

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I have not heard anything more from the lawyer so I forwarded everything to Ryan from the christian adoption agency. He said without the lawyers help he could do nothing. Mz A has given me someone else to try and I emailed her today. All I want to do is love this little girl. I am not wealthy or well educated but I am rich in love, and I want to give her a home were she that knows she is loved. I think I am going to start involving my Pastor in this ordeal, I could use the help. He seems to be a man full of compassion. Pharoh didn`t let the children of Isreal go on the first try either. I know this is going to be a battle. I also know God is the ultimate warrior! I talked to my Mom yesterday, and she son do you want me to tell you what I think? I said yes Momma I do. She said I think your crazy. I said I would think that too if it weren`t for God wanting me to do this. She asked are you sure it`s God wanting you to do this. I said yes Momma I am positive. She said well all right then. I can`t say I have ever felt a yearning like this except for when I knew I wanted Malinda as my wife. Father I ask for your help and guidience and don`t allow me to do anything to mess this up. Allison we love you.

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Today while I was at work, I was thinking about Allison and I began to cry. I felt a comfort from the Holy Spirit, as the verse of scripture came to me “With God all things are possible.” Then I was thinking of “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” As I was thinking about this verse, I was thinking of how to develope a sermon on it. I pondered on this all day and thought how God likes to do what we think is impossible, to show us he is in control. I stayed and worked overtime and as I was taking a break I stopped to discuss Allison with a coworker. She said we just have to keep up the faith and she would be a faith partner with me and that God doesn`t do easy, He likes to do the hard stuff just to show us He is running things! When she said that chills went thru my soul! That is what the Holy Spirit had been saying to me that day!!

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I haven`t heard anything from the lawyer yet. I have had several dreams of Allison reaching out to me. My desire to adopt her is still strong. I find myself worrying about her like she is my own child. Is she safe, is she hurting,is she scared? I heard from Mz A and she said Allison will not be elligable for adoption until November. Pleasse continue to pray that God would work a mighty work!!

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The next day I called the christian adoption agency an talked to R and he said the lady who works with the Honduras cases was out on business. He said he would try to elp me. I told him my story and he said usualy you work with an attorney first and then call them. I told hom I didn`t know any attornies and I wanted to know if Allison was eligable for international adoption. He told me he would see what he could find out. After 2 long days he emailed me back . He gave me the email address of an adoption lawer in Honduras who was supose to be highly recommended. I also got an email back from Mz A, reconferming that the picture I sent her was Allison.
I sent an email to yhe attorney telling her my story. I got an email back from her and she wanted to kow if Allison had been declared abondend. If she hadn`t it could take the court about a year to declare her eligable for international adoption. I sent her an email saying I didnt know, all I knew was that her mother had died about a month ago and she was staying in an orphanage. She sent me an email back wanting to know the names on the birth certificate, and was the director of the home aware that I wanted to adopt Allison. I sent her an email saying I didn`t know about the birth certificate and the people who run the home know I wanted to adopt Allison.
I got another email from Mz A and she reaffirmed that was Allison in the picture and that she was going to the IHFNA and tell them of my intentions. Today is Febuary 2, 2012.

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After the service was over Sunday night, I asked one of our Pastors about the adoption agency he was using and did he know if they adopted from Honduras. He used his phone to get on the net (WOW!) and his service did not have Honduras. So he did some surfing (COOL!) and found one! Malinda and I went home and she did some surfing ( my little surfer girl!).She found a christian agency that delt with Honduras. She wrote the number down and I was going to call them Monday when I got off from work.
When I got home Monday I checked my email first and I am glad I did. I got an email from MZ A and she said the little girls name was Allison. Now I was in a dilema, Two people said her name was Dilcia and one said Allison. My gut said Mz A was right. So I called Brother M (the smartest guy I know), and he said to send a picture out and get a positive I D. Genius pure genuis! I got my cd out that S gave me and it had 2 videos and 2000 pictures. After I spent a half hour downloading the pictures, I frantickly searched through the photos but I could not find a picture., I then thought of sister C, she knows audio visual. She searched the photos and sent me one via email. Yes that was her!
I went through my photos again and I found her. There were several pictures of her. In my zeal, I must have skipped day two. I got on facebook and just then my son came home. I had been at this for about three hours. I told him I wanted to put her picture on facebook,and with about four clicks of a mouse, wa la. I entered the caption can anyone tell me her name. In about ten seconds I got a response… Yes that is Allison, I said, are you sure, and she sais yes and my sister says so too. Yes now I had three confermations. I sent an email out asking for her full name.I also sent an email out with Allisons picture to Mz A just to make sure.

