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Welcome to Emma's Blog as she begins her journey to our home.
Hello to our Family and Friends, We wanted to share some exciting news with each of you. God has placed it on our hearts to adopt a baby girl from Russia. We have both always wanted to adopt and it is...
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Just Love Coffee Store
One way that you can help support bringing Emma home to our family, is by purchasing coffee from our store at: http://www.justlovecoffee.com/TheBurrells For every bag of coffee that you purchase, we...
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He Who Calls You is Faithful!
I don't think I could fully express how deeply I love this little girl whom I have never met. God has written His love in my heart for her already. How I long for the day when I can hold Emma in my...
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Article 21
"A Person who lives in faith must proceed on incomplete evidence, trusting in advance what will only make sense in reverse."Phillip YancyWhen we first began our Adoption Journey, we were counseled that...
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US CIS Approval Day :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We received super exicting news today when we checked our mailbox. Two weeks ago we completed our fingerprinting for the adoption, and today we received our approval letter from U.S. Citizenship and...
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Elizabeth Englehardt Creations Fundraiser for Emma's Adoption
We are super excited and super blessed to have Elizabeth Englehardt helping us raise money for our adoption costs. http://www.elizabethengelhardtcreations.comElizabeth has become a dear friend of our...
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October 15th-Paperwork Complete and Sent to Russia!!!!
"Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone does wondrous things." Psalm 72:18Today, We are super excited and full of joy and praise for our Awesome God! We received an email late this...
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I'm Adopted; You're Adopted!
*I heard a story about a woman who had a dream: She was in a vast stadium filled with thousands and thousands of people. The crowd was focused on the field.There were people bringing children out, one...
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Quilt Raffle
Queen Size Quilt Raffle All Proceeds go toward Emma's Adoption. *Drawing to be held December 19, 2010* Tickets: $5.00 each If you would like a chance to win this Beautiful Quilt, then send me an email...
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REGION ASSIGNMENT-Kaliningrad
As you know if you follow this blog, we submitted our Dossier (Russian Adoption Paperwork) to Russia in October 2010. We received wonderful news about a month ago that we were assigned a region in...
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Emma's First Doll :)
I recently participated in a Community Market sponsored by a local MOPS group. I had a booth where I sold my baked goods, scarves, aprons, prayer journals, and various other projects to raise money for...
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AUCTION for Adorable TUTU & Leggings
My wonderful friend, Elizabeth from Elizabeth Engelhardt Creations, is hosting an auction for an adorable girl's tutu and leggings with the proceeds going towards our adoption costs. Check out this...
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"Eucharisteo" Oil Painting Auction-Auction ends on May 8, 2011
WINNER is: Shelly Dippel!!!Congratulations to Shelly and thank you for your support of our Adoption! We Pray that the Painting brings a smile to your face and Gratitude (Eucharisteo) to your heart!We...
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Update on our Adoption Journey...
We haven't written an update in a while, so I wanted to share with you where we are currently at in the adoption process. Our sweet baby girl, Bella Joy, was born in July. Our adoption agency requires...
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Summer 2012 Update on our Adoption Journey...
Since I last wrote an update, our family has moved back to the DFW area, and our sweet Bella Joy just celebrated her 1 year birthday. We are busy updating all of our adoption paperwork with the new...
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Auction for GORGEOUS NECKLACE!
We were recently blessed to receive a gift certificate from a dear friend to http://twisted-silver.com. I used the certificate to purchase this GORGEOUS necklace here:...
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Adoption Update~New Region & New Fundraising Opportunities
We wanted to update you on our adoption process. We spoke at length with our Adoption Agency last week concerning the timing of Emma's homecoming. Our Precious Emma will now be coming from the Bryansk...
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US CIS Approval!
Yesterday we received our Approval letter for our I600 form. Yay!! We plan to notarize all the updated documents today and then travel to Austin (3hrs from here) on Friday to have everything...
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Documents in Russia!!!!!!!!!!! The Wait Begins :-)
We have very exciting news to share. All of our documents have been notarized and apostilled and they are in Russia now being translated. That can take up to two weeks and then we will be registered in...
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Request for Donations for Upcoming Online Auction
Dear Friends and Family,The day we will meet our precious Russian Princess, Emma Charity, is fast approaching. We hope to travel to meet her in January 2013 and bring her home sometime next Spring....
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