A Day of Gods Grace.

A day of Gods Grace.  We found out on Sunday that after Monday if we did not get our Dossier turned in by Monday they was not accepting anymore till Feb.  My initial feeling is Disappointment, dread, Oh God what are we going to do?   Are we allowed that?  God’s word says to Praise Him in all things.  So you know I am going to Praise him when I am Happy, I am going to Praise Him when I am Sad, I am going to Praise Him in the good, bad and Ugly.  My God still is God and He still reins!  God is Sovereign and He knows All and All things work out for the good of those who love the Lord.  I trust you Lord, I know you know what you are doing.  Today I needed God to breathe on me.  And guess what He did. My husbands job had to go to Myrtle Beach Wal-mart to take pictures and check things out.   And because my husband loves me he took me to the beach for half an hr. God breathe on me folks the wind blew my hair, I seen some men catch a really nice Shark, my dog Annabell loved the beach I don’t know if I would get her back if I had let her go she loved it so much she ran long and hard poor Adam and me we was trying to keep up with her.   She is a very strong dog very hard to manage when she gets going she is a Boxer.  She wanted to chase the sea gulls.    God breathe on me with His beauty. You see I love the beach I don’t get to go very often I went for the 1^st time last year in 5 years and we had a wonderful time the boys and I and sister and her two children thanks to my MOM.  She is the best.  It was incredible.  Today was I said therapy just to feel God He gave me His best in a way He knew I would be able to just bathe in Him and His beauty. Thank you God for sending me to the beach for 30 minutes and possibly 5 weeks.. What a great refresher that would be before going to Country.  What a blessings some of my children’s most fun times  have been on my husbands traveling trips. We travel as a family that is why we made the schooling choices we have so we can travel together.  We loved it when we was in St. Augustine, Florida company paying , Jackson, Mississippi for 14 weeks, we was in Enterprise, Alabama that was awesome for 6 months.  Memories there is no price for memories.  As there is not price for Memories there is no Price for a Soul though so many don’t understand why we are doing what we are doing we are fully convinced that we are living out God’s PURPOSE for our lives at this given moment. Our heart breaks for those that just don’t understand we love them dearly and pray for them daily.  But that still doesn’t change what God has told us to do we can not walk away, we will Keep walking on Where He Leads US We Will following.  Are you willing to take a stand for the not so popular thing?  Are you willing to Get out of the Boat and literally walk by blind faith and Walk on Water?  Scared?  Scared to death.  But knowing its all Good and God is in this.  We have gotten out of the boat and we are walking on water looking in the eyes of Jesus and trusting Him to get us to Him with us not sinking…Here we are Lord use us as you see fit.  Emmanuel – The Lord is with us.

"Adoption" a Picture of Gods Grace.

Not alot of time to POST... BUT HAVE TO SHOUT

     Our dossier left the United States Friday heading to our Counties City.   Should be there Wednesday maybe even tomorrow or Tuesday when we sent our stuff to Embassy it left Friday and got there on Monday. So it is possible.  We are Praising God and praying for a quick Request to come and get REFERRAL.  We are Believing for the MIRACLE, Miracle we need to get to Country and the Miracle we need to bring them back home after 2nd trip.   I am thrilled GOd has a plan and we are trusting him in it.  He who has begun a good work will COMPLETE it.
       WE are still praying for 3 TWIN size mattress and Frequent Flyer Miles Please PRay with us for these NEEDS.  WE really NEED a LARGER refrigerator and ours is broke we just use it anyways it leaks. We got ours 14 almost 15 years ago in Feb and it is very small.  It is crazy the things that come up as Needs when you get a Larger family. crazy things like more silverware, larger backing sheets ,larger casserole/baking dishes, pots and pans,more towels, blankets, sheets and that doesn't even include 2 wardrobes of clothing..  I just laugh, thrilled to have this problem what a wonderful growing larger problem.  Believing God for it all. I know my GOD will not leave one stone unturned and one NEED unmet.  Because God is God and He is Able. He cares about our ORPHANS that will Be orphans NO MORE IN JESUS NAME.
    Have a wonderful blessed filled night I just had to shout to you the News Pray.

Thank you from me too we got it in by the Grace of God. SO much could've but God let it ALL go threw and everything got Apostilled.  Now it arrives in New Hampshire tomorrow 3:30pm to be reviewed one last time then off to Country.  Thank you so much for all the prayers I am heading to bed mentally and emotionally exhausted. God bless you all. Now onto the next leg 1st trip.

Could Use Prayers Today

Today is the BIG day. We will submit all paper work and send update home study to Immigration.  Unfortunately do not have a lot of time to post today  but we do need prayers we are trying to get all Documents apostillled and sent out to Agency so they can go out to Country this week Lord willing.  Have had some bumps since Friday.  Pray for smooth sailing today while we are in Atlanta.  Blessings  Pray I don't get lost, we have a major time frame leaving at 6:30am but have to go to Medical Board 1st then to Secretary of State by 10am to submit today.  Blessings to all.  I wanted to Add thank you to ALL who helped meet our 3000 dollar goal  with Life Songs for matching grant. We met our goal and was able to meet the next step of $5,900. Praising God for all of you and moving one step closer to meeting our precious boys.  We are beyond EXCITED and ready to bring them home. WE are STILL BELIEVING GOD FOR THIS HUGE MIRACLE.  ONLY HE CAN OPEN DOORS NO MAN CAN SHUT.

Finding Your Self in a Place Were Nothing BUT. God will Do!!!

Today is  a low day for me. I have to be REAL.  We have got all the Dossier done in Record timing 2 weeks Praise God .  Goal was to get all done by my Birthday and Yes today is my 40th Birthday.  But... their is one piece of the Dossier I have not finished yet I have put it off long enough, I have avoided this piece of the paper like the plague.  But it has to be done. I have wished I  had different things to put on this piece of papers but I dont. It is what it is and God has said He was going to do this adoption. ( Not by Power, Not by Might but by THE SPIRIT thus Saith the LORD.)  People just don't understand 1. That Adoption is not free and it is very expensive if they have never did something like this.  We Can afford to take care of them, but we dont have 68,000 laying around most normal people dont. So do you just give up and say, "No" to what God has asked you to do?  We didn't because we have believed that God would use His people to help and send the money in all kinds of ways, He opened doors to keep going.   Yes you have guessed it is our finance forms.  Our country just happens to be the most expensive place to adopt from. We are just a family that God gave a Vision to, a dream and have been Radically walking by Faith this dream God has given us and he has kept opening these doors that men could not open.  But God has has been faithful each time we have needed something some how some way the money has come in.  People working for us have been so gracious in time frames and believing God with us. We have been very blessed.  So today I sat down to do our Bible study and this is what the Lord has given me today.  I am holding on to this today because I need it. My heart is wondering and anxious in HOW God is going to make it all work.  He is faithful and said He will do this New THING.  What is Faith? Now Faith is the substance of the things HOPED for, the evidence of things NOT seen.  So I God has us right where He wants us according to HIS Word.  We have got clearance that the average Joe has not had, we have senators working with us, Congressman, so many people and I know God loves these two boys more than we do and he has a PLAN.  Pray with us for a Miracle and GIVE if you would,  it all goes back to the Lord and His plan in our LIVES.  Its not to us its to HIM our Lord Jesus Christ.
Now may the Lord of Peace Himself give you Peace alwaysin every way. The Lord will be with you all. 2 Thessalonians 3:16
Peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come. Rev 1:4  The Peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Phill 4:7
Jesus Himself stood in the midst of (His disciples) and said to them, "Peace to you". Luke 24:36
Peace I leave with you , My Peace I give to you, not as the world gives do I give to you.  Let NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLES, NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID.  John 14:27

 So I leave those heart warming verses to you and I am going to go and walk over to that table without fear and do those forms in Jesus Name and trust HIM with them.  

Blessings TODAY and EVERY DAY...

Believing a "ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN MIRACLE!!!!!"

