Heavy Hearted- Haiti

I've been MIA due to having a personal connection to the massive earthquake in Haiti.

You may remember this post on our

Ulmer Studios Blog

regarding dear friends of ours, Mike & Missy Wilson, in the adoption process of a

precious lil girl in Haiti.

Well, when we heard of the news that the earthquake had hit, our hearts hit the floor.

We rushed to twitter to check the updates from this family.

Scary.

Another member of the Wilson Family, Katie Erie, was in Haiti at the orphanage that Tia (the Wilson's soon to be adopted daughter) was at. They were finally able to get a hold of Katie to find out miraculous news that the orphange that they were located at in Carrefour, right out side of Port Au Prince, was shaken but everyone was out alive & safe.

Praise God were the first words that left our lips.

So Mike (the dad) flew down to Haiti w/Brent Gambrell of Brent Gambrell Ministries (a organization working directly w/the orphanage) to find them.

Once they were located, the next step was getting them home.

Katie & Brent returned first.

Mike stayed 6 days in Haiti trying to get her home.

Finally Humanitarian Parole was granted to the orphans in Haiti.

Tia was going to be processed.

Their story was seen on CNN, NBC Nightly News, all the local stations & them some.

Here is the story of their homecoming on NBC Nightly News.

Amazing.

So many prayers.

Now, the next task is bringing the rest of the 45 orphans in this orphanage home to their new parents here in the US.

Brent Gambrell Ministries is in the process of making that happen.

You can read the story of the time in Haiti & things that are still underway on his blog here.

His documentation of his time in Haiti after the earthquake are amazing.

If you wish to donate to an organization that is working directly w/the orphanages in Haiti & bringing these babies home,

please visit

Brent Gambrell Ministries.

They have a team on the ground right now working on getting those babies out of there.

Josh was able to attend the homecoming at a small local airport at 5am.

Here are some photos from that.

Tia is now home.

With her new family.

In her new girly room.

It's been amazing seeing all the videos on Facebook of her seeing her room for the first time.

Twit pics of her first American dinner of tacos.

The princess crown that she is sporting around the house.

We can't wait to hang w/them & meet sweet Tia.

So please continue to pray for this family.

Continue to pray for the other babies that have yet to make it to their new homes here in America.

xo