Team Myers: Mr. T

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Mr. T

We are finally ready to announce the name we've chosen for Mr. T. Drumroll please.......................

Asher Joel

Asher= "Blessed"

Joel = "The Lord is God"

"Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord." Psalm 144:15b

4 comments:

AnnaApril 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Love it! I think it is a great name - strong and full of meaning. Can't wait to meet little Asher Myers someday soon.
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michellenotdawnApril 20, 2011 at 8:45 PM
Sweeet! Our neighbors have a little guy named Joel Asher! You'd better bring pictures when you come...in 10 DAYS!!!!!
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Sooie04April 20, 2011 at 9:31 PM
GREAT name guys! Very strong name! LOVE IT. Love you guys!
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KristyApril 24, 2011 at 7:48 PM
What a good name for a sweet boy. Congrats!
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Our Adoption Timeline

October 2008: God makes clear to us that we should adopt at some point in our lives through the T4A conference. Research begins for an international adoption program for which we qualify.
April 2009- June 2009: We were involved in a private domestic adoption that ended sadly.
April 10, 2010- God leads us to pursue adopting 2 Ethiopian babies!
April 12, 2010- Application submitted to our adoption agency.
April 16, 2010- Informed that our application was accepted pending reference letters!
April 17, 2010- Finished amending our paper work for our home study.
April 19, 2010- Started paper chase on our dossier.
May 4, 2010- 2nd Home Study appointment
June 17, 2010- Home study amendment completed!
June 25, 2010- Dossier sent off for authentication in D.C.!
September 11, 2010 - Received "pre-referral" for "Little Buddy"
September 26, 2010- Received "pre-referral" for Hosanna
October 1, 2010- Received medical clearance for Hosanna
October 8, 2010- Received medical clearance for Little Buddy
February 21, 2011- Lost referral for Little Buddy
February 28, 2011- Received new referral for Asher
March 14, 2011- Cases submitted to court!
April 13, 2011- Received our court date for May 27th!
May 14, 2011- Our court date was cancelled
July 14, 2011- Our children's orphanage was shut down & they were moved to a UNICEF funded facility.
August 1, 2011- Received a 2nd court date, and left that same day for ET!
August 4, 2011- Court date! Judge says "they are yours". Beaming with joy!
November 17, 2011- Our children were released from the southern Ethiopian government and brought to the capital city. Praise God!
December 6, 2011- Bonnie boards a plane to Ethiopia to fight legal battles to bring our babies home.
December 9, 2011- Bonnie gets our children out of the orphanage- once and for all!
February 15, 2012- After 10 long weeks in Ethiopia and 26 hours traveling we finally arrived home in Louisville as a family of 4. Praise God.