I just had to shout to the whole world we have to Golden ticket.  The people who need to know about Cole know and they are going produce what we need that states we can indeed bring our son home.   Keep praying our MIRACLE IS GETTING CLOSER.  One step at a time literally. One day at a time. Our faith and excitement GROW.  Please help us make this a Reality.  Every penny counts to God and to us.

Ms. Pettit,

We’ve already sent you the form for the court letter which  states that we have your USCIS approval for international adoption on file and the Immigrant Visa will be issued for Cole upon receipt of all documents from xxxxxxx authorities. This is the standard letter for all regional courts, including xx xxxxxxxxxcourt. Please fill out the attached form and email it back to us that we’ll be able to produce such letter for your family. xxxxxxx judges require this letter to be an original with the original stamp, they do not accept fax or scan copy.

Sincerely,

Immigrant Visa Unit

US Embassy xxxxxx

I Have to Give GOD all the GLORY..

We visit our 1st church today it was awesome.  The message was one of those on time messages.  I was awesome.  We shared our video which is our Journey video. I gave the background history shared my heart and my husband give little testimony on his trip to Belarus and then he presented a teachable moment taken from the Word of God.  I want to share it with every one it was so good.  I am so proud of my husband and I am so glad he loves these children as much as I do and he is passionate about what God has called his family to do.. He shared that his heart was broken for the children when he went to Belarus 7yrs ago. He had the privilege of going into a virtual orphanage which was the church going to take food to these children what he seen was worse than anything he has ever seen. It was at that point God started a work in my husband to be the Hands and Feet of Jesus.  This message will change your heart if you let it.  And any one that feels led to use, you have our permission share the Good News of being the Good Samaritan to the Orphans.

Will The Church be a Good Samaritan?

   Today, I want to talk to you about the Good Samaritan. The story is found in Luke 10:30-35.

         

To set the stage for you; Jesus was teaching and a lawyer stood up and asked, “What must I do to inherit eternal life.” He then summed up the Ten Commandments, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus replied that that was correct. The man then asked who his neighbor was.

        Let’s see what Jesus said. (Luke 10:30-35)

        In this story, Jesus shows this lawyer that a Samaritan was his neighbor. The problem with this is that a Samaritan was not very well liked by Jews. They were considered to be lower than dogs on the social scale.

        The Jewish Priest didn’t want to help his brother; the temple assistant didn’t want to serve his brother either. But a lowly dog stopped to help a man who more than likely despised him.

        As a church today, which one do we look like? Are we like the Priest and temple worker, and just turn away when we see someone in need? Or are we going to be like the Samaritan, and help those in need?

       

        Will the church just turn a deaf ear or a blind eye toward those in need?

        We are here today for 2 of those people who have been beaten and robbed by life. Kolya and his brother live in an orphanage in Russia because their mother has died and their father is in prison and no one else wants to help them.

        These 2 boys have spent the last 2 years in a home where they do not get enough to eat, no one to hold them when they are hurt, and no mom and dad to teach or show them the love of Christ.

        There are thousands of children with stories just like Kolya and his brother’s. I wonder what Christ would say to his church today if he came back to visit us today?

        I can answer that question because he has already told his church what to act like and do toward these orphans.

                Hosea 14:3b - ….. No, in you alone do the orphans find mercy

               

                Psalm 68:5 – Father to the fatherless, defender of widows – this is God, whose dwelling is holy.

                Psalm 146:9 – The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows

                Psalm 10:14b – the helpless put their trust in you. You are the defender of orphans.

                Deu. 10:18 – He gives justice to orphans and widows. He shows love to the foreigners living among you and gives them food and clothing.

                James 1:27 – Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us.

        These are just a few verses that are written to us about orphans. There are a lot more that I don’t have time to go over today.

        The first 5 verses tell us about the Character of God, when it concerns orphans. As Christians, we are taught to become more like Christ every day. If this is true, then what is our character supposed to look like when it concerns orphans?

        The last verse talks about the heart of a true Christian. When we, as a church, care for orphans and widows, this is the essence of Christ.

        In conclusion, I will ask the question again,

                As a church, are we going to be like the Priest and temple worker, or are we going to choose to be like the Good Samaritan? Will we take on the heart of Christ? Will we care for the orphans and widows?

        As for me and my house, we choose to be the Good Samaritan!
                                      Phillip Grant Petitt

Orphan Sunday

We are so excited we have our 1st speaking engagement tomorrow as Connect Ministry " Hands and Hearts for Orphans."  My husband is a wonderful speaker and I can't wait to hear him. He is amazing and I am very grateful for him.  Dear Lord bless him and send your rain down for Kolya and LittleMAN. Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.  Exhausted going to hit the sack. We got the golden ticket Friday. We got officially accepted into the adoption program. We start our Dossier on Wednesday.  We are in a race for time and are hoping to get everything in by NOV 30th, My Birthday.  I know with God all things are possible and we are believing the Impossible. We want them home by Dec 31st, 2011. Can you pray for that Miracle?  Blessings my bloggy friends. Pray a Special prayer for Kolya, His brother- LittleMan, Sergio, Tanner, Helen (they all have homes now) pray for Jordy he still needs a home, and Emma she still needs a home, and All my friends who are adopting and need there own miracles this year. God bless Anne

Lifesong for Orphans!!

We are so excited because Lifesong for Orphans, a wonderful adoption ministry, has offered us a matching grant of up to $3000!! We have temporarily taken down the chip in so that all donations can be matched by Lifesong for Orphans.

What this means is that whatever amount that you donate... $1, $5, $10, $20, $50.... Lifesong will match it! And your donation is tax deductible too!

We've updated our "How to Help" Page with all the information you will need to donate through Lifesong for Orphans. Please check it out for it tells how to donate through Paypal, or how to send a check directly to Lifesong for Orphans. We have a few more fundraisers in the works, so look for those soon!

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to all who have already donated to help us bring Koyla and his brother home. Thank you Lifesong for helping us with a matching grant!

Every little bit helps! Please spread the word! We need all the help we can get to bring these two boys home. Believing that our God can do the Impossible!

Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.” Luke 18:27

WE NEED YOUR HELP LIKE NEVER BEFORE 1st Trip DECEMBER...

Ways to make a difference:
Make a CHANGE Jar start keeping Coins for Cole+ brother( LittleMAN)
Do a bake sale to Raise Money to bring Cole and LittleMAN Home.
INVOLVE your Community  copy/paste picture of Cole (dont have picture of LittleMAN yet) and our Family and Let Everyone know what you are raising money for and WATCH God bless your efforts.
Write a letter to the editor of newspaper about what you are doing and wanting to accomplish. Its called Community Service.  If you are a Child do it as a Service Project you may even get credit for it.

So let each one give as he purposes in his heart not grudgingly or of necessity for ...God loves a Cheerful Giver  2 Cor 9:7    "Give and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into YOUR bosom. For the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."  Luke 6:38

Urgent Prayer Request- FIND Brother QUICKLY

Dear Friends,
     We have a prayer, we want to place before you, as some may know this, this is NOT a normal Adoption in no way shape or form.  We found out that Cole has a brother he is 8 well we went to inquire about him we have been told he is not on the data base not sure where he is.  They have said to apply for the 1 and be willing to adopt brother if they can find him.  We are very excited they are talking to us and letting us to still go forward we are not complainging at all. WE Just need prayers to find him. As you know our heart is just having to trust God in this because we know we cant leave without brother and Cole would be lost totally leaving his one blood relative that can come too.  So please everyone pray that it would be very easy to find him and that God would remove all the red tape and let this be a very Set apart adoption with no more craziness. We have not time for craziness we have already had that this last year. WE are on a very limited time with Cole age  he is already 16 we got our papers in before he turned 16 we must move quickly. SO please pray we get all the money we need to move fast and that we can find his brother very quickly.  That they will be amazed that they found him and there was not wild search for him and he is released to be adopted too.  Thank you for all your prayers.  I know God is ABLE to do the IMPOSSIBLE. 

Please HELP bring our Last Chance Orphan Home & His 8 year old brother...

