Today Becca and Daddy went to Liberty Park!
As you can see, she had a great time! She climbed the Rock Wall all the way to the top! She is growing so fast!
Click on the video link below the picture!
Becca and I had a wonderful time today! We fed ducks at the Duck Pond in Kingwood.
At Princess Becca’s request :), we then ate lunch at Chili’s. She had Mac and Cheese and I had the turkey sandwich and soup.
Then we went to Old MacDonald’s Farm in Humble. There we spent four hours and did everything we could do! We had a ball! We rode the train, fed all of the animals we could feed(goats, deer, sheep, ducks, emu, cows, pigeons, pigs, etc…) We played on the sand mountain, and Becca rode the horses twice(she loved that best!!!). One of the cutest things we saw was a baby lamb that had just been born! I had never seen a lamb that little. It was an amazing site to see that big mother ewe standing by her little one and protecting and nurturing it. You could tell she was so proud of her little baby.
I too was so proud of our Becca today! She shared the bread we brought with other kids who had nothing to feed the animals. She ate so good at Chili’s. She was so sweet and kind.
I thoroughly enjoyed going on this Daddy Daughter date with my sweet little girl today!
Today, I finished putting together our big birthday gift to Becca: A NEW KID-FREINDLY TRAMPOLINE!
Here’s a photo of her enjoying herself bouncing like crazy!
Today, Becca went to Isaiah Lopez’s Birthday Party. He is 10 years old now! He is our godson. Another testimony to how time flies! Everyone bounced in the Inflatable Playground at Bounce City and then at Pizza and Cake.
Pictures below and a video! To watch the video click once and then click again!
Video:
Becca slides down the inflatable slide at Isaiah’s Party at Bounce City!
My how life flies by!!! It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since the day we got our Becca! This week has been another week of milestones in our lives! On Monday the 3rd, we toured Becca’s future preschool for the first time. She will attend the Humble First Baptist Children’s Development Center Preschool. Then on 3/5, our little baby passed from toddler-hood to girl-hood! She turned four! Again: my how life flies by!!!! Everytime I listen to the “Cinderella” song by Steven Curtis Chapman, I am ripped apart with all kinds of conflicting feelings! On the one hand: I am overjoyed over the little sweetheart that she is growing up to be and all that she is learning, and then on the other hand I weep inside (and sometimes outside too!) when I think of all of the time that has flown by so fast, and I find myself renewing a commitment to the Lord and to my little one to embrace the moments and squeeze every bit of joy out of each special moment that I am able to experience with our sweet little princess!
This morning when Becca woke up, we asked her, “What do you want for your Gotcha meal tonight as we celebrate your Gotcha Day?” I expected either chicken nuggets or spaghetti noodles or french fries, but out of her mouth came something I didn’t expect: “Cheeseburger!” she yelled with joy. OK we said! So tonight we celebrated Gotcha at Culver’s Butterburgers and Frozen Custard. After that, we said, “do you want to get a toy or a book as a Gotcha gift?” She said: “A BOOK!” So we took her to the Woodlands Mall and valet parked on this special occasion. We went into the Barnes and Noble there and she picked out two books: One Little Critter book called “Going to the Hospital” and one little book called “Morris the Moose.” After that we asked, now what do ya want to do? “Play at the playground!” she said. So off we went, and she played and played at the Woodlands Mall Playground, her favorite indoor playground.
This was such a memorable night! It is truly in the ultimate analysis a great and wonderful joy to see my little girl growing up and realizing two important things the older and bigger she gets: “I am loved by my Daddy in Heaven, and I am loved by my Mommy and Daddy here on earth!”
May each Gotcha Day remind her how special and loved she really is!
Below are some pictures of our 4 year old Princess at her birthday party!! It was a Winnie the Pooh themed party.
Becca with her balloons!
Becca Pooh!
Becca opens her presents at her birthday party!
Becca was one of the prettiest sheep I have ever seen in this year’s Church Christmas play! Daddy and Mommy were so proud as I am sure everyone will be when they see the picture below! She had her part down pat! She followed the play director’s directions completely! She is a smart kid!
Becca had a very Merry Christmas this year as you can see from the picture! She got lots of awesome presents from lots of family and friends who love her! Thank everyone for the wonderful gifts!
