Praises!

First of all I wanted to say thank you to those of you faithfully praying for us.  I am not exaggerating when I say that we have had such a peace about this adoption.  We don't have the entire international fee in place but we know without a doubt that God will make that happen.  God has blessed us and reminded us that He is taking care of things.  We had money from friends and family trickling in at a steady pace for about two weeks, it was so fun and exciting and humbling at the same time.  He is Good.  We have also been able to really enjoy this process, which is something I would not have been able to say truthfully several months ago.  

Today the Psychologist called, the actual doctor, how weird is that?  I usually have to go through at least two people to get answers from a  doctor.  Well anyway, that doesn't matter.  He called because he got the letters done!!!!  Nate and I are able to go tomorrow to pick them up AND I'm hoping that while we're out we can get the dossier docs county certified.  After that we send the dossier in to our agency, it goes through state certification then it's off the Haiti!  Keep praying that all the documents will be accepted.  

We are praising the Lord for having the $2350 to send in the dossier, it's an amount separate from the international fee we are trying to raise funds for so the amount on our fundraising gauge is strictly for that, which is so great.  

As for our family challenge, so far this month we have been able to save $390.  I don't think that we'll be able to save more than the last time we did this, which was $500.  I was hoping to save $600 but oh well I'm still happy to have something to show for all our hard work.  This money will not be going to the international fee, it will be used to pay for the state certification process and translation of the dossier.   We are still very thankful.

Now I am off to update the puzzle blog and add the eleven pieces we got last week!!  If you feel led to help us give an orphan a forever family please use the donate button or use the link to jump over to our puzzle blog and sponsor a piece or more for just $10 a piece!!  Thanks!

Prayer requests

Please join us in prayer for the following:


1. For that last dossier item to get here (psych eval letter)


2. For Haiti to accept the dossier and for us to not have to do something over, I think if I have to say the words "notary" or "county certified" again I'll just scream.


3. For the funds to keep rolling in.  We applied for adoption grants and are hoping and praying that they can help us out and raise a lot of what we need.


4. For those of you who read our blog, you are already aware of the international fee per child.  $14000.  We are only raising funds for one child because well, we don't know if we'll get two and we don't think it's wise to ask for money for two kids.  Chances are we will because siblings needing adoption and to stay together are in abundance in Haiti.  Pray for provision and for us as our trust in the Lord just loves to waiver from time to time. 


Thank you for walking with us and for all the love and support!

More Blessings

We have been blown away this week.  I already shared with you about the blessings we received Sunday and Monday but the rest of this week has been wonderful as well.  Today we received a $125 donation and someone sponsored a puzzle piece!!  We are so thrilled at what God is doing and the generosity of family and friends.  My tear ducts have been getting a major workout this week.  

Other than the pieces being sponsored and donations coming in, we really don't have big news yet.  We FINALLY got our psych evaluation completed and should be getting the letter, (THE LAST DOCUMENT FOR OUR DOSSIER!)  in about a week.  I went to my beloved notebook which contains all my keep-me-sane-to-do-lists to see what I still need to accomplish for this dossier and there wasn't one!!  Woohoo!  All I need to do is get the pile of papers county certified and send it off to our agency and let them take care of the rest.  We are praying to have it shipped off in three weeks.  I was hoping to have the dossier done by the beginning of March but the end of March ain't so bad.  :)  I am anxiously awaiting the day that I can type my celebratory post declaring that the dossier is on its way to Haiti!  So stay tuned........

God Loves to Surprise Us!

  I'm just going to cut to the chase.  In just twenty four hours we received $885 dollars in donations!  Some for the puzzle fundraiser and some just for a donation.  


It's been an interesting couple of weeks for me.  I really started struggling with doubt that God could provide the money we need.  I let worry overtake me at times.  I prayed and prayed that He would help me stop worrying and that I would remember that He knows what He's doing.  As the days went by I noticed that I was worrying less and less.  Which is kind of like a miracle because I'm a natural worry wart.  I basically just decided that adoption is God's heart and He will make this happen and I allowed myself to relax and be excited about my new child without the dark cloud of worry looming.  


This past Sunday within an hour 4 different people came to us and gave us donations that totaled $495!!  It floored us.  It took us a minute to compose ourselves so we could participate in worship.  I just stood there looking at the words of the song through my tears and kept willing myself to breath and swallow back the weeping that wanted to bubble up inside of me.  I was so surprised.  I was so humbled.  God blew us away.  


He also surprised us with the gift of affirmation.  In several different ways, through conversations we had a church and during the sermon, God was so sweetly telling us that yes this is what He's called us to do and yes, go to Haiti for this child.  


Yesterday, another surprise, we received a check in the mail for $40 for 4 pieces of our puzzle!  I was thrilled, but God didn't stop there.  Last night around 8:30 I received an email notification of a donation of $450!!!!  Man do I cry a lot these days! :)  What a blessing and oh how much that means to us that God is providing and friends and family are will to partner up with us to get this child home!!  In the notification this person added a sweet note with the bible reference of Matthew 18:5 which says, "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me."  Love that.  Enough said.

Puzzle Progress

We are overjoyed today and we are celebrating God's goodness.  Click on the link to our fundraising blog for the latest.

www.haitipuzzlefundraiser.blogpsot.com

:)