Let the waiting begin...

We receieved an email from our adoption agency that the last of our paperwork arrived in their office. Our representative told us there is nothing else for us to do at this point! So, we offically begin the wait for the Russian governement to match us with a child! 

Psalm 38:15  "LORD, I wait for you; you will answer..."

Want to Run?

As many of you have heard, Brent and
 I are participating in the Chosen Marathon for Adoption at the end of October. We are very excited to have the opportunity to take one of our (my) passions (actually, Brent would disagree that running is a passion for him and would probably label it as an obsession for me...) and use it as an opportunity to promote and support orphans and adoptions!  Brent and I are both running the half marathon and have a few friends signed up to particpate in Team Bowen too.  Its not too late to sign up! Let us know if you would like to partipate or if you would like help getting trained.  The proceeds from the race will go directly to help with the cost of our adoption.  www.chosenmarathonforadoption.com

Picturing in my Head...

Thanks to another family who has adopted from Russia twice, we found out this weekend that there is a Russian website that has photos and descriptions of all the Russian children who are eligible for adoption.  Last night, Brent and I poured over the photos of children in Kaliningrad, realizing that one of the photos we were looking at is a picture of our child! It amazes me to think that God knows who will be in our family in the near future, calling me "mommy".

I recently took the kids to have their pictures made. As I selected pictures to purchase, I realized that the next time we do pictures, we will likely be taking pictures of 3 kids, not 2!  So, I sit here, trying to imagine whose face will be in this picture this time next year...