God has blessed our family abundantly! Please help us welcome Maura Ruhama Reed! Please leave a comment at the bottom of this post so she can know who helped pray her into our family.
Thank you for all your prayers! Please don't stop now as there will likely be another month before we can bring her home. She needs to remain healthy and God needs to light a fire under the U.S. State Dept. to process paperwork quickly!
57 comments:
Praise the Lord! Congratulations! :)
Congratulations Reed Family. She is absolutely precious!
Thank you Jesus! Erica, I am so Happy for ya'll. Oh My, How happy you and your family must be. This just goes to show how lucky you are. God truly blesses those who follow him! Congratulations sweetie! I LOVE YOU!!
I COULD NOT BE HAPPIER FOR YOU!!!!! Praise God! She is so incredibly beautiful.
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!! praise GOD!! praise GOD!!!
Congrats Reed family. She is beautiful. So happy for you.
Congratulations!!! I am so happy for you guys. Can't wait to meet her and give her sugars!
Andrea
Oh Erica she is beautiful!!!! We are so excited for you and can't wait to see you holding her!!!
Lisa Heddleson
Reed Family,
I'm so excited for you! Maura is beautiful and smiley. Thank you for sharing your journey with us. I had been praying for you last night and this morning and checking your blog all morning. Went to walk the dog and came back to find wonderful news and all of these comments already! We will continue to pray you to Ethiopia and home with your precious girl!
love,
Amber Booy
Congratulations!!! I've been checking your blog all morning looking for an update. I jumped in the shower and came out and you've posted your video and have gotten 9 comments already! I'm so happy for your family!!!
Erica, she is just beautiful! So happy for you & your family!
Okay, I just watched the video. She is a DOLL BABY! We too have been through so much, but trust that God is in control. In December we lost our 5yo daughter literally days before she was to come home, after a year-long process. She was brutally murdered in Guatemala. Then, in August we lost our ET referral of two girls, after having them in our hearts for 4mos. We just received another referral a few weeks ago. We hope and pray that this is the child meant to come home to our family. The loss of our daughter in still so vivid in our minds and hearts. It's so hard for me to understand the "why's" of this all. But my trust is in God. (sorry... I'm going on and on.)
Congratulations!!!
Carla
PS: In my Bible study on Tues, Beth Moore said something that I really needed to hear, and suits our situations (and really anyone adopting,) so well. She said, "We will never see the fulfillment of our greatest destiny, If we don't wait upon the Lord." This is soooo true.
Congratulations!!!! Maura, we prayed for you and your family throughout this journey and we will continue to do so until you are safely home!! You are so loved, little girl!!
Congratulations to all of you! Maura is absolutely gorgeous! We are so excited for your family and we can't wait to see pictures of all four of you together! God is so good!!!!
Robert, Kelly and Nathan
Praising God with all of you!!! Congratulations, Reeds! She's amazing! Welcome, Maura! The Lord has brought your mommy, daddy, and brother through some hard trials so they will have an even stronger faith to live out before you. Follow their lead. They have pursued the Father through it all. Blessings on you, Sweet Child. God has huge plans for you to bring Him even more glory than you already have!
I love you so much, Maura! I'm glad you are coming home!
Love,
Big Brother Ashton
Thank you Lord for this wonderful blessing! I can not wait to meet you. you are such a special child who is loved by so many.
love,
Rachael
Praising God for your glorious news today!! So very happy for you! She is beautiful!! I will continue to pray her home!
Reed Family,
Congratulations!!! She is beautiful. Precious, precious, precious. I cried all through your video. Thank you for your powerful example of Faith in God despite all the difficult circumstances you have faced along the way. We have had a long and at times difficult adoption journey. Thank you for the encouragement through your testimony and scripture shared. God Bless Maura and your family. We will pray you travel quickly.
Sydney Gore
Congratulations, Reeds!! God has answered our prayers. Your daughter is simply beautiful. I loved the prayer at the end of your video. I can't wait to see what God has in store for your family and specifically what He has in store for both of your children. May He be praised!!
Blessings-
Kendall & Davett Coffman
Reed Family, we are overwhelmed with God's miracles and goodness looking at your new beautiful baby girl. She is simply stunning!! WOW
This has been a long, crazy, challenging adoption journey, but your precious treasure was waiting for you. Maura, you were sooo worth the wait!!
Sweet girl, the best is yet to come.
We pray for speedy paperwork and expedited travel!!
We love you!
No words. Just that God is good, and I am crying!
I can not wait till you hold your baby girl, prayers, as always still going up!
What a beautiful little one!!! We are continuing to pray for you baby Maura and for you safe journey to mommy and daddy's arms!!
Kerri and John Logan
Congratulations on the new addition. Maura is beautiful.
Praise the Lord!! What a beautiful gift! We will continue to pray her home...
Precious Reed Family,
What a honor I had to hold and pray over your darling just a few short time ago. She is a true miracle! I will continue praying for little Maura's health and strength. God will continue the good work He has started! Enjoy and celebrate this special day!
Dear Maura,
We are so excited to think that in just a few short weeks we will see you and hold you in our arms. We love you and Ashton and your mommy and daddy, too! God has some special plans for you, precious girl!
