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Friday, June 26, 2015

We are LOGGED-IN!

LID

In just 3 days we have been Logged-in with the CCCWA (China). Now the countdown really begins. We wait on China to invite us to come get our boy. What an exciting end of summer. Ty's 4th bday is three months from today!

The time line they give from here (could be sooner):
2-3 months for LOA (Letter of Acceptance)
9-12 weeks from then to TA (Travel Approval)
2-3 weeks from then before departure

CRAZY!

In other news we go back to Shriners this coming Wednesday to get our Lightning Baby a lower limb check up and hopefully molds taken for a new and larger set of "feet". She gained three inches and three pounds in the first 9 months with us. The ones she has, the first set, are already getting too small.

Baby girl became the long awaited "Dancing girl". She likes it...sometimes. So far for both classes she has fallen asleep on the way to class! Not great for a two year old to get a 20 minute nap. Anyhow looking to go with a different strategy this coming week. But she is DARLING!






C-dub hosted his baseball team for the end-of-the-year swim party. He had such a great year, with great kids, families and coaches!


Fashion-Faith (track) and C-dub (baseball) each enjoyed some camps so far this summer while Jumping Joy did some extra work in gymnastics.



Another package off to our boy! I feel like it is important this time around to send him packages more frequently because he is older. I really want him to know we are thinking about him, praying for him, anticipating him and COMING! I think we can still get in two more packages before we travel.




Happy summer y'all!

Sunday, June 14, 2015

THANK YOU!!!

Thanks to all who shared, prayed and donated to our
$2 Tu's-Day fundraiser!

It was great success in that the word about orphan care was shared (over 1,000 visits to our blog in 10 days!) and we raised some money for Ty's orphanage.

Stay tuned. Our paperwork continues to be processed. We pray that it is off to China by the end of this week and that we are Logged-In (LID) in early July. That should put us 2-3 months until we travel.

blessings to you! erin and fam



In other news we have a busy summer with camps and visiting family for various celebrations.


Monday, June 1, 2015

$2 Tu's-day

We got an update a bit ago on our darling boy Tyler!

We were so excited to receive this update as we did not request it. What a fantastic surprise!
His orphanage seems very excited for his future with a forever family. Isn't he just sweet?!


We were so relieved to see these update pictures. He looks SO good...and he's even wearing blue. (Many times they put the kids, both boys and girls, in whatever they have and it's not uncommon that's it's pink.) He seems to really like the person behind or beside the camera. He looks relaxed and engaged. And look how clean he is and his surroundings. It's a funny thing getting attached to someone you've never met who is so far away.

As our adoption continues...and the paperwork continues...we find ourselves blessed by contributions from friends and family! THANK YOU!


A number of people have asked how they can join with us in bringing Tyler home. One of the last fees is the Orphanage Fee. This fee is $5,700-$5,900. Our hope is to raise enough money with this last fundraiser to pay the Orphanage Fee and bring extra supplies to Ty's orphanage. They have cared for him for almost 4 years. We are so thankful for the time they have spent with him and the care they have given him! Our prayer is that this money (and supplies) would care for children in his orphanage and that it would be a tangible expression of God's giving heart.

The reason we are naming this fundraiser $2 Tu's-day is that our boy's Chinese name is Tu Yan. I (Erin) came across his picture on a Tuesday (Dec. 2nd to be exact) and we said YES to our agency on a Tuesday the following week. Tu is also our 2nd adoption. Tuesday and the number 2 seem to be all over this process.

This is how it works:

1. Donate $2 or $22 and so on...Tuesday, June 2nd through Friday, June 12th! Click the red DONATE button on the top right corner of our blog page.

2. Snap a pic and spread the word. One of our hopes is to the spread the word about orphan care to as many people as will listen. Please snap a pic holding up two fingers (or a creative way of showing the number 2).

3. Share! Take your picture and send it to {us and} as many people as you can think of... We hope to make a book for Ty with all of your pictures. We can't wait to share our journey with him of how God placed him in our family.

{you can add this blurb to what you share}

The Obwald family is adopting for the 2nd time. Tyler (Tu Yan) is 3 years old and has lived in an orphanage in China his whole life. They are so excited to bring him home and make a donation to his orphanage. Read their story and help them reach their goal by donating here www.itsanobwaldlife.blogspot.com

4. Prayer. Please join us in prayer! So many children sit in orphanages and foster care around the world. They are vulnerable in that situation to all sorts of horrible. Please join us in praying for their safety, adoption into loving families and their adjustment into a family setting. They are just as precious as any other child!


We are so thankful for each and every one of you! We can already tell that he is a special boy with a life ahead of him full of joy, hope, overcoming obstacles, sorrows, difficulties and LOVE!