Dedication this Sunday

We will be dedicating the kids this Sunday during first service. We have not done this with our other children as we felt like we did not want anything to overshadow the importance of accepting the Lord and baptism. But, this time we have decided to as a way to make a formal committment to raise these children in the Lord, ask others to assist us in the process (volunteers who help in the kids programs), and to thank all you prayed and supported us.

Updates:
Mari'An asked to pray last night before bed. It went something like this: " Dear Jesus. Thank you for today. Thank you for mommy, daddy, Joshua, Luke, Kayleb, J'Dyn, Amelia, Nadia, Mari'An. Thank you God for Sheshemene (the orphanage) and mommy daddy come take me to America. In Jesus name we pray, Amen."
She thanked God for us coming to get her. YEH!!! She is wonderful. What a joy.
Luke- He has really opened up this week. He says lots of English words; they do not make sense in a sentence but none the less, they are English words. We have also found out that he is an amazing builder. We give him legos, lincoln logs, tinker toys, .... and he builds amazing things. Very smart! He is still SOOOO smiley.
Amelia- She continues to do better and better each week. The "fits" are pretty much gone. She has struggled this week with a cough. ?? She is not sick at all, but then has a coughing fit. ?? She also had all her teeth fixed. We are now done at the dentist. We are so thankful for Dr. Dale and his staff. They have been so kind and loving to our children. They are a blessing.
Nadia- Can I just say CUTE! She continues to just love on everyone. She has started to "ca ca" on the potty on her own. We are still not wanting to push it as there are so many new things. So, we are letting her do it on her own. Her talking is limited. It sounds like she can speak pretty well in AmHaric, but when i try to teach her in English her sounds are different. We will see if she needs help with that.
J'Dyn is doing much better on being a sister than a mother. That is a blessing!
Joshua and Kayleb are such helpers and love these kids like I could not have imagined. They are still asking us to get more. I LOVE their heart. We will see on the additions. THe Lord will have to open the doors.

Blessings to all.
Cyndee