Just an update to let you know where we are at and how you can pray for us from here on out. On Monday 12/3 (Sarah’s Birthday 
), we had the last of our home study interviews by our Social Worker, Beth Primm. She came to our home and interviewed each of us separately, including little Becca.
Just a little cute note about a question she asked Becca before we started our separate interviews:
She asked Becca: “What do you like to do with your Mommy and Daddy?”
She replied: “Say I love you.”
That made Mommy and Daddy, needless to say, VERY PROUD!!!!!!!
Just so you can know what’s next: from here, after filing our home study, we will authenticate every form for our dossier. What’s that mean you ask? Well, every document we compile goes through an international verification process.
First, after signing and notarizing each document, the notary must be certified as real and authentic by the US government and then by the Chinese government through their consulate.
After that, each document is officially ready to be sent to China as part of our dossier to China(DTC). We then have our dossier logged in in China, and receive a LID(log in date). Then we wait however long it takes. Our main prayer at that point is for God’s perfect timing.
We will also be looking at and filing a special needs application at the same time as our regular application, so that if we find the child God has for us on the Special needs list, we can quickly proceed with the adoption of that child.
Anyway, thanks for y’all’s prayers!!!!!!
Brandon, Sarah, and Big Sis Becca
On Saturday, Becca bravely participated in a dance outreach and recital at a nursing home. We were so proud of her! This was her first time to perform in any way in front of people. Her 3-5 year olds dance class was the first to perform, and there were about 300-400 people there in my estimation. I am certain that in her eyes it probably seemed like there were about 3000-4000 there!
Well, the music started and they all pretty much froze with fear. It was a quick onslaught of of a mammoth case of stage fright. However, they all stayed up there and endured even though they forgot their routine. I was so proud of our little one! Even though she was scared, she did not cry, and she stood up there bravely and did her best. For that we were so proud! We took her immediately afterwards and went to celebrate at McDonald’s with a Happy Meal, and then we went and bought a toy at Wal-Mart as a reward!
By the way, the dance company where she takes ballet is called Profusion Arts! It is a Christian Dance Company! Check them out! If you live in the area, I would encourage you to enroll your children in any of these fun classes in all categories of dance and theatre for all ages!
Hello everybody!
Last month, we talked about cultural awareness and ways to celebrate your child’s ethnic heritage! This month, we are going to put this into practice! We are going to meet for dinner and fellowship on October 20th at 5:00PM at Moscow 2 Russian Cafe and Store in The Woodlands! This should be a lot of fun! The food looks delicious on their website(especially the dessert! ) They also have a store with authentic Russian gifts! Please let us know if you can come and how many will be coming with you(adults and children)! We need to know ASAP so that we can let the management there know how many seats we need at our table. Below is the address of the cafe and a link to get directions from your neck of the woods!
202 Sawdust Road
Suite 115
The Woodlands, TX 77380
link to map and Restaurant info: http://www.woodlandsonline.com/cdps/cditem.cfm?nid=7938
Restaurant website for more info: http://www.moscow2houston.com/
Everyone can go dutch. That way we can all order what we want, and eat as much as we want.
It was so good to see some new faces last month, and we look forward to meeting many more of you! No matter what stage you are in on the journey of adoption or what country you are adopting from, you are welcome! Even if you are just now deciding whether or not to adopt, you are welcome as well!
RSVP to us soon by e-mailing us at thebattles@awaa.org or by calling us at 281-798-6014. Looking forward to hearing from you and God bless!
Brandon and Sarah Battle
AWAA TX Associates
You and Your Family Are Invited!
RSVP Today for our Next Adoption Fellowship Meeting - Saturday, Sept. 15th, from 4 to 6 PM - Theme: “Ways to Celebrate Your Child’s Heritage”
Whether you are still waiting to adopt or have adopted internationally already, all are encouraged to bring something from their child’s country of heritage to show to the group. It can be a book about their country, a food item, a toy, a CD of music, etc.. We will enjoy each other’s company and share ideas that God has given to each of us regarding ways to incorporate the celebration of our child’s ethnic culture into our family’s lives. If you cannot bring anything, come anyway. No one should feel pressured at all if they cannot bring an item with them.
