Puzzle Funds

For several months we have had some info in the side bar about our puzzle fundraiser and a few have asked for more details.

Here is the puzzle

We are asking that family and friends sponsor a piece of the puzzle for $20. Each donor will have their name written on the back of a puzzle piece. 

Once the puzzle is complete it will be hung in a double-sided frame in our child's room. It will be a great way to show them all the many people who have prayed for them and help to bring them home! 

Our child will have lost everything when they come home to us, their biological families, culture, etc. As they grow older, we hope that the many names will bring some comfort that in their loss, they gained so much love and support from a new and larger family.

As always we are so very thankful to everyone who contributes to our adoption both financially and through prayer. We absolutely need both and would not have made it this far without you!

Big things are happening! We are so blessed, and I know you will be too, in this journey!

Wahoo!!!!!

Got our monthly wait list number today and was in total shock! We moved 8 spaces to number

Now some of you may remember a couple months ago I was super bummed because I asked prayer specifically that we would drop into the 40's the following month. Well, as I am learning, God's timing is not my own and while it was not "when" I wanted, it was exactly what I wanted and I'm sure that while I don't specifically know why I had to wait longer, there was a reason and it will all work out to the good!

Now for some even more exciting news, though we moved 8 spaces, 10 children were matched with their forever families!!! That's 10 fewer orphans in the world....wahoo!!

6- Infants
1- child over age 6
1- sibling set ages 6 & 10
1- Special needs child

Our Specific Requests:
1) We have been so blessed by the donations and prayers from friends! We are still in fundraising mode and need quite a bit more to be fully funded. Please pray that we will be directed to fruitful ways to raise/save funds.

2) Please pray for peace over our hearts. Seems like everywhere I turn another person is welcoming their child home through either birth or adoption and while I'm ecstatic for them, I'm ready for my turn.

3) While the PAIR process does make the adoptions more efficient and safe, it did add A LOT of time on to the process. Please pray there are no further "hiccups" in the process.

4) Finally, please pray for the birth mother. I don't know if our child is even conceived yet but she is going to have to make the hardest decision of her life. A decision that will give us the gift we have longed for, and a life for her child she could not provide. But more importantly, pray that in this process someone shares with her the love of Christ.