Update...

I just wanted to give a quick update on the adoption front. We had a meeting with our agency on Wednesday.  It went well; however, it was also a bit overwhelming. I have to keep telling myself that with God all things are possible! I panic every time the cost for the adoption comes up. If you know me at all you know that I am extremely careful with money. I coupon, shop at thrift stores and never get anything but water when we go out, just to name a few of my antics. I love to figure out how to save in order to be comfortable with our income. This part of my life is a blessing and also a curse. I honestly get sick when thinking about how we are going to make this adoption work. So here is to trusting God and seeing miracles happen! We already have a few ideas for fundraisers and are 100% open to suggestions!  Already, we have seen God work through our story and are excited to see what else he is going to do. 

I will share our most recent story of how God is providing.  We briefly shared our story and desire to adopt and we set up a button for donations through PayPal.  Hesitantly, we created this button for those who wanted to help in a financial way. Dan and I hate and I mean HATE asking for help in this way, but we had been told that this was an effective way to raise funds for an adoption. We both were praying for God to either open doors or close them throughout this process. After about a week of no hits, I opened my email and there was a donation. This happened literally hours after I was on my knees praying for God to make it clear to us wether to pursue this route or not. The even crazier part was that this donation came from a young man whom we had only met once. He wrote us the nicest note and said that he had been adopted and after reading our story, he knew the impact we would make in this child's life and thanked us for adopting. We were shocked, thankful, and at that moment knew that this was something God wanted us to pursue.

Thank you for following us throughout our journey! I will keep you update!