As always there will be plenty of food, and we will finish our time together with prayer.
Regarding the food, we will provide all of the beverages, and ask that each family bring a snack food. Since we are celebrating heritage, feel free to bring a food from your child’s country of origin if you want to, but do not feel pressured if this would be too difficult to do. Anything you bring will be appreciated.
THE GATHERING WILL BE AT OUR CHURCH IN HUMBLE, TX:
THE LORD’S GLORY CHURCH
461 ARTESIAN PLAZA DR.
HUMBLE, TX 77338
CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS OR CALL US AT 281-798-6014 FOR HELP FINDING US!
YOU MAY RSVP BY CALLING US AT 281-798-6014 OR CLICKING HERE TO E-MAIL US!
PLEASE LET US KNOW THE FOLLOWING WHEN YOU RSVP:
1. HOW MANY ADULTS AND CHILDREN WILL BE COMING WITH YOU. (PLEASE NOTE: NO CHILD CARE WILL BE PROVIDED, BUT PARENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO OUR CHURCH’S NURSERY AREA AND THE TOYS AND CHANGING AREA THEREIN. QUIET TOYS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE MEETING AREA FOR CHILDREN TO PLAY WITH.)
2. WHAT FOOD ITEM YOU WILL BE BRINGING
3. IF YOU KNOW WHAT HERITAGE ITEM YOU WILL BE SHARING WITH THE GROUP, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN PLAN OUR TIME TOGETHER WELL.
WE WILL UPDATE EVERYONE CLOSER TO THE DATE OF THE GATHERING TO LET ALL KNOW HOW MANY HAVE RSVP’D SO FAR.
God bless everyone and we look forward to seeing you there!
Brandon & Sarah Battle
AWAA Texas Associates
Hi everyone!
We had a great meeting last month at Build-A-Bear and around 30 bears were stuffed for orphans!
Thanks to all for participating!
This month we will be having a very special opportunity at our Adoption Fellowship Group Meeting!
Dr. Heidi Schwarzwald, one of the head medical doctors at the International Adoption Clinic at Texas Children’s
Hospital will be coming to share with us and answer medical questions surrounding international adoption.
Whether you have already adopted, are in the process of adopting internationally or you are in the “thinking about it” stage,
this is a great opportunity to ask an expert any questions you might have regarding:
1. planning medically for your adoption trip both for you and your family, including your new adopted little one.
2. dealing with the medical issues that are common in various regions of the world and in orphanages (example: vaccinations needed for you and for your new little one, common diseases, minor ailments orphans deal with, developmental issues, etc…)
3. understanding special needs adoption and what different diagnoses require for treatment and the estimated costs involved.
4. learning more about the services that Texas Children’s Hospital has to offer to adoptive families before and after adoption.
Date of meeting: Sat., June 16th, 2007
Time of meeting: 4 to 6 PM
Place: The church main sanctuary located at
461 Artesian Plaza Dr.
Humble, TX 77338
RSVP at 281-798-6014 or by e-mailing thebattles@awaa.org
Please bring your favorite snack food or dessert, and when you RSVP let us know what
you will be bringing.
God bless you and we look forward to seeing you!
Brandon & Sarah Battle
Texas Associates
(KJV) Romans 8:15 For ye have not received
the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have
received the Spirit of Adoption, whereby we
cry, Abba, Father.
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Well, it’s about time I came out and posted something! We have some exciting news to share with you today! A week ago, we applied with AWAA to adopt again, and we got the news yesterday that our app was approved! We are officially on the journey to child number 2! We are looking to adopt a boy from China. We are going to very soon fill out a special needs adoption application with AWAA as our next step in the process.
A many of you know, we were praying about pursuing adoption from Vietnam, but God closed that door, and opened our eyes to the possibility of the Special Needs program in China.
Please pray for us as we take this step of faith, and seek God’s plan, and search for the little one God has for us.
God is full of sweet surprises, and we believe that this moment in our journey will be no exception to that rule! We believe firmly that God has a plan, and that plan is perfect for us! Before the foundation of the world, He knew we would have two little ones in our lives, and He knew we would adopt them, and He knew where they would be from!
