Adoption Update!

Things are getting pretty exciting around here! We found out today that our dossier was sent to Micah and Aubrey’s country late last week and has been received in country. The dossier is a big collection of paperwork that includes our home study, approval from the USA to bring the kids here as US citizens, FBI clearances, medical clearances, family pictures, as well as various other documents. It’s kinda scary to stick all of that in the mail, knowing that it represents months of gathering information and documentation! So we are so happy to know that it got there in one piece!

 So, from here it usually takes about two weeks for the dossier to be translated and another five days for it to be authenticated. After that, it is submitted for review and we will need to wait a week or two for

Aubrey Joy

If anybody understands

God’s ardor for his children,

it’s someone who has rescued an orphan from despair,

for that is what God has done for us.

God has adopted you.

God sought you,

found you,

signed the papers 

and took you home.               

~Max Lucado

These are the rest of our pictures of Aubrey! Every picture is an absolute treasure when there are so few! We also got a video of our sweet girl WALKING! We weren’t sure until today if she had acquired that skill yet or not, so we are so happy to know that she is on the go. Now, whether or not we’ll still be happy about that when she is home and getting into everything remains to be seen!  

When we look at her we keep saying, “she really needs a Mama and a Daddy.” 

Hold on Aubrey, we’re coming for you!

Aubrey's Latest Pictures!

When we committed to Aubrey a few weeks ago our one regret was that we only had one little picture of her that was a bit unclear and her head was covered up with a big winter hat! The process to get new pictures taken of children in the orphanage is a lengthy one and we have waited these past few weeks to be able to see her cute little face more clearly. We are amazed at how big she is--she'll be four soon! In our minds she was the little baby in the first picture and now we can see that she has indeed grown up so much since then. Enjoy some of these new pictures of our new daughter. We've been told that there are more on the way, so stay tuned!

Behind the Scenes

One thing we have realized in this past week is that God is ALWAYS at work in our lives even if it is behind the scenes in ways that we don’t see or even understand!

Our adoption of Aubrey and Micah is moving along very rapidly. We are amazed at how quickly things are going, and even on the days when we feel like it will be forever before we get the joy of having these two treasures join our home, we know that God has been speeding things along on our behalf and theirs. 

So here is a little update on our process: as of last week we were waiting from the okay from USCIS Immigration Services here in the USA to give us the okay to bring two orphans into our country. There are several steps to this part of the process including some paperwork,

T Shirts NOW AVAILABLE!

Help raise support for Micah and Aubrey, 

and raise awareness for Adoption as well!

We are taking "pre-orders" now to help us with selecting the sizes we need to meet our 50 piece minimum from our local screen printer. We will be ordering them in the next few days, no matter how many "pre-orders" and will be able to get them into your hands within a couple weeks (hopefully sooner).

We are asking that if they need to be shipped to please add a 3.00 shipping charge to help cover costs.  Please send payments to our paypal account at cliff@newbeginningschog.com or you can always send a check. If sending a check please email us so we can order your shirts before your check arrives. REMEMBER to let us know what size(s) you would like.

Cliff Forbes
10119 Beuchat RD
Guys Mills, PA 16327

Thank you for your support as we continue to get closer to bringing our two little ones HOME!

A God Story

So, we have a new story to tell…it’s a long one, but I promise it is worth the read!

 When I told the story you are about to read to a man whom I had just met at an orphan care conference his response was,