The Kelliher Chronicles

You can follow the adoption journey of a child from Xinjiang at

http://www.journeytorory.com/

The family will be leaving August 29th

Follow a family traveling to Urumqi Xinjiang China to adopt their son. They will be leaving in a week and will be in China for about 2 weeks.

http://www.crickethome.blogspot.com/

~Anita

Hi everyone,

I know it has been a long time since I last posted.

Well... Rachel graduated from pre-school and she was so proud of herself. Her pre-school, All Kids' Academy, had the graduation ceremony taped professionally and we were able to purchase a DVD; now she is able to watch herself on T.V. Just this morning she put it on so she could see herself. She is so cute!! She is looking forward to Kindergarten on August 20th. Jude will also be in pre-K4 at the same school Rachel went to. Jude will be attending full- time and Rachel will be in after-school care. Amber will be attending a brand new high school. Bill will be going back to work full-time and I will be going to work 24- 35 hours a week; so we will be a very busy family.

We plan on spending alot of time at the beach this summer and taking a trip back to Orlando to camp at Fort Wilderness and see Epcot.

Will post soon!!

Love, Anita

Chinese and American Christian Leaders in Xinjiang - China Aid AssociationOn April 19, 2007, more than 30 house-church leaders and four American Christians were arrested in Xinjiang province. China Aid Association (CAA) reports the four Americans are still in an undisclosed hotel for questioning and the PSB confiscated their luggage. Eight Chinese pastors received criminal detention papers for 30 days detention and were accused of being "suspects involved in evil cult activities." Eye witnesses told CAA that at least two of the arrested were seen with bleeding noses and bruises on their faces because of torture during interrogations. Pray for the pastors in prison and for their families. Ask God to protect them as they face pending charges.

II Timothy 4: 16-18

Bill and I took the kids to Hillsborough River State Park to go camping from April 1st - 3rd. We had a great time. It was so nice to be able to be with the kids without any distractions. Of course, we brought the mini-DVD player so the kids could watch a quick video at night. We were able to go on a few hikes, saw a big alligator sun bathing on the river bank, and also had some armadillo nosing around our camp at night probably looking for food. We saw osprey and lots of squirrels and insects and even had to pry a caterpillar cacoon off of the tent before taking it down. We hope to go camping again in the fall and make it a tradition at least twice a year. -Anita