Chaos...

...that's what you get when you put the Whitesel/Purks family together in one kitchen attempting to work together with a limited number of rations, and ultimately no idea what's going on.  Yes, I'm talking about our pancake breakfast that we held today.  As expected, God blessed our efforts with a good turnout of friends who love and support us dearly, and with the addition of some new faces that we got a chance to meet.  Ignoring my cheap shot earlier Jen's family was a lot of help, and we couldn't have pulled this off without their help.  Jen herself showed her true love and devotion to our children by waking up at 05:30 this morning.  Anyone who knows Jen knows she still considers that time of day "night-time" and that it is reserved for sleeping only.  This was truly an outward sign of how desperately she wants to see the face of our children in front of her.  The breakfast itself was great.  We loved seeing people come and fill up on good food.  Having an all-you-can eat affair should remind us of Heaven, where no one goes hungry.

Upon returning home, and bringing our stuff from the breakfast inside to our large stack of un-washed dishes and clothes Jen comments, "Well, time to get ready for our spaghetti dinner."  We can never find enough hours in the day, but todays were spent well and we thank all of you who took your own time out to help fulfill our dream of adoption.  This really would not be happening without all your love and support for us.  As the African proverb goes:  It takes a village to raise a child.  We thank you in the most sincere way possible for being our village at this time.

Notice we're getting fancy at this whole blog thing with some pictures.