Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Daniel with our celebratory "$4,000 cake"

We were notified by mail today that we have recieved a $4000 grant from Shaohannah's Hope! I was so happy and overwhelmed with thankfulness that I cried! I think Jonathan and Daniel thought I was crazy. We immediately filled in another 40 circles on our Adoption Fund Chart! 140 down, only 65 more to go!

Sometimes this adoption road seems dark and the end is nowhere in sight. At times like these the road lights up and the way is clear and we know there ARE children waiting at the other end peering up the road with the same mixture of awe and excitement we have.

God only knows when our paths will meet and for today that is OK. :-)

Red Thread Day!

Yesterday was our Red Thread Walk-a-Thon, and it was a success! We had a lot of fun. A family from our church came, out-of-state friends who were visiting for the weekend walked with us and some of my friends and Rebecca's friends were able to walk as well. Here we all are before setting out on the walk





We had a beautiful day for a walk- sunny and breezy and not too hot.



Our littlest walker with her Mommy :)


Friends of ours live at about the halfway point and we left a cooler of water and some snacks in their yard. It was nice to take a break. I was surprised because the big kids had nearly finished the fruit snacks before the little kids caught up to us.




Here we all are (minus Tim who went to find water for the dog).



While we waited for the men to cook the hamburgers when we got back, we counted the money everyone had gotten from sponsors. All together we raised $2,114! I was so excited- I'd been nervous about the whole thing since I was "planning" it while I was on a different continent, but God is faithful, and abundantly blessed us. I was very happy with the whole day. Not only was it exciting to raise so much money, it was also fun to walk with our friends and picnic afterwards.