Tuesday, August 28, 2007

WE ARE GOING TO AFRICA!!!!

After almost a year and half of waiting we found out this evening that in 19 days we will be in Liberia to get our son!! It almost feels surreal. We will be arriving in Liberia on September 16th. What is so cool about that is that God has worked this all out so that Alan and I will be in Africa on out 15th wedding anniversary. Who would of thought 15 years ago that we would be celebrating our 15th anniversary in Africa with our new son? I'm so glad that God is in control of all of this. What a way to celebrate! God has given us a precious gift.

As ecstatic as we are, we still have the reality of the shortage of financial resources to face. Please pray for a financial miracle. We have had a tremendous response with our one dollar adoption fundraiser. http://thekettelkamps.onedollaradoption.com Many people have been quite generous on Kenneth's behalf and we are touched deeply by their generosity. But we are still in need of quite a bit before we reach our goal. Supporting Kenneth after he is here is not a problem, it is coming up with a large sum of money to complete our adoption that is the issue. Please pray and share our link with anyone you can.

We are so blessed to be able to share this journey with each of you. I know that it would be quite a dull trip if we didn't have all of you along side us cheering us on and at times holding us up. I thank God for all of you!!

6 comments:

Jamie said...

WHOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!! I'm sooo excited for you! Fluff up the Guest House pillows for us, k? We hope to be right behind you! ;0)
Love,
Jamie Z. :0)

Anonymous said...

Yea!!!! Willbe praying!!! Love ,Denise

Dawn said...

I was just thinking about you guys, and praying for you yesterday. I am so happy for you. We will continue to pray.

Love you all!
Dawn

Brenda said...

WOOHOO!!!! What an awesome way to spend your anniversary! I can't wait to meet him.

Brandi said...

YEAH!!!! Praise the Lord, you are going!!!! Africa, here you come! Oh, I can't wait to read the blogs and see new pictures of your man!

Brandi

Dono & Laurie said...

Congratulations!!!!!I'm so happy for you! Can't wait to hear about your trip and all of your updates! Yippy-
Love~
Laurie