Thank you for all who have given in the PAST, Present, Future and those that keep on giving.  I pray for EVERYONE who visits our blog. Without you and a Miracle from the Lord bringing our Last Chance Child home and his 8 year old brother wont happen.  This is Cole's only Chance to come home and have a family that loves him so much.  He is already 16 and anyone that knows what happens in Europe when a child ages out it is not pretty.  We have secured him with Immigration and we can bring him Home with your help.  I promise NO AMOUNT IS TO SMALL.  Please give what you can and God will bless the rest.

For anyone who wants to make a donation and would like it to be tax deductible... REMEMBER EVERY AMOUNT COUNTS.  Make check out to "Josephs Home" with a post em note: Connect Ministry Hands and Hearts for Orphans


THE ADDRESS IS:

JOSEPHS HOME
 1471 Tobe Wells Rd.
 Elberton, GA 30635

Ways to make a difference:
Make a CHANGE Jar start keeping Coins for Cole+ brother( LittleMAN)
Do a bake sale to Raise Money to bring Cole and LittleMAN Home.
INVOLVE your Community  copy/paste picture of Cole (dont have picture of LittleMAN yet) and our Family and Let Everyone know what you are raising money for and WATCH God bless your efforts.
Write a letter to the editor of newspaper about what you are doing and wanting to accomplish. Its called Community Service.  If you are a Child do it as a Service Project you may even get credit for it.

So let each one give as he purposes in his heart not grudgingly or of necessity for ...God loves a Cheerful Giver  2 Cor 9:7    "Give and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into YOUR bosom. For the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."  Luke 6:38

Pray 4 my Friend N Texas 4 Strength & Courage 2 God On.

Praying for my friends in the Loss of there son this week. Please lift them up in your prayers. Rhonda for Physical strength as well as mental strength. Pray that the Lord will be the wind beneath her wings. Their Shelter and Strong Tower.
This is my comfort in my distress that your Promise gives me LIFE. Psalm 119:50.
Dear Family and Friends,
Held up to your light, your broken hearts can become Prisms that scatter micro-rainbows on the wall. Our pain is useless as it is, redeeming God, just as a prism is a useless chunk of glass unless until light passes through it. Remind them Lord that the smallest Ray of sun in a shower can create a rainbow. Use there tears as the showers and your love as the sun. Looking up, we see the tiniest arches of hope in the lightening sky.
I will turn their mourning into JOY, I will COMFORT them, and give them gladness for sorrow. Jeremiah 31:13
God bless you all.
Today we found out that we have been officially approved to go forward we don't have much time because we have already been working a year literally over a year our Immigration stuff only has little time in adoption time. Everything has to go in perfect without a hitch and no problems. Please pray if there is any family left that they will sign all rights for us to adopt OUR boys. I asked how long they said it will take as long or as quick as it takes to raise the funds. We would love to get them by DEC 30 which is unheard of but I feel MY GOD is ABLE TO DO ANYTHING so please come along us and BELIEVE and PRAY that GOd is ABLE.
We are supper excited to go and get the Free Bunk bed tomorrow thanks to a Pastor in Greenville, SC. What a blessing. Having a Paint Party Monday to get the room ready for the final Home study Monday. Believing Jehovah Jirah, Anne

A "Journey" To Save 2 Lives Forever. The "A" Word is a picture of GOD's ...

Please pray for this precious family she is also Battling Breast Cancer and Losing her Son in a Tragic Death.

Lord beyond having to experience the loss of her son My New sweet friend Rhonda is having her own Job experience pray for her she is very sick as well she as you can read is fighting the horrible disease of breast cancer. She needs us to life her up so she can feel totally well for today, tomorrow and this week to get done the things she needs. She could probably use this money she is wanting our family to have herself but she is sacrificially believing this is what God wants her to do with any money that come in in lieu of her Sons memory. Please lift her and her family and friends up. I wish their was some way I could to just hold her and pray over her:( Know we are praying for you guys.
Dear Anne,
I want to ask you to pray for me and any of your prayer warriors to pray tomorrow is Zhenya's memorial service. I am fighting breast cancer and going through chemo. My system is under a lot of stress this week and my immunities are way down woke up this morning feeling sick. I want to be blanketed in the protection from our great healer. I will be devastated if I am too sick to attend our sons service.

In His Love Rhonda

My Heart IS SO Full With What God Did Tonight

Wont go into a lot of details but I assure you they are very sad and heart breaking details to this family in mist of there tears and despair They know They serve a MIGHTY God all I can tell you We serve and AMAZING GOD. There was a sweet lady who contacted me via blog and wanted to speak to me very quickly. I had been gone all day so it was late when I got home, actually a friend of mine had told me about the what seemed Urgent Message. SO when I got home I contacted them. What I heard was devastating and my heart broke for this family but in the mist of their SORROW they wanted to bless our family by helping us to get our boys home. They have adopted 5 children from Russia and Ukraine but have 8 children. She found my blog from the 32 blogs featured on http://www.nogreatjoymom.com that I didn't even mean to get on and was scared to death to do for fear our country would be upset....She had donated the other day.(Which thank you again for that) After that day something happened that would change their life forever. The son that they had adopted many years ago died this week. She was touched by our blog the older child as this is where there hearts were as well she came back and was reading further some how found out where our children was from and knew what God wanted them to do with all the money that was donated in their Sons honor... Talk about weeping and a humbling moment I indeed lost it. This precious lady has just lost her son and she says,"God is A Redeemer and we want that money in memory of OUR SON to help bring your OUR children home." I am honored that they would want to keep their sons memory alive by giving HOPE to OURs. I have told Everyone from the Get Go this entire Faith Journey is bigger than US. I cant hide TRUTH anymore this is God, this is not Just Phillip and I deciding to do something we want. As you read the path of this Adoption Journey My Prayer is that you will see the Writing on the Wall that this is Jesus's Story not ours. My hearts desire for my New Kindred Sister is that God will get the Glory in the mist or your pain.(Jehovah Shalom) This is so crazy that this has even happened this week. My family just watch 5th Quarter and was really kinda worried at the 1st seen it has some very intentional language so I was thinking Hmmm I don't know about this. But was told by a reliable source it was a great movie so we got through the intense moment and basically the 15 year old son was killed in a car wreck with a bunch of children driving crazily. (This is a true story by the way.) The hospital asked them if they would allow him to be a donor. They agreed, well one of the organs to go was the heart. I wont tell you the rest of the story but they did this so that there son memory LIVE ON and would bless others. IT was a very touching movie. One I don't know how I would deal with losing any of my children God has showed me over and over they are not mine. But that they are His and He loves them more than I can imagine. I believe that, but it would only BE by Gods GRACE that I would get through that... I love you Sweet Family thank you so much. To all your friends who ARE Giving The Gift of Life That Will Keep Giving. I can promise you 100 percent of your blessing will go towards Adoption. If we reach our goal with Cole and LittleMAN then we will prayerfully pray about proceeding in starting Lord willing to bring a 3rd child on that 3rd trip of bringing the two boys home. We would consider starting adoption Proceedings for Jordy Lord willing. This is not official with there agency because we are looking for a family for him and my husband has to know without a shadow of a doubt that this is Gods WILL not mine or his.(he is a very wise man) if we are blessed with above and beyond what we need for Cole and LittleMan we will SOW it into another need in the Adoption World PROMISE. May the Love keep going...God you are MOVING ME and MY Family beyond anything I could of ever imagined. We honestly have NO idea what God will do but we are just honored to be chosen for such a TIME AS THIS~

In the mist of Saddness God has brought Tears of Joy and Hope.

As I was writing a letter to our new Agency dates starting popping in my head of why October can be a hard month for my family. 7 yrs ago we lost my daddy on Oct 10th. You would think the pain gets easier, it doesnt. I still miss him just as much as I did when he 1st died. I miss that our children wont be able to experience there PaPa Zutuat that Kolya and Little Man (just because we dont have name yet for him) wont get to meet there granddaddy and my children have lost a grandpal. Then I got to thinking today is the October 17th 4 years to the day that Phillip and I did another thing by faith we got Reversal of a vasectomy. This I will have to be honest has been the hardest 4 years of my life wanting a baby so bad and not understanding why God wasn't giving us another baby or more babies. But today he has given us double blessing he has given us two children that we are very excited about and honored to have as a part of our family. Sometimes he has to withhold a blessing to give you another one 1st. Praise God being barren can be a blessing in deguise when he has more blessings for you 1st. He is faithful and He will never make a promise and break it. I BELIEVE... Thank you Lord for that spot of JOY that I will forever remember on OCT 17 you are the life giver you was the bearer of light today you brought us "Light" and "Direction" into our situation. I am AMAZED BY YOU LORD.