That to me is both comforting and astoundingly awesome all at the same time! For those out there who are in a time of transition and change right now, know this… you can rest! God has it all figured out!
Blessings until the next post!
Brandon Battle
See how very much our heavenly Father loves us, for he allows us to be called his children, and we really are! But the people who belong to this world don’t know God, so they don’t understand that we are his children. Yes, dear friends, we are already God’s children, and we can’t even imagine what we will be like when Christ returns. But we do know that when he comes we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. And all who believe this will keep themselves pure, just as Christ is pure.”
1 John 3:1-3 (NLT)
This morning my daily Bible reading fell on this chapter in 1 John, and these first three verses really jumped out at me. As I read these first three verses, I thought about our little Becca, and her pure approach to life that she has every day.
She wakes up every day knowing that Jesus and her Mommy and Daddy love her, and she approaches everything she does from that perspective with as the Bible says, “a childlike faith.” and with that a childlike joy! She loves every day and every breath of life that she experiences, and she approaches every moment with excitement!
I love that about my little girl! Watching her even this morning, made me pray: “Lord, help me to approach life this way!” So many times, as adults we rush here and there and everywhere, “Go to work, eat, sleep, go to work, eat sleep…” and if we’re not careful we can lose that childlike perpsective of excitement and joy in our daily Christian walk! This excitement is refreshed and renewed when that reality mentioned in verse one hits us in the face: “Wow! My Daddy in Heaven really loves me!”
My prayer today for myself and anyone who reads this is that God will refresh our perspective! May we see everything through the eyes of a child of the King of kings and Lord of Lords, excited about God’s love for us, excited about His faithfulness to us, looking forward to each day like a child that unwraps a gift on Christmas morning!
May people in the world who don’t know the joy of being a child of the King, see it in our lives, and want that same joy that they see in us!
May we also look forward with that same joy and anticipation for that wonderful morning when we will wake up and see the sky split and see Jesus return for us, His church!
God bless and have an awesome and exciting day!
I just want to let everyone know about our upcoming America World “Spirit of Adoption” international adoption seminar being held at The Fellowship of the Woodlands in The Woodlands, TX on February 4th! It’s FREE! All we ask is that you let us know you are coming by registering for the seminar either by calling 888-ONE-CHILD or going to www.awaa.org/events.
Below are more details from an official press release about this event!:
“America World Adoption Association will be presenting a free seminar on international adoption entitled, “Spirit of Adoption? on Saturday, February 4th, 2006 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at The Fellowship of the Woodlands in the Woodlands, TX.
America World Adoption Association is a Christian based, non-profit organization dedicated to helping families adopt children from around the world. The organization is run with the adoptive family at heart and has adoption programs with Russia, Ukraine and China.
Whether you are just beginning to consider adoption or have decided to adopt, this seminar will be of value to you. They will present an overview of what God’s Word says about adoption as well as discuss the blessing and process of international adoption in a multimedia program called, “The Spirit of Adoption.?
Is God punishing you through infertility? Is adoption God’s Plan “A” or Plan “B” for placing a child in your home? What is God’s definition of Mother and Father? Is an adopted child your own? These intriguing questions will be answered along with many others. You will also hear families share their personal and profound experiences. To register, please visit their website at www.awaa.org, or call 1-888-ONE-CHILD.”
Hope to see you there! God bless!Feel free to e-mail us at thebattles@awaa.org if you have questions about this powerful event.
Tonight, we want to invite all in the Houston area who have, are in the process of, or are interested in adopting internationally to our Adoption Fellowship Group that meets at our home in the Spring area. For directions send us an e-mail at thebattles@awaa.org! If you can’t make it to this one, but you want to attend in the future, please e-mail us and let us know! Again our e-mail is thebattles@awaa.org!
We will have food, fun, and fellowship!
One year ago today, the day began like any other day. We both got in the car and went to work at the church. We both spent our morning doing the routine administrative activities in the church office. A friend came in that day and asked us how much longer did we have to wait for our referral? We said, we thought it was going to happen last month, and it disappointingly didn’t. We don’t know if it will happen this month with the holiday season finishing up and the Chinese New Year on the horizon.
We had both kind of reached the point where we were so down about having to keep waiting that we just didn’t want to get our hopes up that it could possibly happen this month.
