Court passed!!!!!!!!!!!!! welcome son 5

Court passed and full decree awarded today 3/2/2011.   Clinton Asamoah Collins.....hopefully reunited with his brothers and sister soon :) Pray Hard!!!!!

Pics and Pants

We have sent updated pictures of our family to the orphange for Clinton.....we hope he gets them this weekend :) We also sent some pants and a shirt. Our friends, Oleary's, are delivering for us. Hope we get to travel soon....sure wish my foot was in better shape :(

171H

Our I600a has been approved...171H.... and our package has been forwarded to Accra, Ghana   :)   Now we are waiting on court which should be held next week....pray...pray :)   We have had visitors this week :) The Raanes have come and brought the boys good friend, their son, Manny (emma). We went to dinner, talked, and played. He is a cutie :) We spent a lot of time in Ghana. they are a great couple and we have been truely blessed by their friendship. It was great to see their sweet faces :) Thanks for coming and we hope we get to see you again this summer once clinton has arrived.

Mumps...................we need to bring this sweet boy home

I received an email today stating that a volunteer in Ghana has seen Clinton and he is now fighting Mumps!!! His immune system is weak due to recently also having Malaria. We were hoping for court last week but it seems to have been detained, perhaps because he was too sick. Hopefully things will start progressing and we can bring him home to join the rest of us. He deserves medical treatment and a forever loving family.

court this week

We are awaiting to hear about court this week. Our POA is going for me by proxy since i broke 3 bones in my foot and had surgery Saturday....yuck. What ever you do....dont go down 50 foot slides on wax paper no matter how long your kids beg :(  Anyway...keep us...especially Clinton...in your prayers this week. I wish I was in Ghana to go to court, but my Dr. would not approve me flying in fear of clots. Hopefully....soon!!!!!

Dossier in and awaiting court

My dossier arrived in Ghana and is now in the hands of my lawyer and POA in Ghana. Papers are being prepared and we are awaiting a cour date. Please keep us in your prayers and pray that everything is handled for Clinton in a safe and timely method.

Delayed Dossier

boys room in the orphanage

outside the orphanage with friends

Well...and the wait begins...lol   :)   Our dossier is in transit with FedEx but has been delayed with slow flights. It should arrive next Tuesday. We hope to hear something shortly after its arrival in Ghana. Hopefully court will be around the corner.....keep your fingers crossed and keep our family in your prayers.

Dossier in Ghana

We are off to a good start. We have completed all paperwork and our Dossier is currently on its way to our POA in Ghana. We should soon here some information on court. Please keep our family and Clinton in your prayers. We hope to get him home soon and in school. His brothers are very anxious about his arrival. Clinton and Godfred are best friends and have endured good and bad times together.

Clinton with Malaria

Clinton with Malaria

Please help bring him home before he is struck by this horrible illness again

Clinton School picture in Ghana

Clinton in his school uniform

Clinton and some friends from the orphanage

We are paying for Clinton to attend school until we get there :) He attends Survival Preparatory School in Teshie.

Our Family

Philip

Joseph

Joseph and Philip

The boys and cousins

Our kids :)

Ian and Godfred

Hayden and Joseph

Our first outing

my superman

goofies

We invite you to all follow our new adoption adventure to bring Clinton home

We are in the process of again adopting Clinton :) He is a close family friend to my adopted sons from Ghana and we felt called to also bring him home to be part of our family. We have just sent our Dossier off to Ghana and will keep family and friends posted on our adventurous ride. We hope you follow along.