Celebrate!!!

We’re so excited to celebrate great news with you! Our home study is paid in full! We sold about 175 bracelets ($1,800) and were given donations from some amazingly generous people. Isn’t that crazy??? God is faithfully providing and YOU are generously praying, encouraging, supporting, sharing, and giving. THANK YOU! We are so blessed by your willingness to actively participate in changing our child’s life forever. Doesn’t it feel good to be part of this journey? Doesn’t it feel good to know you obeyed when the Holy Spirit nudged you to get involved? And this is only the beginning! I can’t wait until the day we get the referral call. I can’t wait to tell you that the agency called about a (girl/boy), __ years old. I can’t wait to receive the email with his/her picture and to be able to describe the perfect eyes, nose, and cheeks, of our newest addition.

That phone call is still a year or two away. Before that, you’ll join us in celebrating the passing of the fire inspection, safety inspection, and the home study approval. Of course, there are some major financial milestones to reach too. We’re facing the largest fees in the whole process: Agency Fees. Our agency fee is $6,000 and the foreign agency fee is another $6,000. $12,000 in agency fees due upfront before we can move on in the process.
Ouch. That’s a serious ouch! 800 bracelets, folks. 800! I think this is when we would do best to start praying. What’s $12,000 to God? Nothing. A drop in the bucket to the creator of the universe. He commands us to care for orphans and I trust that He’ll provide. Will you join us in this petition? Will you pray that He moves in hearts this giving season? Will you lift your voice to Him on our behalf?