It has been a long time since we posted an update, and many people have been asking how the process is going, and how the boys are, with all of the turmoil going on right in their city. We also wanted to let you know about a sale on our CD’s just in time for Christmas!

Where to begin, with an update?!

I went to Haiti again in late October, and spent a long weekend with the boys.  You can read a little bit about that trip on my personal blog.

When I was there, cholera had not yet reached the city, although it did soon after.  And in the last few weeks, violence has broken out

in Port-au-Prince, the airport was shut down, and the children stayed home from school to stay safe.

Our hearts ache for the people of Haiti, and yearn even more, to bring these boys home!

The process is a long one, with few updates.  The lawyers and the pastor/founder of the orphanage

are very pleased with what they call the “speed” at which things are moving-

because normally it takes 2-3 years to complete an adoption from Haiti.  If we don’t bring the boys

home until NEXT Christmas, the process will still have been cut in HALF.

This is SOME comfort, I suppose… but not much, when you hear the daily news reports coming from Haiti.

In the financial realm, when we look back at how far we have come, with so little, we are AMAZED!

To date, we have already been able to pay over $20,000 in expenses!!

We started the process with a small loan, and faith that if God was calling us to this, HE would provide.

We have only $7000 left to raise!

(To put this in perspective, it usually costs more than $30,000 to adopt ONE CHILD internationally!)

Please consider ordering a CD as a gift for someone you love this Christmas, or passing

the postcard link on to music lovers that you know!

Thanks for partnering with us on the journey!!

~Rich and Spring

Folks, we just got back late last night.
Spring went this time.

Here’s some links of interest…
Spring’s Blog Entry



Rich’s Photo Album

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Rich in Port au Prince Haiti April, 2010

The adorable faces you see above are

Augenson (8) and Wisly (2 1/2).

We are in the process of adopting these brothers from Haiti.

They live in the Wayom Timoun Orphange,

in Cite Militaire, Port-au-Prince, Haiti-

the hardest hit area from the earthquake on January 12th.

In the best of times, the poverty of their area, and orphange,

mean food is sometimes hard to come by.

Since the earthquake, it is even more difficult- as you can imagine!

The orphanage has received @20 new orphans as a result of the

earthquake, and Pastor Rigaud Antoine and his caregivers

are now caring for 60 children who are still sleeping in the street.

The cost of adoption is expensive. It costs $4000 per child

just to begin the paperwork process.  It costs $2000+ to be

approved as an adoptive family in the US.  There are travel fees,

medical visits, and then the cost of filing for the actual adoption.

We began the process to adopt Augenson.

Then, when we learned about his 2 yr old brother,

we knew we needed to keep them together if at all possible.

We also want to make a difference for the children

at Wayom Timoun Orphanage.  The new orphans

will not be eligible for adoption for some time.

And right now, these 60 children need food, and clean water.

So, we are looking for people who want to make a difference,

both locally and nationally.

If you would like to help fund the paperwork for visas for

these two brothers, or help provide food for the orphanage,

you can send a check to us.

We  have a paypal button on this site as well.

Every little bit helps!

You can read more about our adoption journey on my personal blog.

We have had some people say that they thought adoptions are closed

in Haiti right now.  There is a chance that the US will allow these kids who

who were orphans prior to the earthquake to come to the States

on humanitarian parole.  The adoption is then completed here in the USA.

If not, we have to wait until Haiti is again able to process adoptions,

which could take some time.

There is currently a bill in the judiciary committee of the

House of Representatives, HR 4603, that would require

Homeland Security to grant humanitarian parole

to these children on a case by case basis.

We hope Homeland Security will not wait for this  bill to pass

before acting, as the torrential rain season waits for no one.  All you have to do is watch the news to know that already harsh living conditions are

about to get much worse.

You can read more about HR 4603 on our Facebook page,

and about a  group of over 500 people who are calling and emailing

our congress(wo)men and asking them to co-sponsor

and support this bill.  The bill went from one sponsor to 16 in the last

few weeks, since we began calling! (Not that we claim credit-

I suppose we’ll never know!) 

If you have any questions about how you can make a difference,

email me!

Thanks for visiting!!

I am journaling the growing number of people supporting this adoption process

in a blank book, and I am calling it The Village.

Some amazing examples are:

We have been receiving checks in the mail anywhere from $10-$100!!

People are buying CD’s 4-6 at a time to give as gifts, and support the adoption!

We have had great fund-raising ideas (like a quilt raffle), and then response to make the raffles happen.
(My mom is making a quilt, and some fine and homemade jewelry is being donated).

We have a professional concert promoter on the job making our fundraiser concert happen!
(Concert is Sunday April 25th, at the Lewiston Vineyard – 6-8 p.m.  Come see new videos and photos
from Rich’s trip to Haiti!!)

The Vineyard School’s 3rd and 4th grade classes did fundraiser for the orphanage, raising $400
in one hour! We have now been invited to come and speak at a chapel service, so show videos and pictures
and share what we are doing.

It just goes on and on! You can read more on my blog, by clicking back through past posts.
So exciting to be a part of something big!
Rich will be traveling to Haiti April 8-12th. Please be praying for safety, health (conditions are not
great in Haiti still), and for a good time connecting with our boys.
I am attaching a picture of Augenson and Wisly that was taken last summer by a teen on a short-term
missions’ trip.  She spent a LOT of time with them when she was there, and she said they were just
the most amazing kids she had ever met!

Thank you for praying!
Spring (for Rich and the family)