We Did It!

The Garage Sale was a HUGE success! We brought in over $300. Thank you sooooo much T. I so appreciate your hardwork, garage, time, and donated items! All of the support that we are getting from all around us is what is bringing N closer and closer to home!

A few more steps....

~GARAGE SALE~

The big Garage Sale is Saturday... :) We are really hoping that a lot of folks will be out starting up their Holiday shopping....

Hoping that the remainder of the $2000 will come in with that and I will be able to call the Homestudy lady on Monday to set-up our first appointment...

PLEASE pray. We are VERY close now!!!

Makes You Think....

I saw this on a blog today....

"It has nothing to do with personality, it has nothing to do with spiritual gifts, it has nothing to do with economic status, it has nothing to do with your season in life. "It has to do with accepting the responsibility that God will one day hold us accountable."

"Everyone doesn’t need to adopt, but everyone absolutely must be involved in caring for the orphan, the oppressed. There are so many ways to do this."

Wow... How very true...

Letting Him take the wheel...

Things are progressing nicely. I think that the hardest thing for me to learn to do through this is step back and let things progress the way they should....

I have said my prayers. I have acknowledged that I have put all of it in His hands. Yet, I was not TRULY doing that. :( I was lying awake worrying. Taking it all on. Trying to be the one in control.

Over the past 2 weeks, the sense of calm that I have felt has been amazing. Why? Because I have decided that It is OUT of my control. This story will play out the way it is SUPPOSED to no matter what I try to do and the sooner that I acknowledge that, the better off ALL of us will be.

Thank you God for that swift kick in the behind to wake me to what is REAL. I needed it. Things will go JUST AS THEY are supposed to. YOU know that.... Now, I do too.

Overwhelmed....

A certain church family just blew me away with their generosity....

Seriously...I am in tears.

Thank you guys....

One HUGE step closer...

To answer a few questions....

Our Homestudy is still only $2000, the $6000 that we need RIGHT NOW is including the $3900 that the agency needs for their work so they can start with our dossier and paperwork and the $250 that we need to formally commit through RR....

Due to student loans, home loan, and car loan, I cannot just "put it all on credit cards."

I would never classify my friends in "who helped" v "who did not help" categories...Besides, help means many many things to me. $$ is only 1 form of help. Prayers, hugs, phone calls, emails, notes, text messages, kind words etc. all fall in to the "help" category in my eyes. So, this means pretty much ALL of my friends "help" me. :)

The Lord sends people into our lives to "help" us exactly when we need it. The kind of "help" that person provides depends on our needs and situation. God knows and He provides. I have always believed that....

Just thought that needed to be cleared up....

Bottom Line.....

So, the bottom line is this....

We only have about $1000 (after trying EVERYTHING that we can think of) of the $6000 in fees that we need for all of the things that are due RIGHT NOW...

ANY IDEAS on WHERE we can get the $5000 we NEED??? I will have it the first week of Feb when my tax return $$ comes in, but I need it NOW!!!! Any ideas on WHO could lend it to us for 3 months??? None of the loan programs will let me apply until I complete my Homestudy which is what I am trying to do....

PLEASE, ANY help or input is GREATLY appreciated. We just want to get things rolling.....

Not too much to update right now....

Things are just busy...

Selling lollipops like crazy...

Trying to sell everything we can think of on eBay...

Really really sad and depressed that things are moving so slowly...

Baby steps sure are hard...:(