Adoption Yardsale

We had a yard sale as a fundraiser for our adoption. It turned out great but it sure was a ton of work. Not sure I'll be up for another one for awhile. We worked for about two months prior to the day collecting items from friends and co-workers and to say we collected alot of stuff would be a understatement. We had thousands of items that were donated to us. We were overwhelmed with the love we felt as we watched items continue to come in up until the day before the sale. Drew said at one point that our house began to look like an episode of the show hoarders.

It took a number of wonderful people to help us prepare and make the sale a success. We are continually grateful to see how many people are invested in this journey with us. What a day it will be to share with our sweet girl how much she is loved and how so many people played a part in bringing her home.

We raised over a $1000.00 dollars towards our adoption costs and we had fun sharing the day with our friends. Thank you Lord that you are in the small details of this life and that you continue to walk with us through it all.

9 Months Waiting

We have survived another three months of waiting.We are hitting nine months of waiting since having our dossier sent to Ethiopia. We have seen some movement in referrals but still continues to be slow overall. We are still encouraged by what we see in the world of adoption and continue to hold strong to our believe that there is purpose in the "waiting". We have grown so much as a family during this time and have had our eyes opened in ways that we could never have imagined before.

We continue to ask for your prayers and encouragement as we wait for our little girl and if you don't mind can you also pray for our adoption yard sale that is planned for May 18th. Thanks so much!!

6 Months Waiting

We have gotten to month six in the waiting stage. It is amazing how quickly the days go but yet how slow it seems some days. We are super busy with life right now and we are thankful to have our two boys to keep us moving forward. We know their is a beautiful girl who will one day be a part of our family and so we will keep on walking this journey and thanking God for his faithfulness and enduring love.

We ask that you pray for us, pray for our sweet girl and for the many others who are waiting alongside of us. Pray for the birth mothers who will make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of love and most importantly pray that God's glory will shine brightly among all of it. We love you all!!