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!

August 18, 2008

SDA Interview

This is the news you have all been waiting for...
We met "V" at a local coffee shop about 1015 a.m. this morning. After a bit of socializing and coffee we headed down the street about 200 meters to the SDA. We waited outside for our appointment which was scheduled for 11:00. At about 11:08 "V" motioned for us to come in. We entered the SDA and proceeded to the second floor for with "V" for our interview. Once inside the office, we were shown 2 files: one of a 4 year old little girl and one of a 7 year old little girl. We have asked to visit with the 4 year old child and will leave tomorrow out to the region.
Please continue to pray for us and for this little girl.

16 comments:

Unknown said...

we are praying! :)

Zack, Jenn and William said...

Praying that your initial meeting goes well and that God gives you crystal-clear guidance on the decisions you must make!

Anonymous said...

I have tears in my eyes. I am so happy for you!!!! A

Anonymous said...

Good luck to you!
A lot of people are following your story. This is a very exciting time. We hope it all works out, and quickly.

Laura
(adoption blogger)

Conethia and Jim Bob said...

I hope that your meeting goes wonderfully and who knows, tomorrow you may meet your forever child!! How exciting!

Kathy and Matt said...

Thanks for the update.

We're praying that your meeting with this little girl goes well.

Praying that you feel the peace of God's guidance as you make decisions for your family.

The D'Antuono Family said...

fingers are crossed! we are so excited for you!!!!!

Julie said...

How exciting!!! I pray that she is your Ella!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for keeping us all up to date on your exiting journey, our prayers and thoughts are with you and the chilren!

Love, Tami, Mike and kids

Anonymous said...

Hey Lisa and family, I have been keeping up with your blogs and have been praying and crying everytime I read them. God is in control and you will make the right decision based on that. Take care cant wait to hear the news.
Love Robin

Anonymous said...

We are so excited for you guys. Hope everything goes well.
The Martinez's

Anonymous said...

Good Luck and God Bless!
The Perdues

Kevin and Tammy said...

Keep us posted. We are so exicted for you. We were praying all day.

tammy

ArtworkByRuth said...

How exciting! I know you will have a hard time sleeping until you meet her, may God grant you PEACE and wisdom!

Anonymous said...

Jim and Lisa,

Best of luck and we have our fingers crossed. David and Schrie

Anonymous said...

We are keeping you all in our thoughts and prayers! Best of Luck!The Eagan Family

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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