About Our Family

El Paso, Texas, United States
We are James, Lisa, Patrick, Christian, Carson, and Ella Payne a military family serving our country via service in the U.S. Army. Jim and I have been married for 18 years and have 3 wonderful home grown sons -Patrick, Christian and Carson. We recently adopted our beautiful daughter Ella Grace Ana from Donets'k, Ukraine in September. Jim and I began our Army life together at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas and every assignment thus far has extended unique opportunities and challenges for our family to grow and learn; to become a stronger, committed, and a prepared Army family. Having recently lived abroad for six amazing years, we cannot express how thankful we are for the opportunity to have represented our great country and to discover the cultures and customs of other countries; to become close to the people and learn from them; to open our hearts and minds to the unfamiliar languages and way of life in other countries. Having now moved back to the United States, we are looking forward to discovering what new adventures await our family. Rest assured, wherever the Army sends us we will continue to serve you and our country proudly. Army life, we wouldn’t trade it!

July 9, 2008

Money, Money, Money...


We contacted our bank this morning to have the necessary funds deposited into our local bank. Next stop, the local bank to ask how much notification they will need to collect the uncirculated bills we will be taking with us.

We have not transferred the monies donated for the orphanage as we are still receiving more donations. We cannot express how grateful and humbled we are that so many of you have donated to the orphanage which has been caring for Ella. Thank you again for your compassion, love, and support.

Still want to donate? Contact Adriana at Adriana101@gmail.com
All donations are collected anonymously to us.

Thank you to everyone in advance. The orphanage will be grateful and appreciative so many of you have donated, as are we.


Love,
The Payne Family

3 comments:

Kevin and Tammy said...

We are going to start on that uncirculated thing this week also. I don't know exactly how long it will take. Hopefully we are still okay. Glad things are moving along for you too.
Tammy

... said...

Thank you Tammy. We are still settling in and trying to stand-up our new home. How are you doing? Maybe you and I can meet for lunch one day next week?

Lisa

Kevin and Tammy said...

That sounds good. I would like that. Are you having any problems with the flooding? Just let me know what is good for you.

This is our "spot" we began at the beginning of our journey in May 2007, to adopt a child from Ukraine. In August 2008, we traveled to Ukraine to bring our daughter/sister Ella Grace Ana home; and on September 12, 2008 we did just that.

While our journey to bring her home is complete, our journey together is just beginning. We will continue to keep our spot here, posting as frequently as we can; and keeping you updated on our next journey in life...maybe a second adoption is in our future.

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