I AM Speechless, God Has MOVED the MOUNTAINS !!!

As of today we got a FREE bunk beds for the boys, we got an Agency, and the most of all we got the consent from our boy's region to move forward to Adopt our two boys. WE went after the one and got a double blessing in the whole deal. Someone has said that they was going to be lucky to have us but I feel we are the ones who are going to be the ones truly blessed to have these two wonderful children in our home. I cant wait to see them to hug them to tell them how God never left them after there momma died it just felt that way for awhile. How we are a product of there mommas prayers she wanted more for her children she didn't want them in that orphanage she wanted them to have a home with a family. AND by GODS Grace we are going to be that family. I have faith but I don't know that I had this much faith to see it finally all coming together some know the journey some don't and some don't care and I respect that because I didn't understand either until I started researching Gods word on the Orphans, the fatherless, widow and the foreigners. I for one will be ever changed you get those 4 little words and do a Strong's concordance study going and do all the parallel scripture it will blow your mind it did mine. My bible say(my paraphrased version till I can get the verses) To him that does not and knows to do good is sin. OH my goodness I can not blind my eyes to the truth. I want to be a Hope Dealer and a Healer by being Jesuses Hand and Feet. My husband loved working with the older children when he was Youth Pastor at the time in a rough neighborhood. He loves working with the teens now. He just loved them so he is very excited about Kolya and his brother. Little does Kolya know but we had Christmas for him in his list from the Hosting program all he wanted was a " Red Table Ping Pong Paddle" Well his new Nunnie got him not only a Red Table Tennis Paddle but a real Ping Pong Table. He wanted a Bird God provided him a Cockatial seriously it was FREE. WE are ecstatic and he has a coat we bought him when he was coming and we have kept it believing God Promises to us. We have a lot to do before Nov 1st. We have to redo all of our homestudy since it expires Dec 30th. We have to get their rooms ready that means paint, new floors, and bed linens for boys we have 4 boys that are in dyer need of that so we are praying Lord you can provide. Things are not what makes you happy it is Jesus and the love you have with your family. I dont need things I just need JESUS and I need My family all together. Two more Lonely children will be going home to a family. Now we just have one more that we need to find a home for. His name is Jordy. Please PRAY for Jordy a home very quickly we cant leave him he deserve a family. My thoughts on this " Here I am send me Lord." Fill my cup over runneth with your children let me retire taking back the ground satan has stolen from our family by having a vasectomy. Praise Gods it is reversed but we missed out on precious children!!!! in that time. I want to fill my house with Gods children. Bring that joy and laughter into our house that comes with children and a house full. In Jesus name do exceedingly and abundantly more than I can ever ask hope or dream and manifest it in the Physical.

Please pray for little Jordy he is 7 and he need a home. And all I can say to that Lord Here I am I am willing...I am going to leave you with Jordys picture if you want more info on him please contact me I am his official Prayer Warrior we have to find him a home he is too happy he needs a home.

Chip IN: Connect Ministry Hands&Hearts 4- The ORPHANS

Well my little bloggies I have had a request for a chip in. It is on the sidebar, so if anyone would like to "chip in" to help us, that would be awesome. I do want to continue to thank Adeye ( http:www.nogreaterjoymom.com ) for all the wonderful prizes and wonderful help in advocating the 32 families who are on a Journey to SAVE A LIFE or LIVES. With every 10.00 donation you get your name in the pot and if you share the link get you another chance. I know everyone could use a $500.00 gift card to Target! Go have fun and help bring all these precious children home. IN Gods eyes every dime counts and in my eyes every Penny counts. The widow gave all she could give and God blessed it. Pray and ask the Lord what he would have you give and I promise you the Lord will give back, hands down, pressed down, shaken down, good measure. He is faithful. Thank you for all of you that has already given. Blessings

Praising God for the BLOGGERS Faithfulness!!!!!!

I just wanted to put a quick note to thank you for your faithfulness. Every dime counts in this world down the the penny a 100 pennies make a dollar. 200 hundred pennies make a 2 dollars. It all ADDS up. Over the 1 days by your Generous Hearts we have collect 300.00. We are ecstatic because due to our circumstance we have to redo/update our whole Home Study a cost we did not figure in. We have always had the motto " A LITTLE Makes ALOT"
I am praying blessing to rain down on your family whether you give monetarily or in Prayer with the gift of TIME. We need Prayers and we NEED a MIRACLE. Please Help Pray our boys HOME IN GOD SPEED TIME. God hasn't got us this far to leave us. He has a plan and a purpose for them. DEC 31, 2011.

A "Journey" To Save 2 Lives Forever. The "A" Word is a picture of GOD's ...

OnWard Christian SOLDIERS!!!!

You know I read something in the Bible, looked it up and it said we was not to be perpetually anxious. It was in the Amplified Bible. I had to really think about that. I had to confess I have been more than a little anxious over this situation. As most is when they are very emotionally involved with the children that we already love in our hearts like they are ours already. When the government says they are theirs still. Oh Lord calm my anxious heart. Let me be still in Jesus name. I know you do love these precious children more than I can ever Hope Dream or Imagine and Lord I really do know you have a plan for both of the children and all the other children I have fallen in love with off of Reeces Rainbow like Jordie and Xenia (EmmaGrace) God you have broke my heart with these children and I want all of them. So God I am just asking you to remove the Red Tape with Kolya+brother and let us move forward and be done so I can go and get the rest of them.
Adoption is a way of life. Its a life time commitment some might say are you done after you get such and such. I would have to so,"No." I can never be done till all the children are free from bondage and is brought out of all the Egypt's of the World. Lord bring them All home to families who will love them and cherish them for who they are and except them just as they are and take the good bad and they ugly.
We went to a Connected Child conference with Karyn Purvis and found out there is a lot of Ugly that can go on with adoption it was very scary to really think about all that could really be when reality sets in. I had to really look at my self and you know what God showed me that I too can be really ugly at times and God still loves me. I look at that verse in our marriage vows "For Better for Worse" till DEATH do us part. Whoa how many really look at that verse and says For better For Worse and Really knows what that CAN mean. I didn't when I got married. Never even dawned on me. I as a 1st time adopted parent have no clue what is to come but I do know that we are walking in blind faith in this Journey believing GOd is going to provide every dime needed, is equipping us for whatever comes our way, He knows already what is in store for us in way of this Adoption. I am so glad God loved me enough to send His Son Jesus to die for me and save me from my sins so I don't have to burn in Hell for eternity. I cant imagine not going and fighting for these 2 children and any of the rest He sends our way. No matter what the cost, whether it be financial, or Life wise. That verse comes back to me about laying our lives down and when we lose our lives we will gain our life. This is not about US its about caring for someone else more than ourselves or our comfortable life style. Please come along side of us and pray for a Miracle. We are the only ones on the face of this earth RIGHT now that can Adopt *Cole he is 16 as of March 9,2011. Someone in his country could maybe get him but most dont go after that age. We want him and have found out he has a brother and we want him too.
Our *Cole+brother is not a traditional orphans. There momma died 2 yrs ago we found him last Nov. threw a hosting program. We have had to wait till he went on International Registry well that BIG day is November 9th. By God graces we was able to secure him on the USA side before his 16th birthday by ourselves no agency would help said not enough time. They Wanted us to walk away. It wasn't just one it was several. God said,"GO forward." So we did and He worked it out. We was able to get it in by the skin of our teeth. We feel like ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS. We need people committed to praying for Kingdom Connections, Favor with these officials, God Speed, our time is ticking Immigration expires 18 months from time started, Favor with his region and the leaders there, and to get all the paperwork, clearances redone by Nov 2011 so we can go there and hand deliver it, plus pray for Very Important meeting with the people who can say Yes or no... Thank you in advance. I know we serve a MIGHTY GOD and HE IS ABLE.

