Win Wii or XBOX 360!!!

We are extending our Fundraiser for Jaidyn Grace...

We will have a drawing for winners choice of a game system in time for the Holidays...

Win a Wii or XBOX 360!!!

Every Donation will go towards bringing Jaidynn Grace home from China. Please consider entering our fundraiser and helping Jaidyn come home to her forever family. She has been waiting to be adopted since 2007 when her file was submitted. She watched her two best friends leave the orphanage with their forever family in 2007 and 2009. We adopted Jordyn in 2007 and Jailynn in 2009. We have prayed for Jaidyn to find a forever family too. We never would have guessed that we were her forever family! We are so excited to have her as our daughter and to grow up with her forever sisters! Please help us bring Jaidyn home!

Blessings
Melanie

Getting Closer! DTC!!!

 
Hello and Happy Holidays to everyone! I am very excited to anounce that we are finally DTC (Dossier to China!!!)!!!!!!

I am just so thankful to everyone that has prayed for our family and supported us as we grow our family. We are one step closer to bringing home Jaidyn Grace and reuniting her with her sisters!! Jordyn and Jailynn are both very excited as we get closer to brining her home. We will likely travel sometime next year to bring her home. We still have a ways to go but I am just so relieved to have the paper chase behind me. This has been the longest paper chase yet. When we first staretd this adoption, I was naive to think that we would have already brought our precious daughter home by now. Well, at least we are done wiht the paper chase anyway. I actually drove to Austin today to our agency to provide one more document that was needed for the package to go to China. I could have just sent it by mail and then we would be DTC next Friday, but I just could not stand to wait another week. I guess that is the adoption hormones flaring up. I wanted to get this done. So I drove to Austin while my children were in school. It was really a good drive because I spent time praying and driving. Well, He actually comforted me through the drive. I met the staff at our Agency including the Director Snow Wu. It was all just really sureal to me and then when they told me the Dossier was actually on the way to China...I just could not help but break down in tears.I had the weight of the world lifted off my shoulders at that moment. Then, on the way home I really praised God and thanked Him that we are over the paperchase. I was the crazy woman worshiping God in the stop and go trafic. I was just so happy and full of joy! So I hope that you will all rejoice with me as we have our DTC!!! We are closer to bringning our girl home!
Blessings!

Sunshine Today!

So, I have not been actively blogging lately in a long while. The reason is because there have just been some major clouds in my way. The dark, grey clouds that look like rain only they are just teasing. No rain, No relief. Finally, Finally there is sunshine in my forecast!!
The reason?
Our homestudy was approved on 9-12-10 which I thought would never ever happen. We had so many hoops and hurdles. But Now it is approved.

And the best news??

The Homestudy and other docs afre on the way to USCIS.

We are one step closer to our Hunan Princess.

We are having a Raffle to help raise the money we need to bring Jaidyn Grace home. For a suggested donation of $5.00 you will be entered into the raffle for 1 ticket. Donate $10 and you will get 2 tickets for a chance to win. Donate $20 and get 5 tickets and so forth. For your generous donation you will have the chance to win your choice of a Wii or Xbox game system and help Jaidyn come home.

Asking for help is always difficult and hard, however, the truth is that we are asking for help. We have been working hard at raising the money we will need to travel to China to bring Jaidyn home. We have had two fundraisers this month and decided that we should have another Raffle. We had a booth at Celebrate Freedom with a Raffle for a game system and raised $700.00. We are excited to have the chance to meet so many people, raise awareness about adoption, and give the game system to a family that were truly blessed to have it. Unfortunately, we did not break even with this fundraiser due to the cost of the table, the purchase of the game systems and other supplys that were needed. However, we believe that we planted seeds for adoption and we had a lot of fun meeting people, face painting for the kids, and enjoying the festival. Due to the need to break even and continue to raise funds we decided to start another Raffle. We hope to have continued support and participation. Thank you in advance for your kindness and generosity, I know in today's economy every little bit is precious.

