His First American Christmas

I pulled out the big box of cookie cutters and Andrew was amazed. We must have about 100 because not only did I love baking with Mary Evleyn, but I taught kindergarten and preschool so I have a fine collection.

He looked at me and softly said, "I've never made cookies before."

He was excited to help me, especially when I showed him the cookie gun. Being all boy, just the word gun - so much more fun sounding than cookie press- was a thrill.

Decorating his first tree, shopping at Lenox mall and seeing his wide eyed amazement at the decorations and shoppers, watching Christmas movies ( OK, sometimes I make Mark do that because of hot button issues with Mary Evelyn), anyway it's a lot of fun. Maybe it's a little like seeing a baby's first Christmas through the eyes of a ten year old.

We will be going to church Christmas Eve and then up to Mark's sister Pam
s house for a big, happy Christmas spend the night party .

We can't wait.

Meanwhile, Nadia and Ruslan are waiting for us in Ukraine. We hope to be there between January 10 and the 17th but will not have a date until next week.

We couldn't get a date early enough for the tax rebate so our finances are a little challenged going into this. Thankfully, Promise 686 is giving us another matching grant. If you would like to help us out, here is the info:

Promise 686 is a ministry dedicated to helping children who are orphans or in foster care and is a ministry partner of Perimeter Church, which is where Mark and I met many years ago.

Promise686 (www.promise686.org) has graciously given a Matching Grant of $4,000 to help us with our adoption expenses. If you would like to help our orphans, you can send your tax-deductible gift to the address below. Your donation will be matched by Promise686 on a $1-for-$1 basis up to $4000, thus multiplying the impact of your gift. All gifts are tax deductible as promise 686 is a 501c3 tax exempt organization.

Please make checks payable to: Promise686, Inc. You may preference how the donation might be used by writing “King Adoption” in the memo section of your check. If you don’t write King Adoption, the donation will go into a general fund. Funds donated to “King Adoption” will be matched and are intended to be used to reimburse us for adoption expenses.

Note: per IRS guidelines, promise686 maintains complete discretion and control over the use of all donated funds, but intends to honor the donor’s suggested use.

Mail checks to:
Promise 686, Inc.
3600 River Ferry Drive
Alpharetta, G A 30022

Thank you for considering helping us and again for your prayers and love through the years.
Mark and Edna King

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families…” Psalm 68:5-6a