Major News There Is Not Just One of Cole* there is a Brother!!!

Hello Bloggie friends, Facebook friends it has been along time since I have written but I can tell you the excitement and the activity has been going on behind the scenes, that is for sure with our “Adventure” in this Quest for Adoption we have recently found out he has Brother that is 8.  This JOURNEY has been like a really suspenseful movie/ dream.  Asking OK Lord what next?  We have prayed and prayed and prayed some more and we feel like the Lord has said keep moving on till no more doors open so we are walking this FaithLine out.  By God’s Grace we have been given a large amount of money to keep walking till we can not walk anymore.   We can start getting dossier together on own, we can get stuff apostilled, go to Europe.  We just found out we have to redo all of our Home Study has to be redo all Security Clearance, FBI. Since we have been working on this since November of last year.  But we ARE BELIEVING GOD IS ABLE TO GET US AN APPOINTMENT. GOD CAN DO ANYTHING. We will be covered financially for this leg of Journey however God leads.  This is A HUGE blessing more than you can ever imagine.  Thank you personally to the Family that believes in Ko***+ brother.  The life that God has in store for him and now his brother.  They are not going to give up and we are not either.  This whole Journey is bigger than Us.

Just Prayer Request: 

1. Please pray:  We GET a meeting that we Need Desperately with a Very important person that has the power to open or close the door in this case. We need this appointment.  PRAY FOR IT.

We are the only ones internationally that can adopt Ko*** now.  He is 16 therefore no one can adopt him except us because we got his paper work in before he turned 16 by the skin of our teeth and the Grace of God.

2. Pray:   For our  Dream:  Pray everything completed and have them Adopted by Dec 31^st,2011.  Don’t know if this has been done before but there is ALWAYS 1^st with God.  We BELIEVE God this MIRACLE  He opens and closes the doors.  I choose to believe the IMPOSSIBLE. That’s what makes it so much more interesting.  Found out we can submit Dossier by hand but have to have Agency to do this pray we can find the one that God has hand picked.  We have been pursuing since Nov 2010 but got official paper work in March 2, 2010.

As we have said from the get go HE -Jehovah was going to have to do it.  We have not the ability to do anything BUT God does.  We have the heart that LOVES and runs deep for these boys that in our hearts they are ours already.   He has gotten us this far which is amazing all the contacts, met timelines, resources, funds, and paper work.  Non of which has been us it has been the Lord and connections and Gods Grace.  CONNECT CONNECT is what God has done in this time.  If I had a map and could put a dot on all the people God has lead us to it would be amazing.   Like Connect the Dots.

3. Pray:  An Agency. 

We had found one at the Summit and they did a lot of leg work but in the end decided it was more work than they felt like they wanted to do.  I respect them most adoptions are less involved than ours.  We have a lot of details and background. SO if you can PRAY for The AGENCY of Gods CHOOSING we are open for anyone.

4. Pray:  Grants when things start moving God will open the flood gates and provide the money quick.   We have only 18months from the time we got our stuff into from Immigration which we FEB 2011 before our stuff expires. Our home study and FBI stuff has to be redone it expired Dec 31^st. But praise God that will be covered by donation given.  So we are again on a time restraint. 

  We thank you for your time and prayers and I will keep you posted as things move forward. We love you guys and value your prayers.  Help save a LIVES 2 very special ones PRAY.

The Petitts as always blog http://petittzutaut.blogspot.com become a follow and watch this Journey unfold according to GOD’s will be done in Jesus Name.

"May the God of HOPE fill you with all the JOY and PEACE as you TRUST  in HIM."

Romans 15:13

JUST HOW BIG IS OUR GOD? LET ME TELL YOU>>

This is a testimony of what happened to my Friend in the middle of No Where in the woods Hiking with their 5 children and  2 Ukrainian Host Children...This past Sunday.  Our God really does Care... We Serve a BIG GOD.
3 weeks ago on FACE BOOK:  Just a quick reminder of how BIG God is…we took all the kids hiking the 1000 Steps in Huntington…literally were we live is rural and in the woods of Huntingdon also very rural…well a young woman stopped and talked to the girls and I told her Olena is from Ukraine and doesn’t speak English..Well
The brother and sister that stopped to talk attend the Russian Speaking Church in State College and invited us all!!! Seriously, in the middle of the woods, on the side of a mountain, God has these two blessings from Ukraine with us, and allows a family from Ukraine to be there at the same moment!!! Love our God!!!
We are indeed blessed Anita, Jesus Christ has always ALWAYS proved to supply every need and orchestrate great things!!
SUNDAY July 17 when they went to that Russian church to visit!!!
How Big is God again? How Big is God!!!!! I shared how we were hiking on a mountain in the middle of the woods and a young lady and man stopped to ask the girls if they were okay as they were sitting down. I shared that Olena and Zhenya did not speak English, that we are hosting them from orphanages in Ukraine. It turned out that they were brother and sister and spoke Russian and invited us to the Russian Baptist Church….
Yesterday we visited the church and Olena is trying to tell us that she sees people she knows!! Turns out one of the Pastors and a few people from the congregation had been visiting her orphanage and ministering there!!! They had not been to her orphanage in 4 years!! One of the men she had recognized because she had always stayed so close by him I cannot tell you the emotions in all this.
I cannot tell you the emotions in all this. Here they are in their church and see a girl they ministered to halfway across the world years ago sitting right there!!
And she saw them, and she knew them. We cannot underestimate what our love means to these children … 4 years ago was the last time she saw them and she knew them!!!! And can I remind you that Olena had a different host family and came h…ere once her family was no longer hosting!!! Seriously, reflect for a moment…she was to be in NY but came to this little town, we were on the side of a mountain in the middle of the woods, met this brother and sister that invited us to their church, and at that church was the people that ministered to her when she was younger!!!! Come on!!! If she had gone to NY or if we had not been on the mountain at that time or if the girls had not sat down they probably would have just passed by, GOD IS BIG..if you haven’t believed before let’s talk.
Me- Anne my comment: when 1st seen it them God broke me…
Oh Chasity I am filled with awe in this God of yours. I want God to work in my life and my families life like this. Its says the more I seek Him the more I will find HIM i am seeking HIM more now that I ever have. God please reveal your …self to me and my husband and in our lives like this what an amazing story God is so good. Let me just let go and let God this is so inspirational. I wonder what God is going to do? Thank you for you and your husband for just trusting God and doing what he has called you to do and that is bring strangers in your home and take care of the orphans this is amazing. sweet friend.
Me – Anne: Since 11:39am I have been pouring my heart out to God in tears of brokenness and desire for God to move in our lives and reveal Himself to us too. I am believing him for a miracle in Cole’s and his brothers life that is in Eastern Europe and baby Sergio in Siberia, and Baby Emma (Xenia- dont know how to pronounce) who is in region 26 with retina cancer. Oh God I need you to move the barriers away and move the mountains and bring our children home in Jesus name. YOu love them more than I do and you have a plan in all this craziness. Thank you Chastity I love you with an everlasting Love and I am believing we serve the same God and He is the same Yesterday Tomorrow and Today.He will do as He has done for you in His way and His time and HIs plan. Trusting Him. Love you thank you for sharing my sweet friend.
SO I send you all this to say: Don’t ever under estimate a visit, time spent, words said, and delays those delays may be Gods greatest blessings. Be blessed have a good rest of the trip. Anne Petitt

Heard the Heart of One Who is Believing in A Glimmer of HOPE

I just wanted  you to pray tonight and tomorrow and every night to give a Lonely boy the desire of his Heart.

