The Barbee’s Adoption

06/25/2025

This is it folks!

You Can Help the Barbee Family Fill Their Adoption Board and Get Over $11,000 Towards Their Adoption!

Simply choose one or more numbers on their adoption board and donate that amount. Once a number is claimed, it’s off the board for good!

Every gift, big or small, moves them one step closer to holding their son in their arms.

Select your number(s) and make your tax-deductible donation here:
give.connectedheartsministry.org/Barbee-Family-Adoption-Fund

10/02/2024

First fully independent steps!

10/02/2024

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY
One year ago we got a call that changed our lives forever. Our organization called that they had found a child match for our family, but wanted us to really take time to pray and consider before making a decision to even move forward to view her full file, because of her medical complexities and unknowns. They sent us her medical information, without photos, to allow us to research and pray through this sweet girl’s diagnosis. Cleft hands, cleft feet, cleft lip, cleft palate, malformation of TP63 gene which could indicate:
• Ankyloblepharon-ectodermal defects-cleft lip/palate (AEC) syndrome (which includes Rapp-Hodgkin syndrome)
• Acro-dermo-ungual-lacrimal-tooth (ADULT) syndrome
• Ectrodactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, cleft lip/palate syndrome 3 (EEC3)
• Limb-mammary syndrome
• Split-hand/foot malformation type 4 (SHFM4)
• Isolated cleft lip/cleft palate (orofacial cleft 8.)
This was Greek to us, but all we knew is that we continued to feel drawn to this sweet child that we hadn’t seen. Not knowing the severity of her condition, when we told our org that we wanted to move forward, we were preparing ourselves for the worst while pulling up her photos. Boy were we wrong. This little 8 pound 9 month old girl, “Vinotha”, stole our hearts immediately.

YESTERDAY she took her first real fully independent steps, something we weren’t even sure that she would be able to do without surgeries (see video). Our beautiful Vinia Hope Barbee is 21 months old and thriving so much more than we can could even begin to comprehend a year ago.

We’re still so blown away from all of the generousity, prayers, and most importantly the Lord’s grace and provision that have allowed us to love this girl today. ❤

07/13/2024

07/06/2024

07/04/2024

Our flight that was supposed to depart at 1:20am from Delhi, has been delayed until 3:50am. As much as we were hoping to go ahead and start our journey, we are thankful that we had that long layover in Germany, so the delay shouldn’t set back our arrival home.
Please pray that there are no more delays, for smooth transitions with security, documents, and flights, as well as Vinia and us on the flights and in airports. Nighttime is the absolute hardest for all of us and it’s really not pleasant to be around her screams until she finally gives it up (sometimes hours). Pray for supernatural peace and sleep for all of us. 💕

07/04/2024

Happy 4th from India! Counting the hours until we head home! Heading the New Delhi airport around 8pm India time, our flight departs at midnight, then we arrive in Munich at 6am and stay for a 7 hour layover 😭😭😭, and finally arrive in CLT 4:35pm EST on the 5th!

07/03/2024

On a day filled with sightseeing, the greatest sights were not actual the historical structures. Those were awesome, but not the best things we saw.

1. Vinny has opened up a lot today. She’s been in an overall better mood, not as grumpy. She’s been warming up more to Trey which has been awesome today. She LAUGHED when he tickled her and went to him for a minute. That has been an answered prayer.

2. The hand of God. “I lift my eyes up to the hills, where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.” Psalm 121:1-2. We have looked for the Lords help today and found it. There was an issue with the submission of Vs medical approval for her Visa. We needed her VISA today because the embassy is closed on the 4th. We prayed ALL DAY long. If we didn’t get it, it would delay our flights and we want to get HOME. But, our God is gracious and kind and moved in the way we asked. V has her VISA! An awesome sight to see.

Tomorrow around 9pm here we will head toward the airport to come home. Please pray with us the V does well on the airplane and we make it HOME smoothly.

Your prayers have been felt. Thank you all so much.

“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”
‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭3‬:‭20‬-‭21‬ ‭ESV‬‬