Hi ho! Hi ho! It's back to Kaz we go!

September 18th!!! This is the day we leave. Renewed... renewed passion for this calling, renewed energy for the travel, renewed excitement for the first day, renewed hope... that we will meet our baby this time.
Meanwhile...
-We still haven't painted the baby room because we still don't know if we will have a little girl or a little boy. I have anxious siblings ready with the paint brushes while we are gone.
-Brad turned a year older... and we were actually in country to celebrate.
-I will turn a year older... although, I'm saying that Sunday is a LONG time away because it's the big 30! Whoa!
-We are about to celebrate 5 years of being married! September 13th... That's exciting.
What a year! 2008 has been a great year for us (and it is only August)!
Keep checking back... one more big change to be announced... (probably several posts before we get to that point, but... keep reading).
More soon! Don't forget to keep us in your prayers.... I know I've said it before, but I can't stress how much your prayers have been felt in our lives.
Stephanie

still waiting

So, just in case you are waiting for an update... we are still at home. Current plans are still to return to Kaz mid to end September. Most of our forms expire this month, so we are currently busy doing paperwork. We will definitely post a blog as SOON as we hear anything so that all will know. Please keep praying for us. We are so desperately hoping to meet our baby on our next trip. We have no idea if it will be a baby girl or a baby boy, we just can't wait to hold our baby in our arms.
We plan on blogging again the next time that we travel... we are counting on you all to continue with the comments. :)
STAY TUNED...

Home sweet home

Wow...it's great to be home. The bed...nice. The shower...nice. American food...nice.



Thanks to everyone that has been supporting us through this, and watching the blog. It looks like we'll be coming back to Kaz around the middle of September to start this process over again. That means more time (and money), but we're holding on to the thought that it'll be all worth it when we're holding our baby.



Love you all,



Brad and Steph

FYI...

Someone told us yesterday that it got up to 50 degrees celsius here. That may not mean anything to you, but that converts to 122 degrees f!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We were seriously considering buying some eggs and frying them on the sidewalk.

We also considered skinny dipping in the fountain in the middle of town just like all of the local kids. ;-)

jk

brad and steph

Monday!!!

So, we are going to be home on Monday! We are excited, yet sad... can't wait to see everyone, but are missing the one thing that we thought we would come home with. Please just keep praying for us in the next few months because we'll probably be coming back here soon and we are hoping for much better results... like our baby. :) Anyway... see you all soon. BTW... Nancy... I'll load up the Snickers for you! Love you all and see you soon!
Steph and Brad

There's no place like home...

So, here we are... still in our original city... the options aren't looking great at this point.
We have decided to come home for now. We are actually very excited to come home (back to our electricity, clean shower where flip flops are not necessary, family, and friends). We are dissapointed at the problems that we have run into here, but... we have to trust that God has a reason for us coming here and going through all of this. There are some options for us, but they aren't available right now, so we will keep everyone posted as to what the future holds. :) We may come back to a different area in the near future, but we'll see... we'll continue to post updates as we know anything...
We'll see you all when we get home. :)
Love ya!
Steph and Brad

110!!

So, the longer we stay here, the hotter it gets. Apparently sometime this week it is supposed to hit 115! That's craziness! So, I don't care what everyone says... humidity or not, that is hot!

We still haven't figured out what our next step is... we are just waiting... as patiently as possible, but it is pretty much driving us crazy (nope, apparently we were not already). Every day that we continue to hear nothing means more money and more time here. The "happy side" is that we are more thankful for our home, family, friends, jobs, and country every day.

A couple of days ago, we went to the zoo with our friends here. I'm even more thankful for our zoo! :) I can't even begin to describe what we saw. We did take pictures, but since I'm not on my computer, I can't put them on here right now. All that I can say is that our hippos, monkeys, girffes, camels, birds, crocs, lions and tigers and bears (oh my!), etc... they are VERY lucky.

Brad searched all over the zoo for a Honey Badger, but he never did see one. I'm pretty glad that we didn't see one... :) those things are scary looking!

So, we remain packed and ready to go... just waiting for a happy phone call... we'll keep you posted. Love you all! Steph and Brad