What a week!!

Wow, what a week we had last week!! TWO fundraisers in one week!! THANK YOU everyone who was involved!!

Wednesday the 16th my co-workers had a bake sale for us. Everyone pitched in, and brought some YUMMY goodies! By the end of the day, there was hardly anything left, and our total for this sale was just over $900!!! can you believe that?!

Saturday was our rummage sale, and MAN did we have a sale!!! Ford's Prairie Grange was STUFFED with donated yard sale items, and quite honestly I was in a panic that we would have to bring alot of that stuff back home. Folks kept coming in, and I think there was only a handful of people who didn't leave with something. After all said and done, we ended up brings home a small fraction of what we started with. Our total for the sale? $2045!!! woooooot!

So in one week alone, we earned over $3000 toward our adoption fund! WooHoo! The best part about our fundraisers is being able to spread the word about how God is working in our lives, and hearing others' stories. I have found that once people have adoption in their lives, and in their heart, they will share anything with whoever will listen. The same holds true for us. Since we advertised as an adoption fundraiser, that drew people in that had some experience in adoption, and it was wonderful chatting with those folks.

As far as our progress, we are awaiting the final draft of our home study, which may take a few weeks. Once that is finalized, we will be able to request a fingerprinting appt with USCIS(dept of homeland security). This will take a couple weeks, and THEN.......Finally we will be able to submit our dossier to Ethiopia!!!

Stay tuned for more updates, and some more FUN fundraisers we have planned! Thank you for your prayers!!