Monthly Archives: July, 2005
Honduras Thunderstorm
So, Frank walked 15 mins with the interpreter last night to an internet cafe and on the way back a huge thunderstorm with lightening came up. He said he was walking in knee deep water back to the site where they are staying. Pretty scary. Thank you Lord for your Divine protection!
Book Sale
We have been planning to have a great big used book sale to build funds for the $3,000 orphanage donation required by us as part of our adoption. We have been blessed as friends and family have donated many books for us to sell, and a couple have just decided to donate money-which we didn’t …
Adoption Timeline
June 14, 2004-received packet from AWAA and decided to adopt a baby girl from China August 9, 2004-made contact with Lifeline Children’s Services out of Birmingham to conduct our Home Study August 25, 2004-fingerprinted for DHR, Alabama! September 1, 2004-sent first application to AWAA September 1, 2004-applied for certified copies of birth and marriages certificates …
What China says about her…
Fu Zhi Yuan’s Growth Report Fu Zhi Yuan, female, was born on December 13, 2002. Her birth parents abandoned her when she was about two months old. On February 12, 2003 she was brought into our orphanage until now. At the initial physical exam, her height was 52cm, weight was 3.1kg, head measurement was 37cm …
E-mail to Special Needs Coordinator 3/30/05
We were patiently waiting for a regular referral from China, when we felt lead to place our family on the “waiting child list” in case our little girl had some sort of special need-we didn’t want to miss THE ONE. This is the e-mail I wrote to the Special Needs Coordinator at our agency specifying …
Why Clara Kathryn?
First, Katy is called that because I love my little sister Katie Wohlford and I thought Anne Louise should have one, too. Clara is Frank’s dad’s mother’s name. Clara Pass was a Jewish girl, living in Chicago, who heard about Jesus-the Messiah-from a sidewalk preacher. When she went home to share this wonderful news with …
Why Anne Louise?
Louise came first, from my great-grandmother, Big Mama-Louise Isabella. She stayed with me everyday of my life, I think, until she died when I was 8 years old. Also, Louise is my grandmother’s name, my Oma, my Daddy’s mother. She is deaf and who started the “Great Wohlford Interpreting Royal Family”. Anne came from JoAnn, …
Why Ella Grace?
Ella is from my great-grandmother’s name Isabella and Grace is when you get something you don’t deserve…and we feel like we are.
Frank is in Honduras!
Frank left this morning for his first foreign mission trip with youth with Book of Hope to Honduras. Pray for his safe travel and for hearts to be penetrated for the gospel.