Love,
The Drewrys
What a blessing! She is beautiful!
She is a perfect blessing--and she is YOURS!! What gorgeous bright eyes!! She will be smiling into your eyes and snuggling into your arms before you know it!! We will continue to pray for the Lord to surround precious Maura and you with His presence--that's ALL we need!! Blessings to you!
Gillian and the Tuckers
Blessings to the four of you!
What a great big brother Ashton will be! Probably disappointed when he finds out you can't pedal there! Sooooo happy for you!
How blessed you all are! What an amazing video presentation. I just don't know what else to say - God is a GREAT!
Love all of you and cannot wait to meet you, Maura!
Harry & Amy Rishel
Erica- I could not be more excited for your family and for beautiful, beautiful Maura. I have thought of you so very many times over these last few months and I am so thankful that you will be bringing home this perfect gift so very soon!
Love- Emily Bowers
Erica- What wonderful news! Congrats on your sucessful caourt hearing! She is adorable.
She is beautiful!!! Those gorgeous eyes are captivating! So excited for you all.
What a testimony you guys are of faithfulness and leaning on God. I look forward to meeting Maura.
Maura's big brown eyes and smile just make me melt! I'm so happy for you guys and pray time will seem to go by faster so you may get that precious girl home!
Congratulations!
Congratulations! God is so good!
Oh, precious Baby, how my heart overflows with joy! For each of my children, I have found myself at the same place on the night before delivery and on the night before court - on my knees in prayer and Bible study. The road that led us to you has been full of joy and sorrow but we are so thankful for this journey. God has changed our lives and strengthened our faith so that we can be better parents for you and Ashton. I love you so much and my arms ache to hold you! Words cannot begin to express my joy. I love you so much, sweet Maura Ruhama! Mommy's coming baby!
Love,
Mommy
Congratulations, Reed family and Maura! God has indeed done great things. Our prayers continue for you.
She is beautiful!!! I am so excited for you all. Praying she will be able to come home SOON!
Awesome news!!! Praise God for his goodness!! We pray you will travel very soon. :)
Reed family,
What an amazing answer to prayer!! God is so good and has done great things and we are GLAD!!
I pray that God would guide you each step of your journey to Ethiopia and back and be a shelter for each of you.
I pray for Maura, that she would be healthy and strong and know that she is so loved and prayed for every day.
Love and hugs and prayers,
Debi
I'm so excited for you guys. Your adoption journey is this incredible story that forever changed everyone involved. I'm so glad you chose to share it. I know Maura is already so loved by everyone. I also know a certain boy who's been praying his whole life for a little sister. Ash is going to come unglued at her arrival to his house. I can't wait to see it happen! Praise God!
I am beyond relieved and excited for your family!!! She is absolutely beautiful!!!! What a great smile!!!! When is your tentative visa appt?!?
What wonderful news for this day! We've been blessed by your story of faithfulness to this journey. May the Lord continue to bless and keep you alll! Thank you Jesus!
Hilary Forrest
Congratulations! We continue to pray for you from North Carolina!!
Stephanie and her two Guatemalan Princes Gabriel and Joseph
Jason, Erica, and Ashton-
Congratulations! She is just BEAUTIFUL and I can't wait to meet her! Praying the travel date is NEAR! Praise God for His perfect plan!
Jaime
Congratulations. We can't wait to follow your journey to bring her home. God Is SO GOOD.
I am new to the blog, of course, but I am very happy for the three of you! I know, when my aunt and uncle get the call for Benjamin (the boy they are rescuing from China), we will all rejoice. Congratulations, and know that Heaven itself is rejoicing with you.
So happy for your family!! I have been praying for you guys. She is beautiful!! Hope you can travel soon!!
Maura, What a beautiful and precious little bundle of joy you are! We are praying for your good health and that you will soon be home with your wonderful Mommy, Daddy, Big Brother, and extended family. We love you already and anticipate with joy seeing you grow up. Can't wait to hug and kiss you! Much love, Sammie & Jo Anne Kelton
Welcome little one to a loving family that has waited and prayed for you for such a long time. God knew that this is where you belonged and he has been preparing the way for this joyous celebration.
Wishing you only happy days ahead,
Alice C. Smallwood
Welcome to a wonderful and loving family Maura. A familiy who has patiently been waiting for you for a very long time!
Congratulations Reed Family! She is a beautiful blessing!
Praise God from whom all blessings flow!!! So excited for you. We will continue praying for your family as you continue your journey.
Greg and Martha
So happy for you guys!!!!
Hello again sweet Maura!! It was such an honor to have gotten to meet you in Ethiopia as you shared a room with our daughter Hannah- Metsehet! I have been praying for you for such a long time and am praising GOD that He is bringing you home to your forever family! May you forever be blessed!
In His timing - always,
Jean, Chris & Hannah-Metsehet Carpenter
Maura is beautiful!! I don't know who is luckier, Maura for getting to join the Reed family or the Reed family for having the privilege of calling her one of their own!! Congratulations! God is Good!
Love the Douglas family-
Jason, Faran, Jayden and Jaxen
What an awesome family you are coming to be with. You are such a beautiful little girl and will be loved so much. Can't wait to see you.
Rick & Debbie Jessup
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