We will post a video of the drawing to the blog on August 30th. Good luck!! Please feel free to pass this info on to your friends and family. The more the merrier because we still need to break even for the cost of the game systems!!

While We Wait For Jaidyn to Join Us....

We had some fun hainging out with Daffey Duck and Porky Pig at Six Flags. Jailynn showed Daffey some attitude. I realize that the kids need to watch some old fashioned cartoons to understand who the characters are.  Grandpa decided that the kids needed season passes for six flags again and that we did not go enough last year. Thank You Grandpa!
The Joey Willys fundraiser was a wonderful success and $500.00 was raised for Jaidyn's adoption! Thanks to everyone for the support!!!!

SAVE THE DATE

How? Come And Eat For The Kerr Family To Help Bring Jaidyn Grace Anfeng Home (She is in the Middle)

When? June 7th Monday Night 5pm-9pm

Where? Joe Wilys In Rockwall at 2006 S Golliad St
From 5:00pm to 9:00 pm

Why? Because Jaidyn Needs your support! She is 6 yrs old and She is waiting be reunited with her family and forever sisters Jordyn and Jailynn. Jaidyn grew up in the same orphanage in China as her sisters. She has waited for a forever family as she watched her sisters get adopted. The Kerr family has felt that the girls should have the chance to stay together and grow up together. This is where YOU come into the picture!! Come, eat, be happy, have fun and support the Kerr’s! All tips and donations go to bringing Jaidyn home from China.

What Are You Thinking?

This question was asked of me refering to adopting our 7th child (Jaidyn, 3rd from China).
I would like to think that the person meant well, but the negative conotation is there and it peirced my heart. I just responded pretty genericly I am sure, but I wish that I responded more honestly.
So...what are we thinking?? Let me sum it up for you,
1.That this little girl deserves to grow up with a Mommy and Daddy and not in an institution.
2. She has been in an orphanage too long.
3. She has watched her best friends and sisters get adopted and leave her.
4. We have known about her in particular since 2007
5. We have seen pictures of her since 2007 and heard our daughter Jordyn talk about her since that time.
6. We have heard Jailynn talk about her since 2009 and seen more pictures of her.
7. She needs us and her sisters.
8. I have been praying for her since 2007 to have a forever Mommy and Daddy.
9. God calls ALL Christians to Care for the orphan and widow.
10. SHE IS OUR DAUGHTER,
11. She derves to be as happy as her sisters.
12. She deserves to learn how to ride a bike, rollerskate, learn to play, learn to swim, and play with her puppy. She deserves to know love and happiness and to have all of her firsts.
13. She is an Orphan No More!
14. Her Mommy, Daddy, Sisters and Brothers are waiting anxiously to Bring her home.

That is just a few of the reasons.
There are 147 million orphans longing for the love of a mother and father. Longing for a place to call home in America, in China, in Africa, and many other countries. I cannot pretend that I don't know about them, I cannot look the other way. So I am doing what I can and stepping out to bring one more child home. How I wish that other Chrisitans would catch the vision. That they would feel the joy and happiness it brings. To realize that the blessing is in the doing. See, I hate it when people tell me that my adopted children are blessed to have me as a mother because that is nthe truth. The truth is that I am blessed to have them as my children, that I feel such overwhelming joy and happiness to just sit and watch them pla, hear them talk, and feel th hugs and kisses. I love everything about being thier mom and it is a miracle to me that I have them as my daughters.I just can't n describe it in words except to say that adopting is worth every moment of the journey and I am proud to have the honor of being Jordyn, Jailynn, Jaidyn, and Noah adoptive Mother, and Blessed beyond words.

HAPPY EASTER!

HAPPY EASTER FROM THE KERR KLAN!




