If you've followed our adoption journey from day one, you know that this has been a remarkable journey for us. We started out as a family stepping out on faith with a big dream....a God-sized dream.
From the very beginning, we were staring at a debt of around $25,000 that later grew to around $31,000 due to changes the Ethiopian government made to the adoption process. Staring at that debt was well beyond anything we could ever do....but you know what? The God we serves specializes in paying debt. If you don't believe me, check out John 3:16 in the New Testament. (smile)
...and TODAY, in looking at our
fundraiser thermometer, we see we only have about $5,500 left to finish out our adoption costs. This is MONUMENTAL!!!!
Why? We are the average middle-class family without boat loads of money sitting in a savings or retirement account. We save as much as we can and find cool ways to raise funds. Most of all, we have seen what your sacrificed donations of $5, $10, $20, and $50 have done at chipping away at this debt. It may have seemed little to you at the time, but your donations have meant the world to us. We've been blown away in the past year by two separate $5,000 donations....and then how one of those donors decided to also do a
donor match back in February. Your stories of sacrificial giving amaze me and are making a difference in the life of a child who has grown in this mama's heart for the past 2 years. Like today, receiving an unexpected donation did this mama's heart so good.
We're at the home stretch family!
Will you partner with us to finish strong by donating today or this week? Don't forget, your donations are tax-deductible when you donate through our partner at
Lifesong for Orphans/First Giving. As you've seen every little bit of sacrifice is changing the world....one orphan at a time.
Love y'all!
5 comments:
WOW! How exciting to have come so far and to be so close--to reaching your goal and even better, to meeting your precious daughter!
I'm currently working on a post similar to this one.
Oh, girl, God LOVES our babies!!!!!!!! How can they ever doubt it, when we tell him what He has done for them?????
Missy ^^^^^^ pointed me to your blog this morning and I just had to come by and say that you're on my heart. Not only am I anxiously awaiting God's timing to adopt, but I have a daughter named Selah. :) Hits very close to home. God Bless!
WOW your so close to your goal! How exciting! Praying it wont be long now. :)
Love y'all ladies so dearly! Seriously, I do. These comments and words of support mean so much to me. I feel the love...hope you feel it your way too!
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