THE DAY IS HERE!!! BIG NEWS!!!!

THE DAY IS HERE!!!! After much thought and prayer, Matt and I are excited to announce we have accepted a referral for two beautiful children. WHAT!!?!! Yes it's true!! They are siblings. The girl who the orphanage calls "Helen" is nine years old and a little boy "Innocent" who just turned four years old will be a wonderful addition to our family. Per our agency we are not allowed to post their pictures publicly at this time for their protection. They are so cute!! We would love to show you pictures in person if you would like to see them. We feel honored to provide these sweet children a forever home.  Kendra is so excited to have a new sister and Brady can't wait to share bunk beds with his new brother. Mason said, "That's cool!, I hope we can spend Christmas with them." From the sounds of it we might have them home by Christmas. Things are moving fast!!! Our agency hopes for our first trip to happen in September and the second trip sometime by the end of the year. Obviously things can change at any time. But there is one thing we know for sure...God is faithful! Friends, family, and complete strangers have blessed us with prayer and giving hearts. We continue to see people wear our shirts and make awareness of adoption and our journey. We are so humbled. Just a short six weeks ago, people from all ages and backgrounds came together to participate in our 5K. Last weekend despite the rainy weather on Saturday we were able to raise $1500 from our benefit garage sale. BIG THANK YOU for everyone who has gotten us to this point!!! We have paid more in the past six months than we could have ever imagined. We want to be very transparent. So what's left?? The travel cost for two trips expecting to be about $12,000.00. That total is airfare twice for us, once for the children, and hotel accommodations. We have come so far and know that God will provide for us to get these precious children. We have applied for several adoption grants also. So far, we have been denied by two of those organizations because sufficient funds were not available.  The past two days its been on my heart, "What if 200 people gave $20.00?" That's $4,000 dollars. Are you up for the challenge? If a larger donation is on your heart there is a way to make it tax deductible too, Just ask!! Matt and I will be continuing to pray that God place on our hearts what our next fundraising route should be.