In the past weeks we have been showered with God's faithfulness. We applied for seven adoption grants total. We were denied on six of them because sufficient funds were not available to give us a grant. I did my best not to get discouraged by being told six times "no". Hours and hours have been spent filling out forms and essays all in effort to help close the gap. I kept telling God, you must have other plans. Last Saturday we received our last grant letter. And guess what??? We were awarded a $1,500 grant. WOW!! Took our breath away. God continues to soften people's hearts for our story. Over the past couple days we were given several "anonymous" donations. We cannot say thank you enough for joining with us in helping bring our son and daughter home. Every contribution helps whether big or small. We have loved hearing about our new children from the Tanzanian mission trip (a group of youth and adults from our church went to the same orphanage our children are from a couple weeks ago). We have been told they are being well taken care of in the orphanage and their basic needs are being meet. They tell us that Innocent's big eyes will melt your heart and Helen's smile will light up the room. Kendra, Mason, and Brady are so excited. We have been prepping the bedrooms which adds to the excitement.
The lawyer in Tanzania is preparing our paperwork for the adoption. After that's complete he will mail it to us to sign and then we will send it back. For the next couple weeks, there won't be much movement other than the paperwork trail.
We ask that you partner with us in prayer over the next days, weeks, and months.
In particular asking:
~The process of getting Helen and Innocent will continue to move forward.
~Continued safety and health for Helen and Innocent
~God to continue to provide the financial means to help bring them home
~Our family as we adjust to adding two more children.
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