friend for life...

When I was 16 years old, one of my first dates with Andy was to pick up his best friend Ezra at the airport. I knew Ezra but this time he was bringing a girlfriend with him & all's I knew was that she had red hair. Little did I know it was one of most life changing nights of my life. You see I wasn't so sure about this red head, but the minute she got in the car we started to laugh. Of course Ezra ( her husband now ) wanted to stop at taco bell, Rhonda & I laughed the whole way home talking about disgusting taco bell experiences...I told her that night I am going to marry Andy Miller and sure enough we both married this pair of best friends.

Since then Rhonda & I have walked thru so many things together. One time we were in India ( ok if you have a week stomach stop reading now) I was very sick in a really gross Indian hospital and they needed a feces sample. I was so sick I could not get it in the cup so Rhonda just picked it up with her bare hands and put it in the cup for me, talk about a true friend...

I have been there through her pregnancies she has been their through my adoption. When we did not live near each other and I was walking through some dark times, Rhonda would call me sometimes 3 times a day to make sure I was ok :) I could tell story after story of the love this girl gives. There are very few friendships in this world that are true but this friendship is one of the greatest gifts God has given me..

Today Rhonda is in the hospital with her precious 2 year Amiah who goes through more in one day than many of us in a lifetime. Rhonda found out today that Amiah after having a kidney removed has stage 3 cancer. Any parent would say that those are heart wrenching words to hear. I can honestly say that Rhonda is my hero, she walks in the love & joy of Jesus. She pastors everyone she meets; the hospitality and love you feel in her home is unmistakable. She draws you in and radiates Jesus to all she comes in contact with. Really and many would agree there is no one like her. Please pray with for Rhonda & Ezra, Amiah ( kadesh & zuzu ) this family makes the darkness tremble and they love the Lord & defend the weak, now they need some defending. So please go to the throne with me and cry out for the Griffiths Family...

the i-600....

...so we had an exciting moment this week...well, exciting if you take the time to really process and think about it. we were given our 1-600 documents this week. what is that? well, I will tell you....it is basically an "Orphan Petition." for adults, when they want to come into the United States, an adult foreigner can file a document saying "can I come into your country and live there?"

Now Paxton is not old enough to make an appeal. So we are making the appeal for Paxton. We are saying, "I petition to the US Government to allow this little orphan come into the United States of America. This orphan is fully welcomed into our family and we will: provide for, care for, love on, defend, fight for, and meet every need that this little one has. We committ to 100% resonsability of this child..."

That so excites us! It makes me think about God who says "He is a defender of the weak..." This little one has been abandoned to some degree, and we get the honor of stepping in and saying, "No one wants Pax? We want Pax! We will be the defender of Pax!...

Please continue to pray with us as we petition for this little one and continue to "raise" the finances neeeded to cover all avenues of our adoption!

Our Little Miracle...

Well here I go… I have not written on here in a while. It is not that I have been discouraged it is just the simple fact that I really haven't known what to say….
I believe with all my heart we are going to get Pax; NO matter what we are adopting a baby and we will name that baby Paxton [so all of you that like to gank my names go ahead I'm still naming my baby Pax] :) [no bitterness I mean I do pick amazing names] :) I may be nuts but we are “YWAMers” & we see miracles every day. Young people who long to share Jesus with the world but cannot afford a plane ticket; then the money shows up and a nation is changed…

My friend who has a child with tumors all over their body one day and then the next day they go to the doctor & the tumors are gone! a 198 acre property being provided so that hundreds of thousands of missionaries can be trained & sent to the mission field! Story after story in our mission of the faithfulness of God! My heart aches thinking that this baby may not be from Korea. We have prayed & felt like our baby is supposed to be from Korea but we need a miracle. Please pray with us. A lot of you have given and we are beyond grateful - but I am asking for prayer; prayer will turn this around & bring a miracle. Pray - and I believe God will speak! He may even speak names of people you could tell about Pax.... When we adopted Ty we were not in alone. There were hundreds of people who prayed and gave - the same goes with Pax. We cannot do this alone; we are dealing with a government not our own; we are dealing with an orphanage on the other side of an ocean…

If you read this - please pray that our miracle will get a chance at life!