 We received this today my heart is breaking that there is a  child anywhere especially the one we love that thinks no one cares for him and that he is so lonely.  He is waiting for some one to come.. I need you to Pray like you never have before.  We are supposed to find out tomorrow if we can proceed..  and as I have told you we have found out he has a brother that is 8. We are going after both. I cant ask you enough to pray as you was praying for one of you own.  Pray that he will find Jesus and that God places the Lonely in families that was one of the verses God gave me when we was seeking him about this if I am not mistaking its Psalm 68:6. the end of that verse set he set the prisoners free and gives them JOY.  God brought back to my mind that verse in Psalm 68:6 he sets the lonelies in families that was one of the 1st verses He gave me and that was what Cole said he was so lonely. That brokes my heart but also encouraged me that God is going to In Jesus Name give him his hearts desire to be in a family.

  I need you to pray that verse for him and his brother he was 3 when he lost his momma and his world feel apart I cant even imagine this.  I just want to cuddle those boys up and love them tell them about Jesus a God who loves them so much that he found them us..  He planted them in our laps with knowing what they needed.. I am very humbled that he would use us at all.  Thanks for your prayers.
 Hope this helps and gives you some hope as you read and pray for Cole.( signed a friend who seen and heard the heart of one who is believing in a glimmer of HOPE.)

Pray for a Dream to come Reality for the Sake of the Children.

Where do we Began?

We are feeling like a fish in water flopping and gasping for air at this point.  We still realize the importance of knowing that if God doesn't move mountains then "Cole" will not get to come home.  We are standing still and waiting on our Miracle.  We are assured that no matter what Gods plan for "Cole" is we are a part of it.  He has put us in "Coles" path to pray for him, to love him and to believe in him.  God has put great people in our path in this journey in the mean time.  What we do know is we are adopting whether it be one or whether is be 2, 3 or 4.  We will go where God leads.  We are willing and ready to bring Kolya home and believing God for this.  If for some reason God changes avenue for "Cole" we have a back up plan with the Harbor House in Russia with Alex Krutov and his wonderful group of people in a transitional home that will teach him a trade and disciple him in Gods word and provide a place for him to stay. We would pay for this by the Grace of God and his provision's. He is our son and we will take care of him whether he is here or there.  and if God open other doors to get him here we will walk threw them.   We have decided whatever Gods plan is which at this point we are walking by faith we are "ADOPTING".  We have 3 other children whom we are praying for families one im particular that I would love to get at the same time as Kolya.  Phillip says he is not making any decisions about anything else till we hear from Russia about Kolya so we will just wait and see what God says to do and how to go about doing it.  I will include a picture of Him. His name is Sergio-(means a Servant) he is two and he is precious.    We will call him "Chance" from here on out which means- Lord of Judgment.
Now to update you on all that is happening in other areas of this adoption.  We are ecstatic.  We have found a non profit organization to take our donations.  They are called Project Hopeful wonderful organization we are so blessed to be partnering with them.. In every donation you give with not only help our Adoption it will help others as well.  5 percent goes to there FIG program which stands for Family in the Gap.  This is an organization that truly believes in the Call of God in there lives to take care of the orphans. Carolyne and Kiel Tweitmeyer who started this has now 14 children 6 from Ethiopia and 1 domesticated baby with down syndrome Sophia Hope she is precious 11 weeks, along with there  6 children before the adoptions.  You can check them and there ministries out at www.projecthopeful.org they have alot of You Tube as well..  Very compelling ministry.
Was able to go to the Orphan Summit last week 4/12,13/2011 in Louisville Kentucky  it was more than AWESOME. I have new wind beneath my wings.  I heard some thing I am taking with me.  When you adopt in America you are literally bettering a life praise God,  when you adopt Internationally you are Literally CHANGING A LIFE.   Unless you have been there or know people down this road you cant imagine the conditions or the things these precious children young and old face in a day to day life.  It absolutely breaks my heart.  I cant save all the 147million orphans but I can "Change" the ones God places in front of us.
We so need your prayers for a Miracle and provision, wisdom with a pure heart in all these decision that has to be made as they arise.  Your prayers are like the wind beneath our wings so please start praying and dont stop.  God does here our prayers.
One last thing we are going to start selling t-shirts and Handmade products and  Jewelry from African Refugees and Ugandan Women.  This will help in two ways.  The  iswe are working with which
www.147millionorphans.org buys their products from these African Refugees and Ugandan women.  These women are then able to earn a sustainable income from making these beautiful products.  In the mean time 147 million gives back as well to International Orphan ministries in China, Uganda, Haiti, Honduras, & Ethiopia.  Each purchase helps feed an Orphan, provide food for a family and Helps SAVE A LIFE threw Adoption. We will have T-shirts as well as Jewelry. So more to come on this soon with pictures.  Put your orders in now.  email me at annepetitt@windstream.net    Think outside the box:
Birthdays, Christmas, Just because gifts.  They are so beautiful and colorful.  Women will love, little girls will think they are princesses.

Sergio- "Chance"Went Back Home With Mom and Dad... Pray Works!

Magazine Necklaces

Nagazine Earrings

Lots of necklaces

Thank you for your time and God is Good ALL the TIME  God is good.  Be Blessed this Summer.  The Petitts

Join in prayer for us to help find Helen 11months a home, and Tanner 3 yrs old on a 18month old level.  It doesn't cost anything to you to pray them a home.   Helen Got Adopted by a Russian Family. She is now at a Home not in A Hospital.  Prayer Works.

Helen:  11months

Tanner -Tanner has a family working on adopting him now.  Praise the Lord.

Chasing Moonlight... Finding Paisley...: Pick up the cross!!

Chasing Moonlight... Finding Paisley...: Pick up the cross!!: "As the days begin to get warmer and the boys beg for just a few more minutes to play outside together, I feel the comfortabl..."

Staying Calm We Are Believing God is IN Control..

We got a very disturbing letter today..  Our response to the letter we sent out to Eastern Europe on Feb 7 letting them know we want to adopt Cole and if they would let us our letter of answer has been sent to an Accredited agency saying, "They were working for us." This is not true. We are not clear what is going on please pray for an answers and Truth who is behind this?  Thank you and more later. God bless Anne

An Adoption Journey To Save A LIFE

See Miracles Do Happen!!!

Anne Zutaut Petitt

Mrs. Petitt,
We are pleased to confirm that based on the information you have provided your I-600 petition has been filed with the EE Country DHS office.
Sincerely,
Immigrant Visa Unit

God has done an amazing thing in our LIVES all the blood, sweat , and tears has paid off.  We are past the hurdle on the American side.  Now we wait for the EE side to come through. Thank you and God bless.

On behalf of my husband and I we want to personally take this time to thank you all so much so much for all your prayers and working through the trenches work to beat the clock of March 4th. Through all this hard work we make it by the ski...n of our teeth. When something is Gods will nothing can stop it my faith has been challenged and straightened at the same time. Know we are ready to go the next leg. The EE side of it.. I am so glad this day has finally come I know we have a lot more to go but at least we have the American side for now. What is impossible for man is POSSIBLE with God. Remember that. Love you all whether I know you or not your prayers made a difference, your legs made a difference in C.S.Petitt outcome. He still does not know about us so keep praying God prepare his heart.

Continue to pray for EE judges, councils, ministries anyone who has to do with decisions. Give them hearts towards the orphans, of coarse Cole in particular. Soften there hearts for a quick and speedy Adoption.
Feel free to forward to all that has been keeping up with our story.. 

We are not sure when he will be home a lot will depend on EE and when they are going to release him to even start the process things are supposed to go quicker with Irina the R****** Lawyer.Our prayer would be Sept to no later than Dec. But we will see. Gods timing. No ours. We are very excited we have found a problem with a christian organization in for teen boys called The Harbor that have a skill / trade training on Saturday that he will start attending this will be positive christian influences through them. We are ecstatic. I don't know if you know this but my last name is Zutaut I have family that live in Lithuania so .. My blood runs deep through these lands. This is a dream come true for us this is full circle for me. Would love to go and see my aunt and her family that lives over there someday in all this. Who knows. Keep praying thanks for all the well to dos. I am glad you are watching to see what God will do.

Change the Changing of Seasons..

