I have a friend at work whose wife's dad is from Gambia and she spent some time there. His wife started a new business this year and when she found out what we were doing she wanted to be a part of bringing our children home. Dreamy Gelato http://www.dreamygelato.com/ has been instrumental in bringing in almost $1000 towards our adoption. Some of it from sales and a lot of it from just putting a "change can" by the cash register and our picture. We didn't even know that she was going to do this and it was such a heart-warming surprise to have her hand us the funds from the sale she donated, BUT also to hand us even more money from the "change can." The people who come to her store have been so generous!
Please visit Dreamy Gelato in Cumming, GA to show your support for their business. Click for Directions
Friday, September 19, 2008
Garage Sale 9/19-9/20/08
God has blessed us with some amazing donations from many different families! One specific family - the Olsson's - have been responsible for about 75% of our donations. It's amazing to us how much money has been brought in by their donations. THANK YOU!!!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Update...
We were told today that our children's Case Histories are on the social worker from the ministry of health's "to do list"!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were told that they will be completed soon, but not exactly sure when. When they are started it will only take this group of case histories two days to complete. They were already started back in October of last year so they should be easy to complete! We are praying for a homecoming date in November or December!!!!
The children's passports are applied for so we should get those in the next two weeks. So pray for the passports to come and our case histories to be completed as well. We are getting close!
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The children's passports are applied for so we should get those in the next two weeks. So pray for the passports to come and our case histories to be completed as well. We are getting close!
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Thursday, September 11, 2008
Please pray!
The MOH (ministry of health) is coming under significant pressure to move ahead with adoptions. He has been the main one holding things up for the past 8 months. He has to do the children's case histories which are necessary for the attaining the children's visas and passports. We are praying he will have a heart change and let the children go OR we are praying that God would send the "plagues"! :) We just want God to be glorified so we are praying that his will be done in this situation.
Our hope and prayer at this point is that we would have our babies by Christmas! With that in mind, I am busy busy busy preparing! I haven't done a lot of prep work for the kids up until this point because things have been so stalled. But with the latest promising news I feel the pressure to GET READY! It will be fun to think through all the little things the kids will need. I can't wait to go and buy stuff for the girls hair! I bought them some pajamas today at Kid to Kid, which is a consignment store for children's clothes. I bought them "footy" pajamas because I know the winters here will be tuff for them because they are used to the warm tropical weather in Liberia!
I also purchased their mattresses today and the guy gave us a great deal! I found their bedding a week or so ago and I'm eager to get it on their beds and see how it looks! I think they are going to have the sweetest girly room. I just can't wait to put them to bed in their own beds! It will be unreal. UNREAL. We've been dreaming about them for so long it will be so strange for those dreams to become reality, for these children who are just pictures in mind, into real flesh and blood children! I can't wait!
Our hope and prayer at this point is that we would have our babies by Christmas! With that in mind, I am busy busy busy preparing! I haven't done a lot of prep work for the kids up until this point because things have been so stalled. But with the latest promising news I feel the pressure to GET READY! It will be fun to think through all the little things the kids will need. I can't wait to go and buy stuff for the girls hair! I bought them some pajamas today at Kid to Kid, which is a consignment store for children's clothes. I bought them "footy" pajamas because I know the winters here will be tuff for them because they are used to the warm tropical weather in Liberia!
I also purchased their mattresses today and the guy gave us a great deal! I found their bedding a week or so ago and I'm eager to get it on their beds and see how it looks! I think they are going to have the sweetest girly room. I just can't wait to put them to bed in their own beds! It will be unreal. UNREAL. We've been dreaming about them for so long it will be so strange for those dreams to become reality, for these children who are just pictures in mind, into real flesh and blood children! I can't wait!
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