That friend left, and then no sooner does she walk out the door when the phone rings! My mom says, “Brandon. it’s Allison from America World.” “AAAAAAHHHHHHHH! SCREEEEEAAAAAMMMMMM” This was it! We were officially going to be a Mommy and a Daddy! After an eight year wait, our baby was coming!
What a way to start out the new year!
The next day, DHL came to our door with a package, and we saw her picture for the first time!
“WOW! She’s beautiful! Thank you Lord! We’re so glad she’s ours!”
That was exactly one year ago! Boy does time fly, when your having fun being a daddy!
Below is a picture of our beautiful blessing from heaven, Becca Battle!
Hello to all of our Friends and Family!
This has been an awesome year, one that we will never forget! Most of you know that last year, we began the process of adopting a little one from China. At the close of 2004, we sere still awaiting a response from the Chinese Center of Adoption Affairs with a picture of our new little family member. December was a long month!
Then on January 6, we were at the church office working when the phone rang. Brandon’s mom answered it and came and said, “Someone named Allison from America World is on the phone.? We screamed! We were both an instant bowl of mush and emotion, shaking all over with excitement! Needless to say, that was our referral call! We were now the proud parents of a little girl from Hubei China named Li Jia Yi, soon to be named, Rebecca Catherine Jiayi Battle. She was born on 3/5/04. That means that exactly one week after we made the decision to adopt from China, our little girl was born. WOW! Isn’t God awesome!
January and February were planning and packing and praying months. They too dragged on and it seemed that March, when we were scheduled to travel would never arrive! Then March 2nd came, and we were off to China for 16 days. The families we traveled with were all so very sweet, and we will never forget them. (We hope to have a reunion next year!) The first 3 days were spent in Beijing touring the Great Wall and other historical sites! On March 5th, Becca, as she has come to be called turned one, and then 2 days after that, she was in our arms for the first time! Becca’s Gotcha Day had finally come! We spent the next week loving on and welcoming our new daughter into our lives and seeing her province. We also filled out paperwork to finalize the adoption, and had our first official family photo taken! Then, we flew with Becca to Guangzhou where we applied for her visa to fly home with us. We then spent another week or so touring, shopping, and enjoying Becca while this final paperwork was filed. Then on March 18th, we flew home, and the instant our plane touched US soil, little Becca became a US citizen! Boy did it feel good to be home!
It took two weeks for our body clocks to adjust to a 14 hour time difference. We walked around in a daze for days!
In April, we, along with another adoptive family, the Crowders (who are very dear friends of ours), shared at America World’s Adoption Seminar about our adoption journeys! It was so much fun to share our joy with other families who were praying about adopting. We enjoyed it so much that we later became America World Adoption Associates, spreading the word through adoption seminars and small groups about the joys of international adoption! We also had a birthday party for Becca in April together with both sets of her grandparents! We decorated the house “to the hilt!? The one thing we will never forget is Becca’s face as she enjoyed getting her hands covered with icing and cake digging her fingers into her little “smash cake!? She had so much fun being the center of attention and getting loved on by both sets of grandparents! We discovered that day how much she loved balloons more than any other gift she received!
In May, we had our church’s annual Missions Conference! After adopting Becca, this year’s conference was especially wonderful because we got to introduce our little Becca to the ministers from many different nations of the world that our church supports. This year’s conference felt much like a family reunion. We were able to see some minister friends that we hadn’t seen in a very long time.
Another special day in May, was Mother’s Day. Sarah, for the first time, celebrated this day not just as a daughter, but a mother, Becca’s mother!
In June, Brandon was especially blessed. He was asked by his dad to preach the Father’s Day sermon at the church. He preached on the Father heart of God, and showed our Gotcha Day video.
In August, we held our first small group fellowship for adoptive families and waiting or potential adoptive families. We had 10 people there, and we enjoyed talking to one another so much, that it lasted one hour longer than planned. No one really wanted to leave, because we enjoyed each other’s company, and the stories and info that were shared were so rich!
Also, this summer, many of our relatives met Becca for the first time and welcomed her into our family.
