Dara is a citizen of the United States of America as of August 27th, 2009.  So we are now estimating our return to Slovakia in 3 weeks. We now all have our US passports and are trying to finish other details before we leave. Please be praying for us and my family, especially my parents, as we take their first granddaughter away.

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Dara's Parents Come to America

Dara's parents left today for Kosice, Slovakia.  They had such a great trip to the states.  They even made the front page of our local paper here in Forest City. 

I will try to remember to post a link to it online when they put it up. 

Enjoy the pics.

From Dara's Parents Blog 8/28/09 4:55 PM

From Dara's Parents Blog 8/28/09 4:55 PM

From Dara's Parents Blog 8/28/09 4:55 PM

From Dara's Parents Blog 8/28/09 4:55 PM

From Dara's Parents Blog 8/28/09 4:55 PM

From Dara's Parents Blog 8/28/09 4:55 PM

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We are headed to the beach tomorrow for 3 nights and are really looking forward to it. Dara's family is in right now for two weeks and they are doing so many things that they have never done before.

List of things we are doing that they have never done.
Been to America
Seen Olivia
Seen a baseball game. Go Forest City Owls!
Went to a car show
Never ween a ocean

Tell us if you think of anythings else they should do.

7/11/09

So Wednesday morning at 2:30am Dara wakes me to tell me she thinks her water broke. I focused on keeping a calm, supportive mindset. We had most things ready for a quick getaway in Granny’s Cadillac. So we jumped in the car and headed for Shelby Hospital. We arrived around 3:45am, checked in, and Dara started walking the halls with Mama. Mom and Dad arrived just after we checked in. Dara walked for one hour and then the nurse checked her. The contractions really hadn’t stared at this point. So we started walking for one more hour, around the halls. After this enjoyable strolle, Dara called her Mama in Slovakia to give her a update. At this point Dara was 4 cm. Mom and Dad ran to the house to get us some things that we needed and Dara and I started walking again. We didn’t make it the whole hour this time because Dara was starting to feel some strong pain. She climbed back in bed and the nurses hooked her up on the monitors. This is when it got crazy. I think she was 5 cm at this point. We started the breathing exercises. Dara was doing great at first. She was under control with her breathing. But as time passed, it was much harder for her to concentrate on breathing and relaxing. I have never seen anyone ever in this much pain. I was trying to remind her that the result of this pain was a beautiful little baby, but at this point, the pain was winning. We started thinking pain medicine. She took Stadal though her IV. This took the edge the pain, even though Dara didn’t agree at the time. But she was 6 cm then and 45 minutes later when Dr. Herring checked her, she was 9.5 and ready to push. Dara pushed for 3 or 4 contractions and our little suprise was born. She was such a little blessing from God and His creation is ok great and well designed. The whole birth so pointed to Christ. I have had Olivia now for 3 days and I love her so much. I would do anything for her and protect her with my life. Really! I have no idea how God the Father gave Jesus to die for us, when we didn’t even want Him. God is so good and loving and perfect!

Thank You for the Wonderful Stroller - Jeremy & Dara Adams @ Yahoo! Video

I made this video to thank all the ladies that gave us a baby shower.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Love,
Jeremy and Dara

Dara and I currently have $2804 left to raise in monthly support.  That is important, but what is really important is what God is teaching us through this time of support raising.  Our support is really going slow right now, meaning we try to get 10 appointments a week with people but in the last 4 weeks we have had around 3 a week.  I have been calling a lot of people but just not getting any appointments.

So through this the Lord is teaching me so much about trusting Him.  I cant believe I am about to write this but it is a blessing that we haven't gained many new partners lately.  It has been really hard.  People in America say, How are you?" all the time, and I don't think they really want me to tell them how I am.  I am so quick to trust in myself.  I want to work really hard and trust in statistics and my work ethic.  God is showing me and I am slowly learning my work ethic is worthless if God is not in it.

We should rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.  www.biblegateway.com

This verse is so cool to me right now.  I love it.  I so want to be an old man one day, full of hope and God's love.  I am understanding more and more that heaven is my home, not Forest City, NC or Kosice, Slovakia and I will be glad to go when it is time.

I hope this is encouraging and challenging to you.

Love,
Jeremy
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Hello,

I thought I would give an update about our progess of developing financial partners.  We are 61.4% complete.  So yeaaa!  But for the last 2 weeks it has been pretty slow.  I guess because of spring break.  But we are trusting God in new ways all the time.  Even today I was encouraged from God's Word that He wants me in Slovakia and He will provide.

Please continue to pray for us in this time.  Everyday is a faith tester while working on our financial support.

With love,
Jeremy