This post is part of “Hi/Lo Thursday” on the Riggs Family Blog. Check our their blogto read everyone else’s “Hi/Lo” posts. Picking a Hi is hard for me. I guess that’s a good thing, too many blessings to choose from. This week I will stay with the adoption theme. We just learned that the U.S. [...]
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I did not write the excerpt below, however I really felt they hit home so I asked to be able to share it with you. The excerpt is from the Countdown To Homecoming. Part of the intent of this blog (RumoFamily.com) is to be able to some how explain to people what this journey is [...]
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This post is part of “Hi/Lo Thursday” on the Riggs Family Blog. Check out their blog to read everyone else’s “Hi/Lo” posts. My HI has to be witnessing Emily (our 15yrold) give testimony to her faith and relationship with Christ at our old church. It was both powerful and amazing. We were so proud of [...]
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So, I am sitting here watching the inauguration day events unfold, stalking other adoption blogs and realizing what a different impact this election has on me now than it did 3 months ago. Three months ago I didn’t know I would be raising three boys of Haitian decent. Three months ago I knew the election [...]
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I don’t really think people who have never been through this, including myself up until now, can really understand how we love these boys when we have never even met them. It occurred to me that this loving bond that I have with our boys is very similar to the loving bond I have with my God. [...]
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WE FOUND A PSYCHOLOGIST!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who new those words would make us so happy? We found a wonderful man through an even more wonderful friend of ours(THANKS KATHY!) He knows exactly what we need and is able to do it by the end of this month. That means our dossier will be in Haiti in February. [...]
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Okay so this journey has been many things, exciting, awe inspiring, hectic, scary, faith testing, spiritually uplifting and I could go on and on. Last night it was comic. Hear me out. One of the many requirements from Haiti is that we both need a psych eval done. So Paul called our county mental health [...]
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Okay, so the Rumo Family had a fantastic season celebrating our Lord’s birth and reconnecting with each other at home. It was by far one of the most relaxing 2 weeks we have ever had. We also spent New Year’s day visiting with friends we haven’t seen in ages. It was such a Blessing!!!! Of [...]
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