Category Archives: colombia

6 ways to support a friend’s adoption

Posted on May 6, 2018 by rachel

Recently, my sister and her husband traveled to Colombia to adopt their new son. Serendipitously, their adoption matched up with our dear friends’ who are also adopting from the same country. In fact, both families traveled at exactly the same … Continue reading →

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five simple ways to support host families

Posted on July 24, 2017 by rachel

Many of my friends and family know someone hosting an “orphan” or two or six the next few weeks. Most of them are so supportive and excited, but they may not know exactly what to say or do to show … Continue reading →

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to the embassy, then “home”

Posted on October 2, 2008 by rachel

1844Here the kids are staring out the window from our Radisson hotel room wondering where I had gone. After accomplishing passports, doctor’s check, and sending Uncle Brian back home to Utah, we managed to get ourselves to the Embassy to obtain … Continue reading →

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our last week in bogota…in photos

Posted on September 26, 2008 by rachel

I thought I would post some fun random pics for everyone, which depict our last few days in Bogota: Around the casa and such: 1598 1608 1614 1620 16591671 17011704 Tio Brian’s wonderful dinners and Smoothies…and Tia Jena’s awesome chocolate drizzled … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Club (this time in video)

Posted on September 24, 2008 by adam

As you probably know by now, Hogares Club Michin is the orphanage that our kids came from. It is located in central Bogota. It’s a series of several houses, each one for a different age of children. The facilities aren’t … Continue reading →

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sentencia and passports

Posted on September 22, 2008 by rachel

1561 This was quite the day. After visiting the records office three times we finally got Daniela and Juan P.’s birth certificates. And it went quickly. Daniel and I couldn’t believe it. So we rushed to the passport office to … Continue reading →

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more pictures of pure cuteness…

Posted on August 17, 2008 by rachel

I know you would rather look than listen so here you go: 11341137 Before the meltdown….ice cream cones at Unicentro Mall 1140955 After, or should I say during, the meltdown… The 30 second version: Juan P. decided to have one … Continue reading →

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Enjoy!

Posted on August 5, 2008 by adam

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfojenYROyI We love you all and are doing great. This is just the first two minutes – we’ll post more when we have a better connection.

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day five–church in colombia

Posted on August 4, 2008 by rachel

684688  Sunday we spent at church. It was a pretty relaxed day. Oh, we did look at one other apartment too, but I think it is too small for the eight of us. Everyone at church was so very nice. … Continue reading →

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just a little venting neccessary

Posted on July 23, 2008 by rachel

I will probably be in big fat trouble for posting while I am in a bad mood! (Sorry, honey) We put in our frequent flier request last night for our flight to Bogota. We found out today that our request was … Continue reading →

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