Adoption Benefit Garage Sale Take 1

We held our first garage sale of the summer in an attempt to raise some of the needed funds for the adoption! We had been saving and collecting stuff for over a year in our storage building! We held this event on the day our town has there town wide sale and we had great success!!! We are currently in need of raising the remaining money for the adoption so with that being said we need to raise around $27,000 more dollars!  We decided to open the sale on Friday night for a few hours and we were very busy I think we brought in around $500 on Friday night being open from 4-8 we were very surprised!! The next day we were open from 7-3 and we sold lots! We had people coming and going the whole time!! It was a blessing to see that many people coming and taking a look at our junk! Kaden and a friend sold hot dogs  popcorn, pop and water and that was also a hit!! At the end of the sale we raised just over $1,600 to put towards the adoption! We were very pleased!! We are very lucky to have a garage to keep the stuff in and set up and we are planning our next garage sale for Memorial Day weekend Friday and Saturday! We are in need of more donations of stuff so if you have anything you would like to donate to our next sale we would gladly take it!! It can be anything from kitchen items, decorative items, clothing, toys, accessories, books, crafts, larger items we will take pretty much anything! So if you have some stuff you would like to get rid of please keep us in mind! We will come and pick it up!! 

We are just along for the ride

 

We are just along for the ride....... Sometimes we go up and sometimes we go down down down... When one door closes another door opens.....

Jeremiah 26:14 As for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right.

 

 

Pretty much for the past month and a half we have felt stuck in this elevator. Stuck, claustrophobic, trapped, not able to breath... One minute we are going up and the next we are heading back down. Truthfully we are ready to get off I am not a huge fan of elevators we are ready to be on some solid ground where we know more what is going on....

 

Adoption

~that is exactly what I am talking about... As many of you know we have been trying to get our dossier along with the kids dossier submitted before a deadline set by the Haitian Govt. That deadline was September 15th

 

~We found out on Friday Sept 14th that our attorney had our kids paperwork but we also found out on Friday that we did not get submitted with the September 15th Deadline.

 

~We then found out on Saturday Sept 15th  that an extension had been granted and our attorney would have 2 more weeks to submit dossiers

 

~ We found out on Monday Sept 17th that IBESR was not taking new dossiers and there was no extension

 

~ We found out Tuesday Sept 18th  that there was an extension

 

~ We found out Wednesday Sept 19th that there was no extension then that there was an extension and then there was no extension...

 

~ And Today Sept 20th we have been given the official word that there is NO extension IBESR is currently closed and they will not be taking new dossiers.

 

So now you might understand why we feel as we are stuck in an elevator and we just keep going up and down. Emotions are high but we will not be shaken. It is our understanding that it is possible that IBESR will start accepting dossiers on October 1st for a short grace period. It is also our understanding that next week, there is a meeting (Tuesday 25th) about the new procedures with IBESR. Hopefully after this meeting it will be clear as to what process will be in place for depositing dossiers on October 1st. 

 

Our heart hurts but we are also at peace and have a since of calmness... We know that HE alone is able and we are going to rest in that. This afternoon when I was thinking about all of this I heard a whisper saying to me Be still my child and know that I am GOD... We know god has already moved so many mountains for this adoptions and we are certain that he isn't done!

 

No worrying here... Its not aloud!

Philippians 4:6-7  Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns. Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness, everything coming together for good, will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life.

 

How can you help.....

~Continue to pray for our adoption

~Pray for Juvens, Sophia and Derline

~Pray for the meeting on the 25th or meeting next week its Haiti and things seem to change at the drop of a hat!

~Pray for those that have the power to make the final decision on this grace period pray that there hearts would be softened and they would allow this to happen

~Pray that IBESR does reopen October 1st for a grace period and we will then get in

~ Pray for our hearts as we are stuck in this elevator a little longer!

 

We believe in the power of prayer the bible tells us in Matthew 18:19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

 

We are thankful for each and every one of you that are praying for our adoption and our family. Words can not express how thankful we are! Keep praying because I can honestly say we know its working!!

 

This is the week.....

Its really going to be a long week my friends....

This is the week….. Our file must enter IBESR by the 

15th we are asking that everyone please pray with us. 

If our file does not enter we are not sure what will 

happen.. IBESR is closing and we aren't sure when 

they will reopen and when they do it will be with all 

new regulations as they are switching to Hague.Pray 

that the last documents will be received for the 

children’s part of the dossier pray that the file will be 

turned over to the attorney and she can then prepare 

it for IBESR and pray that we get accepted into 

IBESR this week. We do not meet the current age 

law for Haitian Adoptions however we do have a 

letter from our doctor saying it is not safe to have 

more children. God is so much bigger than this my 

friends and we ask that you 

please join us in prayer. 

We have already seen him move so many mountains 

during this adoption. We know this mountain is 

nothing to God! Believing Mark11: 23 Truly I tell you, 

whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and 

thrown into the sea! And does not doubt at all in his 

heart but believes that what he says will take place, it 

will be done for him.

We know what god has spoke to our hearts.... We 

know that these 3 children came into our lives at 3 

different times and only god could do that... You see 

if you would have said in the beginning how about 

you adopt these 3 kids I would have said no.. I am 

not adopting 3 kids... But God knew... We believe 

that these children our meant to be in our family and 

we believe that god will bring them home! 

Please pray with us this week!!