Golf Tournament

Some good friends of ours are hosting a golf tournament this weekend for our adoption. Pray with us that everything goes well.

Each day we are closer to raising the money needed for our next step in the adoption. With the golf tournament, the Chick-fil-A calendar sales, and the upcoming yard sale, we may just reach this next goal sooner rather than later! The next step is to request our referrals, which basically means that we have enough money to give the go ahead to our adoption agency to find our children for us. Maybe soon we will have pictures and names of our children.

We are continuing to wait to hear back concerning several more grants.

Will you pray? God has been so good to us as He has blessed all of our efforts. We will give Him the glory!

Postponed but...

Well, we were hoping to hear from a charitable organization about a grant this week. The committee has decided to consider our family in November. Part of me is disappointed, but I know God is in control.
Despite this news, October still could be a great month for us. We have several things happening that will help with our fund-
1. We have 2 precious men from our church who are planning a Golf Tournament to help fund our adoption. The tournament is October 16 at Knoxville Municipal. Please let us know if you would like to play and we can get you the information. We ask that you pray for good weather that day. Please also pray that God will bless the tournament.
2. We are selling 2011 Chick-fil-a calendars. And yes, they are the ones with the great coupons. They are $8 each and make great gifts. Please let us know if you would like to purchase or help sell them.
3. We are having another Yard Sale Oct. 23. Please let us know if you have donations.
Thank you so much for following, supporting and praying for us on this journey. We are excited to see how God works this month.

Grant Meeting

Sorry that I have not posted in a week or so... life has been busy. But now we have several things happening related to our adoption so here is the first-
There is a charitable foundation that we expect will meet about us this week or early next week. It is our understanding that the committee meets once a month. We were expecting them to meet regarding us 2 months ago and then they postponed our family to last month. Then last month they moved us to this month. Their goal is to put our application in at the time that is best for our situation. So please pray. We are so close to having enough funds to get our referrals. This grant may be the way God chooses to provide that need. Pray for God's perfect timing. We know that He knows the best time for our application to be considered.
Check back in the next day or two for another update. October is going to be busy!

Dossier

We took a huge step in our adoption process today. We submitted our dossier. I know, many of you are probably wondering what that funny french sounding word means. I know you are wondering, because when we first heard the word-we wondered too. Well, a dossier is a collection of documents about our family. It is sent to our agency and then on to Africa. The powers that be then use that information to process and approve us for adoption.

We are pleased and excited to have this step taken. It is bringing us closer to bringing our 2 blessings home. Please pray for our dossier as it is sent overseas and processed.

Check back soon for more information on our process.

Chick-fil-a Calendars

We are continuing to raise funds for our adoption. We have been so blessed so far by the various way God has provided for our fund. We are around halfway!
Our next venture is Chick-fil-a calendars. We will be selling them for $8. They have great coupons. Each calendar sale adds $5 more to our fund. They make great gifts.
Please let us know if you want any OR if you are willing to help sell. Our goal is to sell 500. I know that seems like a ton. But with God all things are possible!!

Disappointment and Trust

Well, I am a little disappointed. I know that sounds terrible in light of our post from yesterday... but I feel a tiny bit bummed. We just received an email about a grant that was supposed to meet about us next week. They are moving us to the October meeting- that is the source of my disappointment. I was so hoping and praying that they would meet and select us, thus allowing us to keep stepping forward. However, despite my disappointment... I trust. I trust knowing that God is in control and guiding each step of this adoption I trust knowing that He will continue to be faithful. I trust knowing He knows what is best for us and our future children. I trust knowing this is all in HIS perfect timing.
We have several things we are praying about right now regarding some decisions we face. Please pray for us as we follow God. Pray that we will hear HIS still, small voice.

Last night as we were going to bed, Dave noticed a voicemail on our phone. I listened to it and was so pleased to hear what it said! It was a message letting us know we had been awarded a grant for $3,000!!! This means we only have about $16,000 more to go... I know $16,000 is hardly an amount in the category of "only." But when I think that we started with basically nothing back in late March and see how far we have come, I am amazed and humbled. In 5 months God has blessed us with $24,000. God has poured out his blessings by means of fundraisers. yard sales, grants and generous gifts.
We are so excited and eager to see how God continues to provide for us each step of the way. Please be in prayer September 7. We have another grant who will be meeting about our family. If selected for this grant we will be able to move forward with requesting our referrals and submitting our dossier. WOW!! Just saying that gets me excited:)
Thank you again for following our journey.