Monday, August 20, 2012



Jimmy
Johnny
Well, it's an exciting countdown for our family as Joe and I plan to travel to Haiti in two weeks to go sign papers at the U.S. embassy in Port-au-Prince. We will then take a small plane to meet our twin boys at their orphanage in the mountains of Cap Haitian for the first time!  This will be the first of two visits to Haiti; the second trip (in early October) we will bring them home forever to join our family.  It has been over a year of waiting and as you can imagine our hearts have been longing for them.  They are two years old and & as cute as can be! We are naming them Jimmy & Johnny to continue our "j" theme in our family.  :-)  

We humbly asking for two things:

1.)  Please pray for us; for safe travels, safety for our kids in MN as we are away.  Also, for the bonding process for our boys to us & us to them.  

2.)  Financial Support.  This has been an expensive process & our goal from the start to pay for this ourselves as we have cashed in our retirement account, have had a fundraising sale
& have been diligently saving.  We still need approximately $15,000 to cover travel expenses and remaining fees.  It is easy to fund raise for others adoptions through our non-profit Surrender Ministries  www.surrenderstory.com  but not so easy for our own adoption, as you can imagine. 

To help us bring Jimmy and Johnny home, please give online here: DONATE NOW


Or mail to:     Jen Anderson 
                     13121 Hallmark Court 
                     Apple Valley, MN 55124



Thank you for your support!  We will continue to keep you posted with pictures of our upcoming visit to Haiti... can't wait!!!


Love,

Joe, Jen, JoJo, Joey, Jada, Jimmy, Johnny & Judy