In October, we held our first official adoption seminar as AWAA Associates. It was held at our church, The Lord’s Glory Church in Humble, TX. We had the privilege of tying the seminar together with a benefit concert with Christian Artist, Clay Crosse, and God enabled us to raise over $2100.00 to help other families adopt. One of these families was Clay Crosse and his family. They just recently returned from China with their beautiful Sophie May! Congratulations to the Crosse family! The concert was held on Friday night and then on Saturday, October 29, at 10 AM, we held a Spirit of Adoption AWAA seminar. Clay and his wife Renee shared about their adoption journey, and the Crowders also shared about their trip to China to get Kayla, their sweet new daughter! Ten interested families cameto the seminar, and two of them who had previously been undecided, made the decision to begin their adoption journeys. That made the weekend worth it all! Our whole church got behind these events and we really appreciate all of the time and effort they put forth!
In November, both Brandon and Sarah’s parents came over and had Thanksgiving Dinner. We have so much this year to be thankful for with Becca now here in our family forever. It was such a joyous occasion. Also, we had a lot of prayers going up as well, due to the fact that our dog, Precious had contracted a blood disease that was threatening her life. But God! He healed her! We received a miracle during that next week, and she who was at death’s door is now getting back to her “old self? again! Yea! Praise the Lord! The vet said to Brandon: “Brother, we have experienced a miracle!? God is so good!
This month, we enjoyed having a reason to decorate for Christmas! Becca helped as we decorated the tree, and her face lit up as it was lit up! Brandon was telling James Benson, one of the daddies in our China travel group, how wonderful it was to experience Christmas as a daddy for the first time, and see it from that perspective. There was nothing more priceless than seeing Becca experience the joy of her first Christmas: her eyes lighting up as we lit the tree, her eyes filling with wonder as she looked out the window of her room and saw the Nativity Scene and then with joy yelled “Jee! Jee! (That’s “Jesus? in baby language). James also pointed out to me how he now has even more appreciation for Joseph this Christmas. He was an adoptive father too, you know!
We also had a wonderful Christmas party with America World families who live in the Houston area! We hosted it at our house, and had 26 people come (11 kids! Wow! Awesome!) ! We had families there who had adopted from Russia, Ukraine, and China! One little girl from China was dressed in the same Santa dress that Becca had on! They looked like twins!
This has truly been a year we will never forget! God has blessed us, and it’s because of His grace that we are now blessed to be parents of this little girl that we know He has enormously wonderful plans for! He has already used her to touch so many people! It is truly a beautiful joy to wake up everyday and watch her discover those plans one step at a time! Thank you Lord for 2005, and thank you for blessing us with this beautiful gem from heaven named Rebecca Catherine Jiayi Battle!
May God bless everyone of you, and may this Christmas be filled with childlike wonder and unfettered joy for you and your families! Can’t wait to hear about and see what the Lord does in each of your lives in the coming year!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Love,
Brandon, Sarah, and Becca Battle
Wow! What a neat week we have enjoyed with Becca going to Georgia to meet more of her new extended family! We began the week with going to see Mama Lou, Grandaddy Bill, and Uncle Bob, her great-grandparents on my dad’s side. It was really special to me for her to meet them. Mama Lou was the lady instrumental in praying for our family(Mom, Dad, and I) to get saved. Grandaddy is the oldest father in the family, the “patriarch.” Becca loved meeting both of them. What was really awesome to me was to see how my Grandaddy responded when he met Becca. To have the oldest meet the youngest was a neat moment I will never forget! All the time we were there, when he would walk in to the room and see her, he would brighten up, and say something like: “She sure is a pretty little girl, isn’t she!” One time he told Mama Lou: “Brandon and Sarah got the prettiest girl in China!” Grandaddy Bill is a man of few words and to have him say these things about my little girl meant so much to me!
Another moment that will forever be engraved in my heart happened as we were just about to pull out of their driveway. Grandaddy hurried out and stuck his head in the back window of the car, and said, “I want to see the baby one more time.” That touched me more than I can post in words! Suffice it to say, I will never ever forget it!
Here is a picture of Becca and her Great Grandaddy Battle:
Here is a picture of Becca with her Great Grandma Battle, “Mama Lou”:
[To be posted soon!]
More about our trip to come in future posts!
