Skip to main content

Braner Party of Seven?????

Well, we aren't yet. . .

Prayerfully we will be Braner Party of Seven by Christmas. We are pursuing another adoption from Rwanda. I met a wonderful boy while I was there last fall picking up Gabby. His name is Lionel (pronounced lee-o-nell). He has a wonderful personality and a great smile. There isn't much that I can say about him now. Please just pray for our family as we pursue this adoption. I will keep you posted as our journey continues (that's why I'm blogging)--and I cannot wait to be able to post more details about the process and about our son!

Kinyarwanda is the "official" language of Rwanda. The word for me to be patient is "ihangane." That is my goal for this adoption: IHANGANE and let God do His thing in His timing!!! I know that I will get anxious and I am sure that I will have crazy entries, but my prayer is that I will ihangane until Lionel is in our home!!!

Thanks for journeying with me! Thanks for praying with me and for me--and for our family and for Lionel. What a ride!!!

Comments

Carla Lewter said…
Congratulations Braner Family!!!! That is very exciting news and we may be on the journey again soon as well. We are praying about it and seeing where God leads us!

In Him,
The Lewter Family
August 7, 2008 at 4:30 PM
sabrina owens said…
Congrualtions Braner family,
wow another adpotions from Rwanda and i hope can meet Lonell and i will pray for him so you and your family come to Journey to you saftley and god bless, in him,
Sabrina Owens

i hope meet you and the kids one day in branson or colorado
August 7, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Kimber said…
We're so excited to hear about Lionel and will be praying for this journey.

Kimber and Scott
August 8, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Kelly said…
I found you!!!!!!!!!
August 10, 2008 at 8:01 AM
Jenny Schlenker said…
praying for you guys- that your heart would remain full of hope and trusting in our Father.... love you guys...
August 19, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Amanda said…
I just love you Jamie Jo. Love your heart and just so very very excited for you and Lionel. Keep shining the light of Jesus and his heart for adoption wherever you and your beautiful family go...and send me that pic of your family from this blog. gorgeous! I want to post it on our AW blogsite.
August 21, 2008 at 7:16 AM
Amy Acker said…
I didn't know you were going in for round two of adoption! Yeah! Mark and I believe that everyone should adopt. I wish more people would. Mark and I are going to wait a little while. 2-5 years. However this coming Saturday we are going to the airport to pick up our foreign exchange student from Brazil. He is 16 so hopefully he behaves himself! So you think Lionel will be here for Christmas! Yeah! Congratulations! and we will continue to pray for you and your family of 8! God's Blessings are so rich and perfect!

Your Imbabazi friend,

Amy Acker
I just love that word. I use it as much as I can! LOL!

Mother of Elijah almost 4 & Elena (Guatemala) 15 months
August 21, 2008 at 8:25 AM
kim said…
Branners,

What great news!!! I can't wait to hear more about it. We are looking forward to our next fellowship group and seeing you all again.

Kim
August 21, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Zane Wooder said…
Did you end up adopting Lionel? I hope so. He sounds like a nice boy.

-Zane of ontario honey

October 27, 2012 at 12:41 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

They Made It!!!!

This is Kelly blogging for Jamie,and I just got off the phone with her. After traveling for 44 hours, they finally made it. I'm overjoyed by the news that they were able to MEET Ruk for the first time pretty soon after they arrived as well, and everything went GREAT!!! Jamie says he is VERY small... even smaller than Dax, and that he is probably a size 4... WOW! Jamie says that all his teeth are coming in and is not the toothless guy we have seen photos of. She also said that he was very sweet and affectionate with her, and that he called her mommy already. This is a great sign as it shows he is open and ready for a family!!! Jamie was told that all day long he was chatting away that he was going to meet his mommy today! Sniff, sniff!!! Hays and Ruk hit it off real well too and didn't have any of that awkward and shy first time to meet you syndrome. They played for over an hour, and Hays had a BALL with his rambunctious and playful brother, Ruk. Lots of hugging and kissing were...
11 comments
Read more

A Little Bit Of News From The Land Of A Thousand Hills. . .

I heard from Tim, my POA, today. Here is what his email said: We had a brief meeting, superior nun and was busy but favorable to adoption. She is encouraged by your heart especially with a second adoption. We have rescheduled to meet Saturday morning to finalize choice of the child. I shared your preferences and they don't have any issue with it. They told me that I need to proceed carefully especially with regards to other kids staying at the orphanage who may not get the chance of being adopted. Hopefully, I'll be able to get a picture of the boy that you may adopt! So. . .I'm assuming that Saturday means tomorrow. I am a little nervous! I am actually a lot nervous, but am trying to minimize that feeling by reminding myself that God knows the perfect child for our family! I'll be praying today!!!!!
9 comments
Read more

Recovering P31

What?  A recovering P31? Proverbs 31 describes the wife of noble character.  This wife gets up early and works hard all day long and isn't even tired when she finally retires from all of her work at night.  She is a servant to her husband and she makes him proud.  She is a fantastic mom and I'm sure, if there was Pinterest in the day, she would be the Pinterest-y-est of the moms.  She isn't afraid of hard work and she has the pantry stocked in the case of an emergency and she has her family ready for cold winters, famine and hard times.  She helps strangers and loved ones alike and she has her sights set beyond herself.  Her husband praises her and her children are grateful for her and call her blessed. Oh my gosh!  What a great lady!  I want to be like her!  So why am I a recovering P31 and why am I writing about it now when I'm not even a wife? (For starters, I think this kind of noble woman is a goal regardless of any woman's marital ...
2 comments
Read more