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I was asked to give a testimony on Sunday night about our trip. I gave my testimony right after Eddie. I was doing fine until I started talking about the girls i the Home of Hope. Then it felt like I had a huge rock caught in my throat and I began to cry. I did my best not to but it was to no avail. This is what I had to say “When I heard about the mission trip to Honduras, I was very interested in going. Being on the mission field actually participating and not being just a spectator. My concern was the expense, how to comeup with such a large amount of money in such a short time.
Wes told me if I had the desire and felt God was calling me to go, That God would provide the money. Wes was right! Thanks to all who contributed.
I thought I was sacraficing so much to go on this trip. I had to use 6 days of my vacation and this is only January. We are peaking at work and I would be loosing out on alot of overtime.My mom is critically ill and something could happen to her and I wouldn`t be there.
But instead of sacraficing I gained so much! We went to an orphanage that is sponsered by the mission.The Homes of Hope. The children there were wonderful, so well behaved and mild mannered. There were 2 there that captured my heart ,Claudia and Dilcia. ( at least I thought her name was Dilcia.)
I had the interperter tell her she was a beautiful little girl and when she did tears started rolling down her cheeks. And then she hugged me and kissed my neck.
If you want to make a 4 year old girl cry because you told her she was beautiful, go to Honduras! We gave pillows out to the girls and they hugged them so tight and smiled from ear to ear,because they had a pillow to sleep on. If you want to see a child smile from ear to ear over a pillow, go to Honduras!
We went to a school and put on a VBS there.There were abnout 100 children present. There should have been more but it was havest time and some of the children were out picking coffee beans. After the VBS we fed the children. We were told that would be the only meal some of them would get that day. If you want to feed hungry children go to Honduras!
We went to a hospital and visited the childrens wing. There were 6 children to a room were in the states there would only be 1. We asked if we could lay hands on the children and pray for them. When we were done praying you could see mothers crying because someone cared enough to pray for their child. If you want to see mothers cry when you pray for their children, go to Honduras!
We did some door to door evangelism, and everywhere we went people welcomed us and listened to the gospel. We were at one womans house, where we shared the gospel with her 2 teenage daughters and they brecieved Christ as their Savior. As they were saying the sinners prayer the mother was crying saying thank you Jesus, thank you Jesus. If you want to see mothers cry and thank Jesus that her children are being saved, go to Honduras!
We did a clothing ministry, where we gave out used clothes and shoes. People were given a ticket and allowed to get 3 items. There was one man who wanted a used pair of dress shoes and asked if he could have them.When they said yes he litterally started jumping up and down for jot. He went to a ledge and tried them on and when they fit ,again he started jumping up and down. If you want to see aman jump up and down for joy over a used pair of shoes, go to Honduras.
We went to several church services, where everyone smiled shook our hands and welcomed us.They treated us like royalty. If you want to be treated like royalty, go to Honduras.
We would stand and sing for a half hour. The whole congragation would wave there hands in the air praising Jesus. If you want to be apart of a congragation that praise Jesus with their whole heart, go to Honduras. go to Honduras, GO!

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On Tuesday January the 10, we put on a VBS at Pastor Roberts church. There I met a beautiful little girl in a pink dress with white poka dots. Later that day we went to the Homes of Hope orphanage and she was there. I had the interperter tell he she was a beautiful little girl than tears started rolling down her cheeks. Then she hugged and kissed my neck, it was she was saying don`t leave me. At that momment God put it into my heart to adopt the little girl. I was told she had only been there for about a month. Her mother had been killed in a car accident. I asked if she was adoptable and someone said they assumed so , I asked how do you go about it, were do you start? But no one knew. I talked to my friend Eddie about wanting to adopt her and her said he would like to adopt the other girl there with her. Soon we had to leave the home, and continue on with the ministry. I talked to Eddie several times about wanting to go back to the home and see the girls again. But we never got the chance. When we were leaving to go to the airport I felt like I was missing something. When we landed in Atlanta I told Eddie I was serious about wanting to adopt the little girl but I didn`t know how to tell my wife. Just before I left to go to Honguras my wife and I were talking about how it was OUR time now that our youngest had just graduated college we would be able to do things for ourselves.I called my wife, Malinda, and told her about the little girl and how I felt and she said…..BRING HER HOME!!! Tuesday morning I went to work and after I got off I called my mother and told her about the little girl and she said she was about to cry.
When I got home I emailed Open Eyes ministries asking for the little girls name and if they knew how to go about adopting. I called Eddie and asked if he remembered her name. He couldn`t remember either.
Wednesday I got he email address of one of our interperters but she didn`t remember. Thursday I sent her another email and thought the girl I was talking about was Dilcia. One of the Pastors from our church also thought the girls name was Dilcia.

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