Eastern Europe - MandyGunter.com https://mandygunter.com Striving for biblical literacy and hope in a broken world. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 23:19:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://i0.wp.com/mandygunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-MG-logo.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Eastern Europe - MandyGunter.com https://mandygunter.com 32 32 227822906 Adoption Memories – December 2014 https://mandygunter.com/adoption-memories-december-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adoption-memories-december-2014 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:08:29 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=122 The Light of the World Today is 4 months since Gotcha Day!  It honestly feels like an eternity ago.  I don’t really even remember life with just one kid, although I am trying to figure out why I used to think I always had my hands full then.  I had...

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]]> 122 Adoption Memories – Two Weeks Home https://mandygunter.com/adoption-memories-two-weeks-home/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adoption-memories-two-weeks-home Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:55:37 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=116 Two weeks home Well, I had every intention of blogging each day that we were in country, and updating frequently after we arrived home.  Obviously, that didn’t happen. So I guess I should start with where I left off.  Our first two days in country were awesome!  We landed on...

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]]> 116 Adoption Memory- Pickup Trip Day 1 https://mandygunter.com/adoption-memory-pickup-trip-day-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adoption-memory-pickup-trip-day-1 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:48:29 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=114 Day 1 Good morning! Or good evening…I’m not entirely sure which time zone I am addressing.  😉  Welcome to the musings of my sleep-deprived brain which is also functioning under a recent dose of Benadryl (I will beat jet lag this trip!)…hopefully that kicks in soon.  It is 5:15 am...

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]]> 114 Adoption Memories- Preparing for Pick Up 2014 https://mandygunter.com/adoption-memories-preparing-for-pick-up-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adoption-memories-preparing-for-pick-up-2014 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:45:45 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=112 Preparing our Hearts We are counting down the DAYS until we leave to go get Little Man.  Baby Girl has started saying we are going to “bust him out”, and in many ways that’s exactly how it feels.  He has been a prisoner in his crib for far too long....

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]]> 112 Adoption Memory – January 2014 https://mandygunter.com/adoption-memory-january-2014/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=adoption-memory-january-2014 https://mandygunter.com/adoption-memory-january-2014/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:37:18 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=108 Toes in the Water Apparently I have been slacking in keeping this blog up-to-date!  As of yesterday, our dossier is on its way to Little Man’s country!  (The dossier is the giant stack of paperwork that we have been working on over the last few months.  It includes our home...

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]]> https://mandygunter.com/adoption-memory-january-2014/feed/ 2 108 The Beginning of Our Adoption Story – 2013 https://mandygunter.com/the-beginning-of-our-adoption-story-2013/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-beginning-of-our-adoption-story-2013 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 23:15:12 +0000 https://mandygunter.com/?p=98 To Belong and Be Loved “Every child has a dream to belong and be loved.” ~ Audio Adrenaline We have very exciting news!  We are expecting! That’s right, we are a family of FOUR! So far, our journey of becoming a family of four is a little different than most. ...

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