How can you help?

Since many of our friends and family have asked "How can we help you in a tangible way right now as you head to Haiti?" (outside of the prayers we continually need for us, for her, for our girls etc.) we wanted to get something up!

As we prepare for our upcoming trip we would welcome your support in helping us get some supplies for our little one and her orphanage. If you would like to purchase any of the items below, please just get them to us by Friday December  2nd.

If you would prefer to send us funds to purchase items here or in Haiti (example we will buy diapers there because they take up so much suitcase space), or to help cover the cost of our trip (currently at $3455 not counting food and in-country expenses) please let me know. You can donate to us directly, send us a check or I can get you my email and you can donate via paypal directly. 

If you also just want to support our holistic adoption journey and the expenses remaining (not just supplies or the cost of this trip), feel free to click the "support our journey" tab above. 

Please know this is simply a response to people tangibly asking how they can help and not a pressure for support. We appreciate your prayers, support and words of encouragement as we continue our journey to officially becoming The Fisher Five!

Please keep us posted if you plan to send any of the items so we can space plan our bags accordingly!

Specific Requests from our orphanage right now:

• Formula for the babies (not expired)
• Powdered Milk
• Protein (Beef Jerky)
• Vitamins (Infant Drops, Chewable and Gummies)
• Pedialyte Packets
• Cleaning Supplies (Clorox Wipes, etc.)
• Clothes - all sizes 

For Daniel and I to take:

• 30 miniature scented hand sanitizers (gifts for the nannies) (example: Bath and Body)
• Cliff Bars/Protein bars/High Protein trail mix (multi flavors)
• Gatorade Packets
• Mini Packs of Hand Wipes

If you want other ideas, just let us know! If by chance we get more than we can take this trip we can always take it next time! Thanks again for your love and support.

If you would like to pray for us specifically in the coming month below are a few specific requests:

• Protection and good health for us and the girls and our families while we are apart
• Strength to love and serve our new daughter and the kids and staff at the orphanage for 2 weeks
• That we would find our rest in Him as we seek to daily trust in His plans

Jennie and Daniel

Our Daughter...

Yes, that's right, we got the call. Baby Haiti... Our 3rd daughter has a name and a face and a story and we are yet again forever changed.

Our daughter.

OUR DAUGHTER!!!

11-14-16
I was sitting in a conference room at work around 3:15 finishing up a meeting when I get a text from Daniel that says "Call me ASAP". I finish up and call him, totally expecting him to have a question about something he needs to buy at the store. Nope. He says "Guess who I just talked to?"... I said "no way" and he said "Yes" and I said "You have got to be kidding me" really loudly and then lots of words and tears and "no ways".... And a whirlwind ensues... All we knew at this point was her name, her birthday and her orphanage (all of which we can't share publicly until she is legally ours in Haiti several months from now).

Back up to April and the story most everyone doesn't know...when we got a call that turned out to be a false alarm which resulted in lots of heartache and patience and trying times. All just a part of our journey, but one we knew we needed to walk quietly and privately. Leaning on His strength in our weakness. So this time, between Monday when we got the call and Thursday when we got her sweet picture and paperwork, there was an unspoken uncertainty that our hearts might ride the roller coaster again.

But not this time.

This time, Thursday morning 11-17-16 at 9:41, we received our official referral. We promised each other on Monday that we would wait and open the paperwork together on the phone so we could see her sweet face and learn her precious story at the same time. So of course, I couldn't get a hold of Daniel (for good reasons). Of course I called a bazillion times before us finally connecting an hour later.

We opened the email and immediately scanned to the last page. We saw her big brown eyes and melted. Our Daughter. Her story. Her. Words don't really do justice at this point. As we learned who she was, and how she came to be ours, our hearts were immediately reminded that our great joy comes out of great loss and I was humbled and my heart grew in immense ways. Please be patient as we navigate the road of honoring her and her story. We don't know what we will share or when we will share it. Just know she is and has always been so deeply loved.

The rest of the next two days were filled with all the wonderfully crazy moments of sharing our joy (telling the girls was super fun and I will detail that separately), getting things lined up to say yes and planning our trip to Haiti where we will spend 2 weeks bonding with her precious self. There is so much more but not for now. We received 4 updated pictures of her beautiful self yesterday
(3 taken yesterday) and we are smitten!

We are so grateful for His grace and our adoption in Christ which called us into this journey. We are so thankful for you, your prayers and your support as we continue our journey to fully becoming The Fisher Five.

We have months and months ahead of us but for now, we celebrate this milestone and long for the moment soon to come when we get to look her in those beautiful big brown eyes for the first time.

Our Daughter.