But God surprised us! And we were soon blessed with our two daughters.
We felt our family was complete and decided we were finished having children. Until recently.
God has been quietly speaking to us, gently letting us know that we have more love to give-love to share with another child. And so, my husband and I began to pray earnestly that God would show us His will.
God was faithful, as He always is, and has placed it on our hearts to adopt from Africa. We know our child is there, and we cannot wait to bring them home!
The costs are overwhelming to us, but we will put our trust in God.
"With man, this is impossible. But with God, all things are possible."
Matthew19:26
We would love and be humbled if you chose to join us on our journey!
A quick update:
At this point we are currently waiting to finish putting together our dossier to be sent to Ethiopia. Once that is accepted we will see the face of our sweet child(ren)!!! We have complete trust that God will place the child with us that was always meant to be part of our family!
In the meantime we have been talking with lots of families that have adopted from Ethiopia as well. We have been reading lots of books and learning as much as we can about the culture. We bought the girls a globe and it was really cool for them to finally connect where their new brother or sister will be coming from compared to where they live.
We are so excited to be doing our first fundraiser!! Our sweet friend works for Starbucks and has donated 5 pounds of coffee and a mug. Those who donate $10 through the paypal link on the side bar are eligable to win! We will let the fundraiser run through January 26th. Thanks so much for supporting our family. We are so blessed and excited to see how God will use this fundraiser to help us to bring our baby home!!!
WOW Bret, this is so exciting. I am praying for you and your sweet family and will send some support money your way. God bless you!
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Karen
What a great idea for a fundraiser! :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea for a fundraiser everyone loves coffee. When you get a moment you should check out www.coupaide.com. They have partnered with Restaurant.com to help families like yours raise funds for adoption. Since you have a strong online presence I think you could do very well with their platform.
ReplyDeleteCheck out their most recent fundraising page www.coupaide.com/lottielee.
Good Luck!
How awesome that you're buying a kid with other people's moolah
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