Randpom Thoughts

Oh God how can the pain of loving something so much and never even meeting this child who is looking at you threw the screen fill a family with so much compassion that words cant even touch the debt of the pain in our hearts of the future this child could face if HE doesn’t get A GOD SIZE MIRACLE. With those beautiful BIG brown eyes and a Bright face with so much Hope and anticipation of what Life Can be? I can only wonder how His mother was with him before she died? Did you rock him? Did she feed him good meals? Did she take care of him? But the most important question I ask my self did she pray over him? Did she pray for HIM? Did she know God? Did she know Jesus? Did she pray that if something ever happened to her that someone would take care of her child and love him the way she did? Do mommas think like that way in EASTERN Europe? These all questions I wonder in the grand scheme of the matter.. God sent us this little boys face on our computer.. As my husband and I have prayed and seeked God in this decision to adopt this boy for our family we have come to any church that will let us come and share our story and our pray is that God will get the glory for using ordinary people for some thing extra ordinary by doing what Gods word says.. Take care of my children. http://petittzutaut.blogspot.com/

A family that desperately needs your help.. We want to be together but cant do it with out the help of anyone who will let there heart be used for something they may not even understand.

Faith is not ...

Faith is not believing that GOD CAN. It is KNOWKING that HE WILL.  Beleive and pray with us for GOD's BEST and His Provision and Miracle.

How We Need Prayers From Each Person Who Will.

We need you all to pray for:

1. KINGDOM CONNECTIONS..

2. God to send the Mighty Band of Angels out to bring C.S.P home.. Operate Micheal the Arch Angel and Gabriel for  and the children around the world who have no hope outside of adoption. The bible says we have full access to these angelic beings we just have to ask for them please ask for them for C.S. Petitt.

3. Pray for quick and clear response from EE.

4. We have been advised to seek a Immigration Lawyer we are believing God is our Lawyer we have the faith HAVE IT with us or if God wants us to do this pray he will find us one and provide for one? We found one who would consult with us for 250.00 an hr. OUCH OUCH  my goodness expensive.. How do normal people afford these people?  Wish we new a lawyer of any sort.

5. Pray that God will release the funds for this adoption if there is something in the spiritual realm stopping them and these boundaries are not from him command them broken in Jesus name. We have a friend who has a house for sale in Charlotte NC a $450,000.00 house the people want it they have a huge down payment ready to buy something with bank hold up she has said she wanted to help us get to Russia. This could be a huge help in the grand scheme of things.. Pray for this house to be sold quickly in Jesus name.

6. Pray for favor we are heading to Atlanta 6am to finish Immigration papers.. We need speedy proceedings we still have to get to the I600 part of the Petition and documents. ANSWERED WENT SMOOTH AND QUICK! THANKS

7. Our lawyer will be back by Feb 22 Phillip and I’s 14th year anniversary. Pray we have answer from Russia that they will expedite  C.S. Petitt court papers so he is ready and legal to adopt and petition from America.

8.  We have a wonderful power point we are trying to get made into a DVD.  So that we may give and send to churches,  business's and people to help raise funds..  Pray we can find someone who can do this soon.
 

We are still Believing our God is able to do exceedingly and abundantly more that what we could ever ask hope and dream in Jesus name..
IN Numbers yesterday I was reading about Moses and there years in the wilderness. NUMBERS 11:23 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Is there any limit to My power? Now you will see whether or not my words come true!” Out of all my reading that has left an imprint in my mind. That is all we have is His word and the faith to believe he has told us to walk this way. To believe and trust. Thanks in advance for you prayers. 
We are doing exactly what God told us to do 3 weeks ago this coming Wednesday when our whole life got turned around.  It is where we started at the beginning at the Miracle stage.  Only GOd can make this happen we asked for a miracle and now HE has the power and strength to show out and SHOW up.  Help us pray for our MIRACLE CHILD. Help safe a life in your prayers and resources..Bless his HOLY NAME in the NAME OF JESUS.

We did get our fingerprinting done we should be able to talk to an Immigration person with the I600 division tomorrow about our dilemma at this point and see if the US will work with us and still waiting to see what EE will say to the answer to our letter we send out one week ago tomorrow.  Lots of WAITING WAITING AND more WAITING.
Most of the time when orphans come to the states the get what they call an American name on there new American birth certificate.  ***** real name is ******* but he goes by C.S. Petitt  in orphanage so they usually shorten nickname which would go to Cole and his middle name is the name the Lord has given him "Shepherd"  because God was His Shepherd and brought him out of (Egypt) EE Country.
  So his full American name will be Cole Shepherd Petitt

Huge Miracle and Blessing from God and His Servant of Christ.

We just got the Biggest blessing a donation of 5,500.00 that goes and pays off and starts the contract with the Adoption Agency and Lawyer.  This is Huge.  Today all I can is:  YEAH GOD YEAH GOD YEAH GOD..

Letter of HOPE for C.S. Petitt

Hello,

      I would like to share with you the journey my family has embarked on.  It is the most important venture we have ever taken part in.  It is A Journey To Save A Life.  Our hopes are, that once you hear about , you w C.S. Petittill want to be a part of this journey as well.  For it is C.S. Petitt  life we are in a race to save. .
      First, let me introduce our family. Phillip Petitt:  Supervisor remodeling Wal-Mart and Kroger and state jobs, Anne Petitt 39 –Stay at Home mom and teacher for home schooling,  Adam Petitt 12- Loves soccer, acting, reciting anything and everything loves reading, Adam wants to be a pilot and fly for the the Blue Angels, he loves languages and learns them easily, we are all currently learning Russian,  Ryan 9- loves to build any and everything, loves studying about Wars loves World War II, anything military, he is an Artist loves to paint, draw, and create.  Both boys are learning to play piano and is very talented in music.  One day it would be nice to have a family Christian  band like the Gaithers.  Heehee. 
     My family has known God's calling to care for orphans is at the very center of the Gospel for some time.  Throughout this time, doors have opened and closed.  As we have walked through each opened door, October 21, 2010, an opened door led to C.S. Petitt.  After being introduced to  C.S. Petitt gentle, smiling face, I spent the entire night praying for him, never sleeping, never ceasing, just calling out to God on behalf of this boy. Thru much prayer and wisdom and seeking direction we have been confirmed without a shadow of a doubt that  Cole Shephard will be our son in his new forever home.    And so the Journey began.
     Allow me to introduce you to C.S. Petitt, we have sent you a family picture as you can see with  C.S. Petittin the middle of it.. Please put on your refrigerator as a reminder to think about us during this time and pray.   C.S. Petitt is a 15 year old orphan from EE.  In Eastern Europe (EE) including Latvia, Ukraine orphans in most cases are forced out of the orphanages at 16 years old.  A lot of times sadly to say no arrangements or preparations are made for these children, they simply must go to make room for the younger children.  Many will go to the sewers to live as there is some warmth there.  6 out of 10 girls will be forced into prostitution, 7 out of 10 boys will turn to a life of drugs or crime to survive.  Just 2 out of 5 of these children will live beyond the age of 23.  Many will commit suicide.  We can easily agree that a two in five chance to survive does not hold much promise when you are the child hoping to be one of those two.   C.S. Petitt unfortunately is in those statistics.  Hoping to be one of the two who will survive.
     This is where you can join us on the Journey To Save A Life, to save Kolya's life.  Our family must raise $30,000 towards  C.S. Petitt adoption cost.    We realize that this amount is great.  We assure you  C.S. Petitt life is of greater value.  He just needs a chance, someone to believe in him, a family.  We want to be that family and trust we are meant to be.
     Would you please consider becoming a sponsor for  C.S. Petitt adoption?   C.S. Petitt will turn 16 on March 9, 2011 we have to have all papers at US Embassy in Eastern Europe 30 days before he turns 16 in order to adopt him and claim him Everyday he waits without hope, he takes another step closer to becoming another statistic for Eastern Europe orphans.  Time is running out; please join us in this Journey.
     All donations are tax deductible and will get receipt for taxes.  You can make checks out to Community Church.  In Memo write “Mission A”

     Send checks in the envelope provided or to:  125 Ridgeway Terrace Maysville, GA 30558.

