Our Adoption Story
Below you will find our the chronicles of our adoption journey. We will do our best to update this section of our website as we walk through the various steps of the process. You will be able to find out the best way to pray for us and how you can be involved. Thanks for being interested in our lives.
Ethan Richard Hurst
Ethan is 14 days old today and has been with us for just over a week. We have been posting lots of photos to Facebook, but hadn’t posted any here yet so I thought I would share some of the photo love with you guys. Ethan is doing great. He likes to take long walks [...]
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The little guy has arrived
The little guy was born at 5:32 pm. He weighs 8lbs 3oz and is 20.5 inches long. Mother and son are both doing fine. Please continue to pray for the situation with the birth father. Also pray for the birth mom. These next few days will be a roller coaster of emotions. Pray for God’s [...]
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The baby is coming
Last night at 2:30 a.m. we got the phone call that our birth mom’s water broke. Right now she is at the hospital. Things are moving slowly and if they don’t change she will have to have a c-section. Here are some prayer points. 1. Pray for an easy delivery so she won’t need a [...]
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A Christmas Baby
It looks like we may get a very special Christmas gift this year. For those of you who have been following our adoption journey, you know that this year has been a roller coaster of emotions. A few months ago we thought we were about to have a little guy added to our family and [...]
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Faithfulness,Grace and Disappointment
I want to start off by saying thank you to all of you who have been standing in prayer with us over the last several days. We truly have felt God’s grace in knowing that you were praying for us. It’s been a long weekend On Thursday, about the time that many of you received [...]
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Adoption Update
As mosts of you know, Logan and I have been going through an adoption process for about a year now. Right now we are possibly approaching the finish line of that journey and the starting line of the new journey of parenthood. But we need your prayers. The next few days are very important for [...]
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The Waiting Game
Logan was sitting at her desk at work and her cell phone rang. She looked to see who was calling and noticed that it was our adoption case-worker. Instantly her heart jumped into her throat and her mind began to race, “Could this be it? Are we about to find out that a mother has selected us as her adoptive family? Are we really ready to become parents?” She answered the phone only to find out that our case-worker just needed to double check some facts as she was filling out some paper work on us. This would not be the day when we found out we were going to bring home a new baby.
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Adoption Book Ordered
Logan and I put the finishing touches on the adoption book this afternoon and sent it off to the printers. We should have the book in hand to turn into our adoption case worker by January 4, 2011. Getting our book done was the last requirement on our part to be “adoption ready.” Once we [...]
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The Last Interview
Today is the day for our last home study interview. Our adoption case worker, Doris, is coming by at 10:00am this morning to inspect our house and ask us another 2 hour round of questions. Prayer Points: Pray for peace. The last few days have been pretty stressful as we have tried to get everything [...]
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Paying for an Adoption
As most of you know, Logan and I are full-time missionaries with Youth With A Mission. This means that we do not receive a traditional salary and we are responsible for raising the money we need to live and minister. We do this through the generous gifts of friends, family, and churches we are connected [...]
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