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My friend Sue said she awoke praying for our family this morning.  As I read her email and all the specifics that she was praying for for our family and Ollie and Gertie's bonding - I was so moved.  Even though I am focusing on packing and organizing homeschooling and trying to get through this week, we are covered in prayer. 

My friend Bill - a pilot, sent me an excerpt on the technical side of flying.  I actually feel calm about it.  Which is quite amazing for me - but not amazing considering how God has cared about every detail of this adoption.  Even, me getting on a plane again. 

Well - I may not be ready to leave - but I am ready to come home. After this weekend we are so ready. My dear friend Christy Lipscomb (since we were little 2nd graders) and my Aunt Robertta - who is like my big sister, threw me a huge shower this weekend. Just huge, totally excessive! I am so blessed. It was a little hard to breathe when I saw this mound - like you've never seen- of gifts. Beautifully wrapped and all my best girls hanging around and socializing.

I have gotten a few emails like:  What is going on?  You're adopting?  So, I'll back track and record our journey from the beginning.  You can skim for those of you who've already read this.  Also, I'll just get started because I only have twenty minutes!

Well, I think it's finally hitting me.  I keep looking around the house thinking of more things I want to clean and organize before Gertie and Ollie come home.  I made a really, really long list of things I HAVE to do.  As of 4:00 I crossed off two things.  Yikes.

We received emails from our case worker at All God's Children this past Tuesday. We didn't realize that it was a "prep email" so that we would know better what to expect when we went to go get them. What's a prep email? We didn't know either. Anyway, we got sizes for them and a little more detail of their personality... some of it we could witness by the video we had watched of them.

Hello Friends and Family,

This is a very new experience for me! Many of you know that the extent of my internet usage began and ended at the library. (Half hour time slots only). Anyway, here we are - online and Thanks to Phil Van Drunen at Journey Multimedia the Bokma Family has a website to let you in on all the fantastic goings on.