ELVIRA for the Ochs family — TX

Ryan and Marj Ochs always felt God’s call to adopt, but they thought it would be when their biological children were older – sometime in the ambiguous future. One day Marj was reading a blog about a sweet family who were adopting a boy through Reece’s Rainbow. When she clicked on the link to look at the waiting children, one little girl caught her eye. Elvira. She looked just like Ryan’s baby pictures! Marj tried to forget about Elvira, but she just couldn’t get that sweet face out of her head. She showed the picture to Ryan, and Ryan said, “She’s beautiful.” This was the same thing Ryan said when he saw their daughter, Georgia, for the first time. They both agreed to pray. After many prayers, tears, and God soothing their fears, they agreed that God was calling them to Russia to meet Elvira. They could ignore God’s call no longer.

Big brother Colvin (3) and sister Georgia (22 months) are excited to meet their new sister. Colvin wants to give her one of his trains.

Any contributions toward their adoption would be a blessing. But most of all, their prayer is that anyone reading this would be open to God speaking into their lives on behalf of children who need mommies and daddies of their own.

 

3/20/2012 — COURT DATE APRIL 19

Follow the Ochs family’s adoption journey on their blog http://aplantingforhisglory.blogspot.com/