                                   Believing in the Jehovah Jireh,

                                                    Phillip, Anne, Adam, & Ryan  & C.S. Petitt

P.S.  Also we are looking for Frequent flyer miles we have to go to Eastern Europe (EE) 3 times in the coarse of the adoption and Priority points for hotel accommodations.  If you know anyone who has some and wants to donate them or has connections in EE that would be a blessing.  Thanks, The Petitts

The need is Great but the reward will be awesome.. A Son sent by the Father ABOVE.

Our name is the Petitts and in the middle of our picture is Cole from Eastern Europe;  We have to go to EE to petition for him before he turns 16 March 9. We need a God Size Miracle to make this possible for Cole.  He has an exuberant joy about him.  In midst of what his life has brought him, he still has Joy and Hope.  Won't you please pray for us in the Journey we are taking in bringing our Boy Home to have a family that will love him, tuck him at night, care for him, clothe him and feed him?  But more importantly than all these he will get to know the God who has sent us to him to begin with.  A GOD WHO CARES FOR THE ORPHANS…  We covet your prayers and advise and even consideration of giving to us in this endeavor.

Now all we can do is wait and Trust the Lord.

We have all our stuff in and have did all that was on the list we just sent our last clearance documents in yesterday to the CIS which is the Immigration Department. All the Grants we have found don't come out till March ,June and Dec so what we need now will be from whatever and whoever the Lord lays on there hearts to give.  Cole's LIFE lies in the fate of GOD.  This is an interesting place to be totally dependent  really its the only place to be because GOD is always in control even when we think we are.  Its a very humbling place to be to know there is nothing Phillip and I can do except wait and expect God to show up and show out he is always on time.  As always keep praying and letting people know this situation  you never know who God may put in your path.  Believe the impossible with us.  God Bless you this year in your walk with the LOrd may your faith be strengthened too.  The best place to be on your knees crying out to the Lord.

Mad Rush for finishing all that we can.. Before Jan 29th latest Feb 5,2011

God has been amazing that is all I can say..  We have had opposition after opposition with this Journey crazy things.  For starters he was supposed to come for Christmas well orphanage canceled.  Then we had to seek GOd on:  OK Lord what now and he clearly drew out a plan for us and Gave us the way to walk so we are walking in that path with each road block we go through he takes care of it amazingly fast.  I know it has been GOd and his favor with people and man that has allowed it to all work out.  All my legal documents where different the only one that wasnt different was License and Marriage Certificate and that was really saved me with the Passport group.  My name was spelled wrong on it and I didn't even notice in 2005 it wasn't an issue.  But for this adoption it was the end of the world with EE your Passport and Marriage Certificate has to match.  no if and or buts. So thank God for our Charles who works for Johnny Issackson's office he was wonderful he was right on it got a hold of Passport people they called me Monday at 7:30 am after Christmas to tell me it was enroute to the main people to get fixed and they didn't charge me extra praise GOd and gave me a beautiful new Passport I think its a VIP one it is totally different from the cheap one I had you would believe this thing it has pictures in it colored ones at that real cardboard for the book.  AMAZING and an updated expiration date.   It was at my house Thursday when my family and I got home from camping for almost a week.   along with the I600A which the immigration side of it saying they are waiting and ready for Done HOME STUDY which we got today..  Everything is coming along now.  That is just a few of the things that have arrised..  It really excites me cause hot ground is HOLY GROUND you know.  and IF Satan wasnt worried than it would not be a BIG deal.  All of our clearances are done  except for the CIS Immigration that is the BIG one and they are waiting for the completed Homestudy which will be sending out Monday Morning.  And Charles will catch them when it gets there and get us in ASAP for fingerprinting.   I honestly dont know all the stuff we have to do for this step I just know we have completed all of what we had to do in record timing.  We started with nothing the 3rd week of Nov and we are at 1st of Jan with only one step left to do and that is this I think.. I dont think the Dossier(EE Home Study) is yet not sure though.
We are starting our gauge over to show what we are getting and have to go towards actual adoption cost now.  The other amount was working towards Home Study.  It is paid in full. We are very thankful to all who helped make this possible.  Thanks you and may God keep blessing you for blessing us.

We know we in and of ourselves cant do this and we are believing GOD for a GOD size Miracle.  We thanks you all who believe God can and will do this and has helped in making this a reality for Cole..  We are  attaching our support letter to this for all to read and share please pass around to all you know who loves to do GODS work..  His payment and rewards are ETERNAL.  God BLess and Happy New Year please pray for our family we need your prayers so bad..... The warfare has kicked up..  We are praying harder and standing strong and steadfast:  Greater is He that is in (us) than he that in the World. Love you all...

Hello,

     I would like to share with you the journey my family has embarked on.  It is the most important venture we have ever taken part in.  It is A Journey To Save A Life.  Our hopes are, that once you hear about Cole, you will want to be a part of this journey as well.  For it is Cole's life we are in a race to save. .
      First, let me introduce our family. Phillip Petitt:  Supervisor remodeling Wal-Mart and Kroger and state jobs, Anne Petitt 39 –Stay at Home mom and teacher for home schooling,  Adam Petitt 12- Loves soccer, acting, reciting anything and everything loves reading, Adam wants to be a pilot and fly for the the Blue Angels, he loves languages and learns them easily, we are all currently learning Russian,  Ryan 9- loves to build any and everything, loves studying about Wars loves World War II, anything military, he is an Artist loves to paint, draw, and create.  Both boys are learning to play piano and is very talented in music.  One day it would be nice to have a family Christian  band like the Gaithers.  Heehee. 
     My family has known God's calling to care for orphans is at the very center of the Gospel for some time.  Throughout this time, doors have opened and closed.  As we have walked through each opened door, October 21, 2010, an opened door led to Cole.  After being introduced to Cole's gentle, smiling face, I spent the entire night praying for him, never sleeping, never ceasing, just calling out to God on behalf of this boy. Thru much prayer and wisdom and seeking direction we have been confirmed without a shadow of a doubt that Cole will be our son in his new forever home.    And so the Journey began.
     Allow me to introduce you to Cole, we have sent you a family picture as you can see with Cole in the middle of it.. Please put on your refrigerator as a reminder to think about us during this time and pray.  Cole is a 15 year old orphan from EE.  In Eastern Europe including Latvia and Ukraine,  orphans are forced a lot of times out of the orphanages at 16 years old.  No arrangements or preparations are made for these children, they simply must go to make room for the younger children.  Many will go to the sewers to live as there is some warmth there.  6 out of 10 girls will be forced into prostitution, 7 out of 10 boys will turn to a life of drugs or crime to survive.  Just 2 out of 5 of these children will live beyond the age of 23.  Many will commit suicide.  We can easily agree that a two in five chance to survive does not hold much promise when you are the child hoping to be one of those two.  Kolya is unfortunately in these statistics.  Hoping to be one of the two who will survive.
     This is where you can join us on the Journey To Save A Life, to save Cole's life.  Our family must raise $25,000 towards Cole's adoption cost.  To date we have raised $5,600.  We realize that this amount is great.  We assure you Cole's life is of greater value.  He just needs a chance, someone to believe in him, a family.  We want to be that family and trust we are meant to be.
     Would you please consider becoming a sponsor for Cole's adoption?  Cole will turn 16 on March 9, 2011 we have to have all papers at US Embassy in EE Country 30 days before he turns 16 in order to adopt him and claim him Everyday he waits without hope, he takes another step closer to becoming another statistic for Russia's orphans.  Time is running out; please join us in this Journey.
     All donations are tax deductible and will get receipt for taxes.  You can make checks out to Community Church.  In Memo write “Mission A”

     Send checks in the envelope provided or to:  125 Ridgeway Terrace Maysville, GA 30558.

We have a blog you are more than welcome to follow our Journey as we walk along this way. http://petittzutaut.blogspot.com

                                              Sincerely In Christ,

                                                            Phillip, Anne, Adam, & Ryan and Cole Shephard

P.S.  Have wonderful Merry Christmas this year.. Sending lots of love and cheer.

Also we are looking for Frequent flyer miles we have to go to EE 3 times in the coarse of the adoption and Priority points for hotel accommodations.  If you know anyone who has some and wants to donate them or has connections in Europe that would be a blessing.  Thanks, The Petitts