Easter is by far my favorite Holiday. I love everything about Easter. It is in spring and all the grass and flowers are starting to appear. New life is in the air. Renewal. Refreshing. And most of all, Easter is a time to reflect and celebrate what our Lord and Saviour Jesus did for us. He removed the veil by becoming an innocent sacrafice. He was the lamb that was slain for our sins, chastized for our transgressions, by His stripes we are Healed, and above all, now we are made spotless and blameless to hte Father. We can have a relationship with God our Father. That is what God wants more than anything. Communion and friendship with each of us:



For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For you have not reiceived the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you have received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry Abba Father. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the Children of God: And if children, then heirs: heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: in so that we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. Romans 8:14-17







How Awesome is that??? We are adopted by God as his children. We are the Heirs of God! We have inherited from God. This makes me think of my adopted children and how they are mine through and through and they have inherited everything that I have just as my bio children have. How much more have we inherieted from God our Father that we do not even realize??? I hope this post will encouage you this Easter to think about your relationship with God theFather and His Son Jesus, and all that you have inherited as a Child of God,

Blessings

Knowing that God is faithful.

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands. Deut. 7:9

I just love it when God speak to me and I feel His peace around me.

About three months ago we had just started seriously considering adopting Jaidyn. All I could see were the roadblocks and hurdles and redtape. The impossibility and improbability of a third...(THIRD!!???!!!)...adoption from China. THIRD? I thought that I must be crazy and loosing my mind to even think about another child in our home. Afterall...one more equals SEVEN children after Ivy(our exchange student) leaves. So I kept praying and feeling that God meant for us to be her forever family. So I kept praying for the doors to open if we were her family or to close if we were not meant to be her family. Then...I started reading more blogs about adoption and almost every blog that I found was about a family that already had 6, 7, 8, or 9 or more children and were adding another child through adoption. Amazing. Most of the things that I found and read were actually things that I was struggling with or thinking about having a large family. But...reading these blogs made me feel that God was telling me that it was possible and probable when I let Him lead and direct us. When I followed Him...He would work the details out. When I stepped out in faith, He would show up...And guess what?? All the roadblocks that I thought were in our way to adopt Jaidyn have just been absolutely non-issues whatsoever. All the worry was pointless because they have not been roadblocks at all. We are on our way to bring this precious girl home and I am excited about it. I am looking forward to the journey and to how God will answer all our needs for this adoption to happen. I have already seen some answers...We are in the paper-chase stage right now. A few months ago i thought that the door was going to slam shut and there would not be any PA or paper-chase. Here we are...gathering docs, going to our medical appointment, and getting our local fingerprints done. I am so thankful for the answered prayers!

Introducing Our Third Hunan Princess: Jaidyn Grace!

We are so happy and proud to introduce our third Hunan Princess! We have received our official PA (pre-approval) and now the Paper Chase begins! We have known about this precious princess from the time that we brought home our first daughter, Jordyn, from China. She was the oldest little girl and we knew about the other two older girls from pictures that Jordyn came home with. We prayed for the two girls to find their forever families. I had a secret wish that we could keep the girls together. Jordyn would tell stories abut her friends when she was able to speak English. How my heart was burdened for them. Jordyn told how sad she was during her last night at the orphanage and how they cried together. She told her close freind that "maybe her mommy from America would adopt her too." God heard that secret conversation and through miracles upon miracles we brought home the second Hunan Princess, Jailynn. We visited Jordyn and Jailynn's orphanage and schools during our last journey to China to bring Jailynn home and during that visit we met the third little princess. We said hello to her, hugged her, and watched as she greeted her two friends. She seemed so happy to see Jordyn again as it had been about 2.5 years since she had seen her. She gave her a big hug and told her that she had gotten big! We only had a breif visit with her and then it was time to say goodbye. Words cannot express how sad we were to leave her behind. We wanted to bring her home too! We kept her in our hearts and prayers. I was almost certain that we would not adopt again and began to pray for God to send her a forever family. God had other plans...We are her forever family!